My only "whacky" electrical issue was the loss of 220

Neither my oven, nor my drier worked (I think it was the drier's heating element). Had it checked, but nothing seemed to be out of whack in the house. Contacted the local power company (Dominion), and they traced the issue out to my yard. When I had switched from oil to natural gas heat (actually a heat pump with natural gas "emergency" heat), the contractor had dug up my inground tank to cut it open and fill with sand. That was great, but they "nicked" the underground electrical cable. It wasn't enough to cut it, but they broke the insulation. The line corroded enough to reduce the flow of electricity to the house.

Dominion's repair fixed the issue.

In response to this post by TheNuke

Posted: 10/27/2020 at 09:41AM

Woke up to a quarter of the house without electricity -- TheNuke 10/26/2020 9:17PM

One of the phases on an outdoor transformer has blown. Call the utility -- Hokebury 10/27/2020 1:41PM

My only "whacky" electrical issue was the loss of 220 -- EDGEMAN 10/27/2020 09:41AM

SCRAM situation on Reactor 4 ** -- MEHOKIE 10/27/2020 08:25AM

Had a similar situation years ago. My grandparents had a house at the beach -- hokie-c 10/27/2020 07:47AM

I would make regular trips to that beach house to -- YardBird 10/27/2020 09:09AM

I wish that I lived at the beach ** -- TheNuke 10/27/2020 08:45AM

As others have pointed out, it sounds like you lost... -- MP4VT2004 10/27/2020 02:59AM

Power company, Dominion, said the power issue was on my side of the meter -- TheNuke 10/27/2020 5:56PM

Well that's a bummer. Might be time to call an electrician to start tracing -- MP4VT2004 10/27/2020 7:02PM

One thing I didn't mention was that Sunday -- TheNuke 10/27/2020 08:43AM

Demolish house and start over ** -- LonghornHokie 10/27/2020 01:57AM

Go around the house with a fork and test all the outlets. ** -- GreenvilleVT 10/26/2020 10:38PM

"I'm going to loose that nail" ** -- Brown Water 10/26/2020 11:19PM

Or Clark Griswold can help troubleshoot, probably a burnt out bulb ** -- coshokie 10/26/2020 11:01PM

You have to ask the demons to leave -- VT Pops 10/26/2020 10:25PM

We had a similar situation. Turned out there was a sharp stone -- TechMomof2 10/26/2020 10:18PM

Does it still have fuses? ** -- bigbadbird 10/26/2020 10:17PM

...220/221** -- chumley 10/26/2020 11:33PM

No fuses that I see, but I haven't opened the panel to check. -- TheNuke 10/26/2020 10:36PM

Start with the fuse box. I’d suggest turning each fuse on and off even if -- GreenvilleVT 10/26/2020 10:39PM

How old is the house? Newer houses with current codes should -- HokieSignGuy 10/26/2020 9:53PM

Older house, but was rewired back in the 90's by a prior owner. -- TheNuke 10/26/2020 10:03PM

Okay, I assume you would know this, but there might -- HokieSignGuy 10/26/2020 10:10PM

The panel was replaced back in the 90's too, and I cant track any wiring to -- TheNuke 10/26/2020 10:34PM

There are 2 or 3 main wires coming -- HokieHi71 10/26/2020 9:22PM

My power is all above ground. Comes from a pole across the street, and -- TheNuke 10/26/2020 9:38PM

Sorry, cant answer. For me, power company -- HokieHi71 10/26/2020 10:23PM

My only "whacky" electrical issue was the loss of 220

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