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From: tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney)
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Subject: Re: Line Voltage
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Date: Wed, 28-May-86 13:38:57 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 28 13:38:57 1986
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In article <290@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>If you really think you have a problem, borrow a recording voltmeter and
>leave it across the line for a few days.  

I had a similar problem and put a special meter on the line that remembered
low and hi voltages which showed out-of-acceptable readings.  When PGE put
a recording meter on the line (before the meter) they found nothing wrong
even though my meter (in the house) still showed a problem.  They just said
they're only responsible up to the meter.  I guess their recording meter
is so damped that any voltage would look right.

>
>Amusing Note:
>
>	A friend tells me that an electric utility in the Chicago area still
>supplies light bulbs as part of it's service.  I wonder if they are the same
>quality as the kind you buy in the stores...
Although it has been a long time since I lived in Evanston, I remember
hearing that as recently as a year ago light bulbs were free based on
the amount of your bill.

>-- 
>George Robbins - now working with,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
>but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
>Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)


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