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To: elpolvo who wrote (47036)	9/28/2005 11:39:17 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104157

carl- so, let me tell you ..... our lights were flickering. not just flickering, but they'd get bright whenever the fridge started up - and it was happening more and more frequently. yesterday - i think it was yesterday - i was on the phone and static interrupted the call. then i smelled something acidic - like wires burning. i dashed upstairs, following the smell and it came from h-man's desk. his surge protector had a melt down - literally. the plastic had melted. i yanked out all the cords. harold came in just then and checked the main breaker and then just plugged in our electric pencil sharpener (which we salvaged from our office stuff) and the smell came back again - this time, my surge protector. so, we called BC Hydro and they came out to check the wires going into the house and found that the 'nutral' wire was just about totalled shot, so that the current instead of grounding outside, would come back in and double - or some such thing. anyway, we were smelling burning wires!! when the linesman finished working, everything worked inside the house except the microwave and my computer :( we had a new power box installed in it today along with ups battery surge protectors on both computers. but, the power surges were still happening when the fridge started up, so called hydro again and they had to replace the box at the pole that fed power to the house. that wire which originally had about 6 or 8 strands, only had two left in tact. so, that's how come i haven't sent my pictures of the scallops yet. but, here they are now. silverbeaver.net i don't think it was worth the wait. the agates don't look that great and the scallops don't look that big. one really had to be there at the time. gosh, life on the island is sure hectic. what's new with you? -zita