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To: abuelita who wrote (47132)	9/29/2005 12:41:53 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104157

It sounds as if your entire house was attempting to use the ground wiring in your surge protector as the house neutral wire. This means you had a lot of amperage passing through your little ol' surge protector and possibly computer wiring. Now that the utility company has replaced your service standpipe wiring, circuit breaker panel, and secured the grounding wiring, you should be alright. How old is the house? Do you have electric cooking and dryer? I bet it the aluminum wiring feeding the home had corroded at the meter or panel. They are supposed to use this pastey stuff that prevents corrosion at the points of connection (since they are dis-similar metals). -Sparky