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Power to outdoor sockets cutting out over night no fuse trip?
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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 553649" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>Is this happening every day or just random patterns e.g. once or twice a fortnight?</p><p>Tracking down suspect intermittent loss of power, fluctuation(s) of voltage etc.. is easy if you want to pay a lot for some pukka mains supply monitor kit...</p><p></p><p>But a basic 24hr mechanical time-clock left plugged in to the "suspect" socket could be used as a simple test to check if the power is going off for any significant length of time....?</p><p></p><p>e.g. if the power was dropping out for a couple of minutes every day, the 24hr time clock would be nearly half an hour late after two-weeks... <a href="https://www.screwfix.com/p/masterplug-tms24-mechanical-plug-in-plug-through-timer/25518" target="_blank">https://www.screwfix.com/p/masterplug-tms24-mechanical-plug-in-plug-through-timer/25518</a> Obviously if your power is only dropping out for just a second or two a basic mechanical time clock would not be sensitive enough?</p><p></p><p>Or if you could find a digital mains powered clock that has no battery back-up...</p><p>(The sort of timeclock used in most electric ovens that just reset to 0:00 or 12:00 following a mains failure) that would give a better indication that you did lose power..</p><p></p><p>I did build a small loss of power alarm for a customer years ago to identify if the supply had tripped to their large freezer in an external remote garage. A 12v supply transformer, latching relay a siren and a few other bits from Maplins, "while they were still around", was a cost effective solution...</p><p></p><p>Or some off the shelf sirens can be bought...</p><p><a href="https://www.ultrasecuredirect.com/mains-power-failure-alarms/mains-power-failure-alarm-3-008-1520-p278.html" target="_blank">https://www.ultrasecuredirect.com/mains-power-failure-alarms/mains-power-failure-alarm-3-008-1520-p278.html</a></p><p>But you may not want a siren sounding off at three o'clock in the morning because the power has dropped out for a few seconds?</p><p>even though it would prove that the power has gone off!</p><p></p><p>Not sure if any of that helps...</p><p>But I think you need something left connected to the suspect socket to monitor the supply continuity?</p><p></p><p>However, as others have said it is probably not a supply issue more an appliance / environmental conditions issue?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 553649, member: 250"] Is this happening every day or just random patterns e.g. once or twice a fortnight? Tracking down suspect intermittent loss of power, fluctuation(s) of voltage etc.. is easy if you want to pay a lot for some pukka mains supply monitor kit... But a basic 24hr mechanical time-clock left plugged in to the "suspect" socket could be used as a simple test to check if the power is going off for any significant length of time....? e.g. if the power was dropping out for a couple of minutes every day, the 24hr time clock would be nearly half an hour late after two-weeks... [URL]https://www.screwfix.com/p/masterplug-tms24-mechanical-plug-in-plug-through-timer/25518[/URL] Obviously if your power is only dropping out for just a second or two a basic mechanical time clock would not be sensitive enough? Or if you could find a digital mains powered clock that has no battery back-up... (The sort of timeclock used in most electric ovens that just reset to 0:00 or 12:00 following a mains failure) that would give a better indication that you did lose power.. I did build a small loss of power alarm for a customer years ago to identify if the supply had tripped to their large freezer in an external remote garage. A 12v supply transformer, latching relay a siren and a few other bits from Maplins, "while they were still around", was a cost effective solution... Or some off the shelf sirens can be bought... [URL]https://www.ultrasecuredirect.com/mains-power-failure-alarms/mains-power-failure-alarm-3-008-1520-p278.html[/URL] But you may not want a siren sounding off at three o'clock in the morning because the power has dropped out for a few seconds? even though it would prove that the power has gone off! Not sure if any of that helps... But I think you need something left connected to the suspect socket to monitor the supply continuity? However, as others have said it is probably not a supply issue more an appliance / environmental conditions issue? [/QUOTE]
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