wideglidejohnny
New Member
Hey guys,
Last night we had a very bad storm and during the storm we lost power.
As I sat waiting for the power to come back on, I heard a loud bang/boom that I thought came from the kitchen area.
My wife and daughter each thought it came from a different area in the house other than the kitchen area. So, we're not exactly sure where this bang/boom came from. I guess it could have also been lightning striking very close to our house.
After all this happened the power returned shortly and we noticed a lot of things weren't working.
My wife went to turn on a surge protector that handles the TV and stereo equipment and it made a loud noise and she saw some smoke come from it.
I went and checked the breaker box and noticed that a lot of breakers had tripped. Most of the tripped breakers were 20 amp breakers if that matters. We have 100 amp service.
I reset the tripped breakers and everything seems to be working.
My question is this: Should I call an electrician to check the box and breakers, or am I over reacting?
I looked outside to see if I could see any damage from a lightning strike but couldn't see anything that was damaged.
Thoughts anyone?
Thanks
Last night we had a very bad storm and during the storm we lost power.
As I sat waiting for the power to come back on, I heard a loud bang/boom that I thought came from the kitchen area.
My wife and daughter each thought it came from a different area in the house other than the kitchen area. So, we're not exactly sure where this bang/boom came from. I guess it could have also been lightning striking very close to our house.
After all this happened the power returned shortly and we noticed a lot of things weren't working.
My wife went to turn on a surge protector that handles the TV and stereo equipment and it made a loud noise and she saw some smoke come from it.
I went and checked the breaker box and noticed that a lot of breakers had tripped. Most of the tripped breakers were 20 amp breakers if that matters. We have 100 amp service.
I reset the tripped breakers and everything seems to be working.
My question is this: Should I call an electrician to check the box and breakers, or am I over reacting?
I looked outside to see if I could see any damage from a lightning strike but couldn't see anything that was damaged.
Thoughts anyone?
Thanks