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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, you are not being requested to turn it off now only after the power goes out. If the power goes out, you should go around and turn off the major appliances. Most appliances and devices use the biggest spike of energy when they turn on. If the power goes on and there is too much draw still on, it could overload the circuit and blow something else along the line and the line will come on and then go off again (and they'll have to repair something else). So, anything with a big draw should be shut down during the outage so that it doesn't spike the system when it comes back online. As long as a reasonable number of customers do this, then it will be fine for everyone. Once the power is back on, you can turn things on again so that it staggers the power spikes of devices coming online.[/quote]
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