A few months ago something happened that caused me to check the voltage in an outlet. It read 140v, so I decided to not use that circuit and put it out of my mind. A few weeks ago, I noticed the low voltage lights slightly flickering, but the regular lights weren't, so just figured it was a fluke. Last night, the third appliance in 6 months has crapped out. Tested the outlet the fridge was plugging into and it read at 145 volts. (I think the fridge has a conditioner on it, so maybe it was only pulling the 120 it needed? Not sure there.) I went around and tested all my circuits. They all ranged from 140v to the highest at 150v. I put a call into the power company and they're sending someone out to, "Check the meter."
Do you think something is feeding back from somewhere in my house and causing the high voltage everywhere, or is this coming from the transformer? How do I check for this? (I don't know that much about power, just enough to be dangerous. My husband on the other hand used to work with high voltage, but not home power.) I know the power company isn't going to take any responsibility and more than likely going to blame me. I just want to be armed with information. I'm out almost 8k in appliances. Thanks so much!!
Do you think something is feeding back from somewhere in my house and causing the high voltage everywhere, or is this coming from the transformer? How do I check for this? (I don't know that much about power, just enough to be dangerous. My husband on the other hand used to work with high voltage, but not home power.) I know the power company isn't going to take any responsibility and more than likely going to blame me. I just want to be armed with information. I'm out almost 8k in appliances. Thanks so much!!