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Southern California Edison is trying something new. Instead of killing our power for \u201cScheduled Maintenance\u201d in the daytime. This time they did it at 2am. Sigh!<\/p>\nSouthern California Edison is trying something new. Instead of killing our power for \u201cScheduled Maintenance\u201d in the daytime. This time they did it at 2am. Sigh!<\/p>\n
At least they sent out appropriate notices. It\u2019s still a pain in the ass. I still have make sure I shut everything down. The alarm system still beeps and announces that electrical service has been lost.<\/p>\n
In preparation for bed last night I powered all the sensitive stuff down. At around 2 am the dog and I were startled awake by the female voice from the alarm announcing power loss. We managed to get back to sleep.<\/p>\n
Sometime after 4am the predawn silence was broken by Power being restored. The stove alarm was chirping, the refrigerator kicked on, the blower kicked on trying to warm the house to proper temperatures, and the alarm lady announced power had been restored but that WiFi was still not up.<\/p>\n
At this point the dog jumped off the bed and wedged himself into a quiet protected spot between the bed and the sliding glass doors.<\/p>\n
After all the clicks, clunks blower sounds had started it took me a minute to roll over and go back to sleep. I decided I wasn\u2019t going to jump up and reset clocks or restart electronics because Edison often has false starts. I didn\u2019t want to get everything powered up and reset only to have to do it again.<\/p>\n
The dog jumped back up on the bed around 5:45 am. He was feeling cuddly and wormed himself into my arms with his head against my chest. I cuddled him until he fell asleep, then dozed until the 6am alarm signaling it was time to start the day.<\/p>\n
After resetting the coffee pot clock, wake up brew time, and starting a manual brew I started powering things back up. Fortunately, everything appears to be working properly so I\u2019m not fighting through some esoteric technical issues.<\/p>\n
For that I\u2019m grateful, but I still feel \u201coff\u201d I guess my sleep being interrupted, even if only for a few minutes has an effect.<\/p>\n
I do wish Edison would publish an entire schedule of their \u201cScheduled Maintenance\u201d so I could maybe plan better. As it is, they\u2019ve been sending out notices 2 or.3 days in advance. That\u2019s great, but 3 times in one month is a pain. The first two power outages were in excess of 8 hours. The last one screwed up the ice maker in the refrigerator and took some effort to correct.<\/p>\n
Not to mention that they always send the notice that they\u2019re turning power off \u00a0for 8 hour spans, literally the day after I\u2019ve purchased groceries.<\/p>\n
Ah well\u2026 Gotta stumble through my day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Southern California Edison is trying something new. Instead of killing our power for \u201cScheduled Maintenance\u201d in the daytime. This time they did it at 2am. Sigh! At least they sent out appropriate notices. It\u2019s still a pain in the ass. I still have make sure I shut everything down. The alarm system still beeps and … <\/p>\n