[Ron Mummert]

I'm eternally grateful that Isabel only spoiled my food & little else over the 3 days of powerlessness. However - about 5 hours after juice was restored, some funky things occurred, one of which involved a fried PC modem (I think), & some other unusual circuit outages that don't seem to involve a tripped circuit breaker. I can now turn power on/off in three bedrooms by turning the A/C thermostat to "on". Is this a poltergeist at work? I "think" I'm running on degraded power, & most 220V appliances (dryer) run slow or not at all. My semi-gurus at work say power is somehow looping back through the 110V side of the A/C allowing it to control other circuits. Does this goofiness sound like the result of an external "brownout", or am I about to spend valuable SVX money on a visit from Mr. Electrician, who's probably booked solid until 2004.

Thanks, Ron (always trying to get juiced).