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This is usually a sign that you have lost a neutral connection in your electric service. The loss of a neutral can cause power surges in some parts of your home and low power in other parts causing damage to appliances. If you are experiencing lights flickering dimming and getting very bright then you should turn your main breaker off and call an electrician right way.

WHAT CAUSES HALF OF OUR HOUSE TO LOSE POWER AND OUR 240V APPLIANCES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY? TURNING ON OUR STOVE MAKES OUR LIGHTS COME BACK ON. TURNING ON OUR DRYER MAKES OUR LIGHTS COME BACK ON. WELL PUMP TURNING ON MAKES OUR LIGHTS COME BACK ON

This is due to the loss of one of your hot conductors of your electric service have a bad connection. An electrical service into your home is made up of three wires two wires are 120v each and one is the neutral. The voltage from the neutral to each hot wire is 120v and the voltage between both hot wires is 240v. If you lose one hot wire half of your house will be without power and sometimes turning on a 240v appliance may make it seem like you everything is working again. This is caused because the power from that appliance feeds into the other hot wire and gives power to that half of your house. This is very dangerous and you should turn your main breaker off and call an electrician right way.

Another sign you may have a problem with your electric service is if you have voltage on your cable TV line or you had had a TV or cable box stop working recently. Cable TV ground is warm or even hot Or your cable coax line has melted or burned up.