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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

jrref is correct, turning off power and turning on power either by switch, by outage and restoration, or by pulling out one meter and putting in another meter, all have the same effect on the equipment in the house, 120v to 0v to 120V. A surge is generally considered higher than stable supplied voltage of 120v, which is generated from a non stable usually external source.

which is why i previously stated that there is no need to shut the house down for a meter replacement as its no different than an outage and restoration by the power company, no different than turning your house off and on at the breaker, has the same effect, 120v to 0v to 120v

unfortunately with all situations, things and stuff work until they don't, for many times unknown reasons, but that's modern day life with cheapest cost economic strategy. . ever said that they don't build 'em like they used to? well, that just happened. . .

In the 12 years that we've lived here, we have not once had the kind of power interruption an earlier poster spoke of--off, on, off, on. The one time the power went out--Irma--it was a nano second and not even long enough to trip the clocks. I'm not going to take my chances with a 12-year-old a/c (that was just recently deemed in good working order) and an 8-year-old expensive refrigerator.