Causes of Home Power Outages

Let alone the power failure at home, transportation facilities and telecommunications networks were paralyzed, surely you are dead style.

1. The use of electricity at home is too excessive
If suddenly the house’s electricity goes out, you can see if the neighbors are experiencing the same thing.

If not, you can see the electricity meter, usually the electricity meter does go down because the electricity consumption exceeds the capacity.

For example, your home’s electrical power is 2200 VA, but you turn on all electronic equipment at the same time.

The solution is easy, you just need to turn off a number of electronic equipment and then raise the electricity meter again.

To find out the cause of the blackout or report the blackout, immediately contact the nearest PLN office or PLN Contact Center.

2. Unbalanced Usage Load
Still related to the cause of the first blackout in the house, if part of the home’s electricity network is off,

Then there is an unbalanced usage load so that one of the MCB (Mini Circuit Breakers) goes down.

The solution is also easy, you only need to raise one of the MCBs, get used to dividing the electrical load in a balanced way.

Usually when installing electrical installations, electricians divide for air conditioning, water pumping machines, and others.

3. Periodic Power Outages
Usually, PLN performs regular maintenance, so don’t be surprised if the house electricity goes out.

The electricity in this house does not last long, maybe it only lasts less than an hour or it could be more.

If you feel it has been long enough, you can contact the PLN call center to ask for information.

If there are periodic blackouts, of course PLN will notify you beforehand, so you don’t need to panic, this is a solution.

4. An Unexpected Incident Happened
Surely you often feel that suddenly the house electricity goes out, as well as the neighbor’s house electricity.

Unexpected incidents such as natural disasters, damaged substations, or others can occur, the name is also an incident.

There was a blackout in the house, of course, PLN would divert electrical power from other sources.

The solution is you can only wait for the house’s electricity to come back on, don’t forget to ask for information from PLN.