# Any electricans here? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-electricans-here/196850 "2008-04-15T15:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-electricans-here/196850/16 "2008-04-28T18:24:41Z")
> [@Does it matter? which surge protector....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-it-matter-which-surge-protector/35964/9): > > Do you have an electric water heater? > If your sure there is nothing in your house kicking on. its from someone around you.s Electric water heaters don’t draw that much energy… If you keep getting brownouts like you are an even blackouts its most likely going to be something going on between your house and the pole like some have already said, its odd for your house not being that old and having this problem(my house is over 100 years old and is still in better shape that a lot of newer homes). My guess would be its at the service drop…saw a few houses like that last year where the power would surge and sometimes go out completely for a period of time --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-electricans-here/196850)._