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Does anyone know if the mains power is turned off at the electric meter do transformers still continue humming?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ive been trying to track down an electrical hum in my flat for over 2months! ive exhausted everything I can think of ! Its not the Communal lighting as this have been disconnected and the hum is still there! Its 24/7 and doesnt let up!
The woman upstairs has a fan connected to her light fitting and I wondered if that may be the cause..hence the question re the transformer..
The woman upstairs has a fan connected to her light fitting and I wondered if that may be the cause..hence the question re the transformer..
All the power to the 4 flats have been turned off and the hum is still there...its not just me other people have heard it to ...thats why the communal lighting was checked as we thought it was that....
Tried recording it but my recorder isnt picking it up....Im really at a loss so are the council....I have googled to try and get some info but coming up with nothing .
Tried recording it but my recorder isnt picking it up....Im really at a loss so are the council....I have googled to try and get some info but coming up with nothing .
No its not that sort of sound it sounds like a bathroom extractor fan is running 24/7....an electrician did check my bathroom and a faulty shaver socket was found and that was taken out..I do have a shower pump but i switched that off at the meter one night to eliminate it and the hum was still there..
While giving your problem some thought, my modern toilet cistern started to leak, discharging a slow flow of water into the toilet bowl.
The sound it made was pretty much like a loud constant mains (50Hz) buzz – which made me think that if sound you can hear is not due to an electrical source, it may be some resonance effect due to a constant water flow through a valve or restriction of some type, within the property.
The sound it made was pretty much like a loud constant mains (50Hz) buzz – which made me think that if sound you can hear is not due to an electrical source, it may be some resonance effect due to a constant water flow through a valve or restriction of some type, within the property.
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