<![CDATA[Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage.]]>Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&E telling me about an unplanned power outage. Since it’s been an hour, so it’s not a really quick fix (PG&E says power back by 2 pm, but they tend to be conservative), I’ve got the refrigerator plugged into my backup power supply and everything else unplugged to avoid any potential damage in a power surge.

I have a doctor’s appointment mid-morning and getting my car out of the garage will be a challenge with no power (there’s a cord to pull, but I’ve never done that before) — so I sure hope power comes back before I need to leave,

Update: power back at 6:23 am — yay!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1fd3d27a-4592-4402-88a8-048cda89742e/nothing-like-getting-woken-up-at-4-am-by-pg-amp-e-telling-me-about-an-unplanned-power-outage.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:48:35 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 12:05:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:51:05 GMT]]>@jeridansky Thanks! I'm going to look into this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/tc_morekindness/statuses/116488789360879767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/tc_morekindness/statuses/116488789360879767Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:51:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:49:52 GMT]]>@donaldham Yeah, someone just told me in a reply here that ones made after 2019 have a battery backup. Mine is much older than that, though. If it doesn't have a battery backup I'll see about replacing it with one that does.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488784629614370https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488784629614370Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:49:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:47:56 GMT]]>@jeridansky
I didn't learn about it until ours failed and started beeping, but some garage door openers have an internal battery that's good for 2 or 3 up/down cycles in case of a power outage. Who knew?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/donaldham/statuses/116488776981415244https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/donaldham/statuses/116488776981415244Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:47:26 GMT]]>@tc_morekindness I use this: https://www.bluettipower.com/pages/ac180

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488775049989764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488775049989764Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:47:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:42:48 GMT]]>@jeridansky I have the same situation with garage door. The one time I did pull the cord, I needed a neighbor with a ladder to come put it back on track.

What do you use for power backup?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/tc_morekindness/statuses/116488756820228539https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/tc_morekindness/statuses/116488756820228539Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:51:07 GMT]]>@deewani Yeah, odd given no wind, no rain, no indication of a traffic accident affecting a pole. 500+ households, too, in my area. Oh well.

Thanks for the info on garage door openers! Mine is older than that, so it would be worth getting it replaced with one that has a battery backup.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488553603587003https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488553603587003Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:03:58 GMT]]>@jeridansky @eniatitova Sorry, Weirdly I see a few of those in our area of the East Bay today too, wonder what’s going on. Ours went offline around 6am but it was a quick restore, nearby neighborhoods remain without power. FWIW garage door openers made after 2019 in CA require battery backups to avoid the issue.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deewani/statuses/116488368193835886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deewani/statuses/116488368193835886Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:03:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:47 GMT]]>@eniatitova Thanks! Power back in a little over two hours, so not too bad. Just relieved I won’t need to wrangle with the garage door. Oh, and the interrupted sleep is indeed a drag. I see a nice nap in my future.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488277016100649https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116488277016100649Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing like getting woken up at 4 am by PG&amp;E telling me about an unplanned power outage. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:11:14 GMT]]>@jeridansky ugh what a drag, I’m sorry

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/eniatitova/statuses/116488160834176276https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/eniatitova/statuses/116488160834176276Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:11:14 GMT