WEST SEATTLE POWER OUTAGE: 81 customers in Gatewood

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9:33 AM: Thanks to Ron for the tip. He says a “loud explosion” preceded the power outage that Seattle City Light‘s map says is affecting 81 customers. It started about 10 minutes ago; while the restoration time is estimated to be 5 pm, keep in mind that’s just an estimate and will likely change.

2:20 PM: Still out, according to the map, which updated the estimated restoration time a while back, to 3:40-ish pm. We passed a City Light crew on the west side of California near the outage zone while heading southbound a short time ago – don’t know if it’s related and couldn’t stop, but we’re checking for updated info.

ADDED TUESDAY: The power was restored Monday evening. SCL spokesperson Scott Thomsen tells us that the cause was failure of an underground transformer.

momof3boys September 11, 2017 (10:35 am)

Interestingly enough, on 41st between SW Holly & Heights Pl SW, the east side is out of power, but the west side is not. We’re on different feeds.

Rodney September 11, 2017 (1:23 pm)

Has anyone had a recent problem with appliances or other electronics shorted out in the last month or so up on Gatewood Hill? We had 2 items damaged last month by what looks like a surge, wondering if it’s this project or the new poles SPU is installing on California Avenue up Gatewood Hill that could have caused our problems.

Tom September 11, 2017 (9:17 pm)

Rodney – I know of someone on our block that experienced same thing as you a few years back. We recently experienced a hot panel. Had lugs tightened and called SCL to take a look. They came out but didn’t take any readings and said service panel is our responsibility. Now I’m noticing our dishwasher runs hotter that usual.