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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Potomac-Edison customers in the Washington area lost their electric service early last Wednesday morning after a cross-arm broke on a 34,000-volt transmission line between the town and Potomac-Edison’s Sperry ville substation.
The outage became more than a routine power failure, however, when town residents discovered that their televisions, video recorders and microwaves had apparently been damaged by the loss of power.
Potomac-Edison’s area manager, Harry Saufley, said the line failure occurred about 2 a.m., Jan. 4, during a severe windstorm. When the cross-arm broke it caused two high-voltage lines to touch, which Caused a short and loss of power.
Mr. Saufley said that Potomac-Edison is still investigating the incident, and has not determined whether its protective equipment worked properly or not. That equipment includes fuses and reclosers which are designed to shut down power to lines when a fault occurs.
“This is not an unusual situation. We haVe protective equipment, but whether it is effective"depen«fc on the situation,” Mr. Saufley said.
Carol Miller reported Monday that she had taken an informal survey of her neighbors on the south end of town. According to Mrs. Miller, the 17 residents she contacted
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