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Blackouts are a complete loss of power and can last from hours to weeks. Brownouts are when there is a reduction in voltage, causing TVs sound to become crackly, and digital displays and light-bulb to become faint. While the unlucky people get blackouts and brownouts, some people get another power anomaly, called a dropout. This is a momentary power loss, it will most likely cause the lights to flicker and your computer to restart. There is also another event when the power comes back on, called a power surge, which is a spike in the voltage level, it can cause light-bulb to fail and damage electronics.

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