Here's a strange thing indeed. A little back story: We've got three cordless phones in our home. The ones in the front room and the kitchen have developed problems of late, namely they would often fail to power up, most likely due to failing batteries. I disconnected the front room phone and replaced it with a corded phone from long ago, a very cool unit with a blue neon tube around the periphery. The only reason it hadn't been in use was its inclusion of a cord to the handset.
Fast forward to the other night, when I did my last couple of posts. After finishing those and a few other things, the power for the whole house first flickered, then went out altogether. It came back on a few seconds later, but only for a couple moments, then it went out again. Now, the strange part: The neon on the phone remained lit, even when every other thing in the house lost power!!! I hypothesised that perhaps it was somehow drawing its power from the phone line, but disconnecting it from the AC adapter caused it to turn off. The only other thing I can think of is perhaps the AC was only out on one leg, and it was grounding through the phone lines.
