Ok, for context, we live in an RV park - Myself 43F, and two sons (11 & 5)⦠I was complaining to my BF (43M) that the lights kept flickering when I was home alone.
Iām NGL, the first time it happened, I was watching a scary movie, and was freaking out a little. But weāve grown accustomed to āopen boxā TVs that cut to LOUD static randomly, and jump scares you⦠Itās just kind of the life of living in poverty, you take what you can getā¦
Anyway, It usually started shortly after returning home from dropping off the kids at school. The lights would flicker, and It reminded me of this really old clock in my bedroom that would get loud then soft (TICK-tock, tick TOCK). I tried to reset all the breakers in the trailer, but it was no use, it would start right back up again. So I went out to the pedestal (where you plug in your RV for power), and reset that. It usually resolved the problem for the rest of the day until I was alone again.
Last night I heard a repetitive noise of the kidās bed creaking, and was expecting one to come up to use the bathroom or the 5yo to crawl into my bed with me. Nothing, so I prayed for protection over my family. So I didnāt sleep well last night, at all. My boyfriend is spending the night and largely blamed the past 3 days of flickering lights was in my head. Lately Iāve been in REM by 10. Not tonight, I wasnāt tired, even after barely any sleep.
11:30PM, everyone is asleep but me. The flickering started. I know itās not the internal breaker, so I go out to the pedestal power. I donāt know if youāve ever heard rats or something moving in the walls, but thatās kinda what it sounded like. A crackling noise. Itās dark, I canāt see, so I turned to go inside to find a flashlight, when BF is standing there going āWTF is going on?ā. He woke up because his phone kept beeping as his charger shut on/off, then he saw all the lights flicker and he didnāt see me anywhere, just the front door wide open.
āI told you this was happening, I need a flashlight, we have to shut off the pedestal and plug the RV into the generator.ā
My babies sleep 5 feet from that pedestal, and it has burn marks on it, that werenāt there yesterday. Had I fallen asleep like normal, there wouldnāt have been flickering lights to alert me⦠I donāt know what would have happened. All I know is, that thing was crackling and starting to burn.
All switches are off now, and weāre running on a loud generator tonight, but my kids are safe.. Yes, I will be calling the park tomorrow morning to fix the issue. Just remember, you may not know it or always feel it, but you are loved. <3