Countdown to the Great American Solar Eclipse Are you prepared! What is a power surge? In electrical engineering, spikes are fast, short duration electrical transients in voltage (voltage spikes), current (current spikes), or transferred energy (energy spikes) in an electrical circuit. On August 9, 2017 ABC news report created a short segment about how States prepare for potential power surge amid solar eclipse, but there was no real explanation what it all meant. However ABC news is saying that the eclipse could impact nations power grid? The ABC reporter also nailed it when he said " their solution , turn the lights off". Watch video clip below where States prepare for potential power surge amid solar eclipse Just yesterday, August 19, intellihum.com wrote an article entitled "Government warns power surge directly following eclipse may knockout power grid, cell phones "Another issue has to do with cell phone usage [...] your cell phones are...