So, the other day, I come home from work to an apartment filled with smoke. I find that the oven is /on/ even though it is switched off, and when attempting the breaker labeled "Range", it didn't shut off (turns out it was mislabeled). After having the fire department come here to unplug it and advise me to get an electrician over to fix whatever problems the apartment is having and to get the stove replaced, I called the emergency maintenance number to report the incident. I know that nothing can be done at night about it, but it is considered an emergency - because hey, there could have been a fire.
I find out that an hour before I got home, the smoke detector was going off, and they had to come to shut off the stove (we apparently had it on to backfeed power into the bad half of the apartment). Why they didn't leave a note about it was beyond me. The only evidence of someone even being here was the smoke detector being detached from the ceiling - not unplugged, just unmounted.
The next day, they come, and replace our stove. Apparently there was a crimped wire inside, so perhaps there was a short in there? Anyway, ever since the stove got replaced, we haven't had any issues. Yet.
This leaves me wondering if that was the cause of our problems all along. A short on a 240v line could cause some issues, perhaps including what we were experiencing. Too bad there was no way of knowing this until just recently.
On another note, the whole brownout thing seems to have caused Pyromon's PSU to blow up. Almost quite literally, too. I try powering it on, and sparks fly out the fucking vents. Scared the shit out of me. I'm hoping this hasn't caused any damage to the computer itself. I'm receiving a new PSU today, so hopefully that's all that is needed.