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3hr power cut thanks to some trees
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:36:43 +0100, Michael Kilpatrick
wrote:
Yes, some idiot phoned someone up to say that they could see some power
cables arcing into the trees across the road from us.
So, a contractor was sent to hack the trees.
At ten to five in the evening.
For three hours. No power to the whole street.
As if the trees are going to grow more than another centimetre
overnight, or as if they had suddenly done so the night before?
I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the gas hob.
Michael
Good practice for the future if the predicted power shortages occur,
most youngsters would enjoy the novelty.
A whole 3 hours ,you do sound a bit precious.
That's how long each of the rolling blackouts were in the 1970's
(miner's strike). As a child at the time, I found them quite fascinating.
Rigged up battery lights using torch bulbs, and many meals by candlelight.
Depending on the type of cables an arc down through a tree may not be
a good idea to be left occurring,stray currents can damage things
nearby that are not immediately obvious such as other cables or cause
voltage gradients in the ground nearby that can be dangerous
especially to 4 legged animals or two persons holding each other such
as a couple or as you have introduced suffering children, a mother and
child.
G.Harman
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