The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?

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Cheers
Dave.

HI Dave

Dave Liquorice wrote:
The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?


We had a rash of these a few months back (in the far S/W of Ireland).
.....just long enough for the PCs to all fall over.

Complained (several times) to the local power people -
who eventually found an intermittent short on the high-voltage supply
line and fixed it.
In the mean time I'd purchased a UPS.... which, of course, has never
been needed g - but I guess it's insurance.

Worth telling your local lekky company about it - got the impression
from the guys out here that these trips / reconnections aren't treated
as high priority unless people complain...

Adrian

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?


No, I'm usually fast asleep at 01:45 - even though I seldom go to bed before
midnight.
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In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?

Had 3 power cuts last night, just over 30 seconds each.
Another one this morning, about 40 minutes.
I assume these are related to the weather (10" snow now, and still going).
Normally power is very good here.

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Andrew Gabriel
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Dave Liquorice
wibbled on Wednesday 06 January 2010 08:33

The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?


Could be a fault or an overload. The fact it comes back in a matter of
seconds is down to the auto-recloser they have on some of the substations.
Those usually try to close the breaker up to 3 times before giving up,
(though pikeys have been caught out before by assuming it was safe to nick
the copper after the 3rd attempt).

I wouldn't bother the leccy co for one episode, but if it keeps happening,
best to ring them - there may be something going on they need to look at.

--
Tim Watts

You know you need more insulation when the snow blanket on the roof makes
the house 3 degrees warmer...

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:33:25 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?

A couple of flickers.

We put it down to the horrendous amount of snow/ice hanging on the
lines.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:25:21 +0000, Tim W wrote:

Could be a fault or an overload. The fact it comes back in a matter of
seconds is down to the auto-recloser they have on some of the
substations.

Yes, there is an auto-recloser in the line and the "off" time is
about what that does. What made me suspicious is the cuts happening
at the same time on consequative mornings.

We had another couple at 1746 this afternoon, so it might be ice(*)
or a tree drooping under the weight of snow onto the line and getting
blown apart.

(*) After the snow yesterday all the power lines where heavily coated
in snow, insulators the lot.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:52:56 +0000 (GMT), Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:25:21 +0000, Tim W wrote:

Could be a fault or an overload. The fact it comes back in a matter of
seconds is down to the auto-recloser they have on some of the
substations.

Yes, there is an auto-recloser in the line and the "off" time is
about what that does. What made me suspicious is the cuts happening
at the same time on consequative mornings.

We had another couple at 1746 this afternoon, so it might be ice(*)
or a tree drooping under the weight of snow onto the line and getting
blown apart.

(*) After the snow yesterday all the power lines where heavily coated
in snow, insulators the lot.

I'd guess at snow-laden branches weighed down and brushing against the
conductors.

I recollect one instance many years ago where a pole-mounted auto recloser
kept operating at more or less the same time every day for weeks. Carried
out line patrols, emergency tree cutitng to make sure the lines were clear,
all to no avail.

In the end it turned out to be a farmer who let his bull out into a paddock
at more or less the same time every day. There was an angle stay from a
pole in the paddock, and the bull would head straight for the stay and
start scratching his shoulder on the wire, which caused the overheads to
clash. Simple wooden stay guard and the problem went away!

--
The Wanderer

Meditate! It's better than sitting doing nothing.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:33:25 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

The last two early mornings we have had a short power cuts, one
yesterday at 01:44:08 and two today at 01:44:55 and 01:45:15 each
time just for a few seconds, long enough to think "oh I need to find
a torch"...

Our power is normally very good but three cuts in the wee small hours
and almost at exactly the same time is suspicious. There have also
been a noticable number of momentary glitchs in the power as well
over the last few days, mainly in the evening, something else we
don't normally have.

Any one else noticing similar things?

Up here in rural Lincolnshire (Fens) we get power cuts frequently.
That's why I bought a UPS several years ago and it's tripped numerous
times, often for literally only a few seconds. When I lived down south
(High Wycombe) I think I recall getting a power cut only three times
in 20 years. Sometimes, here, when we get an outage the power is off
for hours.

MM

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:40:48 +0000, MM wrote:



Up here in rural Lincolnshire (Fens) we get power cuts frequently.
That's why I bought a UPS several years ago and it's tripped numerous
times, often for literally only a few seconds.

Yes, no matter what the weather. When we lived in the South Holland
area, cuts were an almost daily occurance. As you say, often only for
a second or two but enough to be a buggerance, can't count the number
of bread loaves ruined through the breadmaker resetting. At least it
reinforced the tenet of saving your work on the computer at regular
intervals.

In article ,
Old Git writes:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:40:48 +0000, MM wrote:



Up here in rural Lincolnshire (Fens) we get power cuts frequently.
That's why I bought a UPS several years ago and it's tripped numerous
times, often for literally only a few seconds.

Yes, no matter what the weather. When we lived in the South Holland
area, cuts were an almost daily occurance. As you say, often only for
a second or two but enough to be a buggerance, can't count the number
of bread loaves ruined through the breadmaker resetting. At least it
reinforced the tenet of saving your work on the computer at regular
intervals.

My Panasonic will survive (IIRC) a 10 minute power cut before
it forgets what it was doing and resets. It warns you if there's
been a power cut during the cycle (flashing power light IIRC).

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