How often do you suffer power cuts at home?
Regis Magnae
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How often do you suffer power cuts at home?
I seem to suffer at least one every year or two in the past decade or so. Before that the power was reliable for years.
I seem to suffer at least one every year or two in the past decade or so. Before that the power was reliable for years.
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We've had so many that we've only got a few candles left.
Same here. Must have been quite a while back.
Although for all I know they could happen every weekday for up to 8 hours and I wouldn't be none the wiser.
They usually occur when the local Scrap men start stealing stuff from our local substation.
Although its been the Big Green BT Boxes they have been stealing lately.
They do happen occasionally, but when you live in a town of 250k people, power cuts get fixed pretty quickly.
Not had one here for at least 7 years, I'd say.
Many years ago it rarely used to go off. My father, who was a fitter at the electricity board is of the opinion that many years ago, each line was walked by a gang a couple of times each year who would clear any potential problems such as overhanging branches. These days, the lines are not inspected, and they simply respond to problems as they arise, hence more power outages.
Unfortunately they can't do anything about idiots in JCB's digging through the power cables
When we were having the old cinema next door to work converted the idiot builders went through the same power cable THREE times in the same week
About ten years ago they used to be more common. But I'm only talking two or three times a year.
Means that your house is further down the line from your substation and/or power plant. The more cable is involved and ther more houses between you and the generator, the likelihood of an electrical fault increases.
Unrealistic. You simply cannot make overhead power lines weather proof and the cost of burying them underground across the country would be astronomical and even if you did they still wouldn't be 100% lightning proof as many soil types actually conduct electricity.
If technology can go wrong, it will, no matter how many precautions are taken to the contrary
I thought it was just the block, but a few over the city went at the same time apparantly, quite odd.
Otherwise, not often, except on a personal level as my oven shorts the flat on a regular basis.