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Thank God for my UPS.
01-01-2009 11:19 PM
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Does anyone else experience very short mains failures like this. It happens quite often here. What causes it?
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01-01-2009 11:50 PM
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01-01-2009 11:51 PM
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02-01-2009 12:41 AM
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05-01-2009 5:06 PM
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05-01-2009 5:15 PM
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05-01-2009 5:22 PM
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Mind you have noticed the grid getting a bit jittery.
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05-01-2009 6:12 PM
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But from work (Central London) we have had them at times, but power cuts for a far longer period are not uncommon.
Had them last anything between half to a couple of hours.
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05-01-2009 7:31 PM
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05-01-2009 7:36 PM
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05-01-2009 10:22 PM
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06-01-2009 8:39 AM
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09-01-2009 10:24 PM
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Quote from: ruslyn Western Power (who are responsible for supplying power in the area) blame it on birds hitting the overhead cables which bring power to the village. If true, then there must be a lot of birds being killed each year when they fly into overhead power cables!
I had occasion to visit a WWT Centre on Boxing Day and after I spotted a swan with a damaged wing the staff helpfully explained that 12 swans on the reserve had been permanently injured as a result of flying into power lines and are no longer able to fly. The problem is so bad that the centre arranged for two miles of lines to be buried (at vast expense) to reduce the number of injuries. I didn't enquire on fatalities or injuries amongst the other fowl.
Apparently some high tension lines now have football sized orange plastic balls on the cables to allow birds (and presumably helicopters?) to see and avoid them.
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09-01-2009 10:36 PM
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15-01-2009 8:40 AM
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Quote from: PJ
Quote from: ruslyn Western Power (who are responsible for supplying power in the area) blame it on birds hitting the overhead cables which bring power to the village. If true, then there must be a lot of birds being killed each year when they fly into overhead power cables!
Apparently some high tension lines now have football sized orange plastic balls on the cables to allow birds (and presumably helicopters?) to see and avoid them.
Yes I've seen this and they also have bright orange strips too which looks like pipe lagging stuff. They place it on various lengths along the power lines or in some cases just one long bit in the middle. It does make the lines more visible but its a shame it isn't a widely adopted practice.
I once saw a picture of a swan after it had hit a power line - half of its beak had been ripped off and it looked awful. It lived to tell the tale and had an artificial beak replacement but the pictures of it pre-op were horrifying.
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