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Where I live seems to have suffered something a bit bigger than the average power cut, over 700 homes affected, power was off for 8 hours and there is now a dirty great big lorry mounted diesel generator connected into the sub-station over the road.
The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
Could be anything from a digger putting its bucket through a cable to a transformer going bang.
Does the network operator website not give any details? They normally list each outage/issue.
Alternatively if there are people at the substation working, go and have a chat asking about what is going on (obviously don't enter the substation)
Does the network operator website not give any details? They normally list each outage/issue.
Alternatively if there are people at the substation working, go and have a chat asking about what is going on (obviously don't enter the substation)
Skyedriver said:
You aren't in west coast Scotland.
Power cuts can last hours or sometimes days. And no generator back up.
Years ago on Skye we had a power cut from Tuesday to Saturday. In February. Electric heating and cooking.
No better over here in Aberdeenshire. Twice in the last few years it's been off for over a week. I think 10 days was the longest.Power cuts can last hours or sometimes days. And no generator back up.
Years ago on Skye we had a power cut from Tuesday to Saturday. In February. Electric heating and cooking.
Big woodburner that you can cook on, a gas BBQ and an open fire keeps things pretty comfortable though so no major hassle here.
I absolutely wouldn't go full electric in a rural location served by overhead lines - just asking for trouble.
Inbox said:
Where I live seems to have suffered something a bit bigger than the average power cut, over 700 homes affected, power was off for 8 hours and there is now a dirty great big lorry mounted diesel generator connected into the sub-station over the road.
The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
We had this when a transformer failed. It was going for about 3 days. That was a small transformer maybe serving a few dozen houses I think.The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
They had to dig a fair bit to connect in the new transformer.
It could equally be a cable. Underground cables are much more work to fault find and repair.
If there's no sign of work at or near the substation, maybe the fault is in a line feeding the substation, could be miles away, the substation is just the convenient place to connect the generator?
OutInTheShed said:
Inbox said:
Where I live seems to have suffered something a bit bigger than the average power cut, over 700 homes affected, power was off for 8 hours and there is now a dirty great big lorry mounted diesel generator connected into the sub-station over the road.
The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
We had this when a transformer failed. It was going for about 3 days. That was a small transformer maybe serving a few dozen houses I think.The genny has been going for just over 2 days and makes a racket, worse at night as there are several EV's and you hear the noise increase as the chargers start doing their stuff.
The only update we have received is the power has been restored but nothing about how long the generator will be here, I will contact them tomorrow and ask but in the meantime..
Can anyone speculate on how long the generator could be here and what in the grid might have failed?
They had to dig a fair bit to connect in the new transformer.
It could equally be a cable. Underground cables are much more work to fault find and repair.
If there's no sign of work at or near the substation, maybe the fault is in a line feeding the substation, could be miles away, the substation is just the convenient place to connect the generator?
I agree connecting the generator here is an obvious place with ready access to the wires, etc.
Fingers crossed this is all sorted.
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