Power Cut!

Aliboy · 19 Feb 2006 at 10:23

basmic said:
It's not exactly the end of the world.

I used to love power cuts - I found them an enjoyable experience, for some reason.

Same here

i know nothing · 19 Feb 2006 at 10:29

Big Chris said:
How would a time travel device have helped him though...?

It's picture of my generator!

norm · 19 Feb 2006 at 10:47

i know nothing said:
It's picture of my generator!

Is that gas powered? No obvious sign of a fuel tank.

What kind of specification is it also?

VIRII · 19 Feb 2006 at 14:18

fatiain said:
I used to love powercuts when I was a kid, back in the 70's we used to get quite a lot. Watching a B&W portable tv powered by a car battery by candlelight drinking tea made on a camping gas stove. My day bought a gas mantle lantern, it made a great noise when you lit it.

I miss powercuts like that.

Aww those were the days lol. Marmite on toast cut into soldiers watching bagpuss after school .... you old fart. Must've been loaded to be able to have afforded a spare car battery and a TV and a gas mantle lamp. We had a paraffin lamp and I remember my Father buying a TV.
We went into a shop and he chose a TV and I was gobsmacked that anyone could just buy an item like that. Seemed incredible back then, especially when my pushbike was a hand me down from my sister grrrrrrr.

teaboy5 · 19 Feb 2006 at 14:32

I would get used to these. Because in a few years time, we are all gonna get a lot more of these happening

VIRII · 19 Feb 2006 at 14:35

teaboy5 said:
I would get used to these. Because in a few years time, we are all gonna get a lot more of these happening

We have frequent power outages in our village, apparently it is squirrels eating the power lines. We failed to believe that and eventually several cracked isolators were replaced, power cuts have stopped.

gord · 19 Feb 2006 at 15:00

i know nothing said:
It's picture of my generator!

That is INSANE!.. our generator is tiny in comparison and still waaaay noisy..

fatiain · 19 Feb 2006 at 15:05

VIRII said:
Aww those were the days lol. Marmite on toast cut into soldiers watching bagpuss after school .... you old fart. Must've been loaded to be able to have afforded a spare car battery and a TV and a gas mantle lamp. We had a paraffin lamp and I remember my Father buying a TV.
We went into a shop and he chose a TV and I was gobsmacked that anyone could just buy an item like that. Seemed incredible back then, especially when my pushbike was a hand me down from my sister grrrrrrr.

Paraffin lamp? How working class. We took the car battery out the butlers car, he had to walk home in the rain and subsequently died of pneumonia. Staff aren't what they used to be.

I remember our first TV, it was a huge 'Pye' wood effect jobby, a mahoosive 19" black and white thing. On 4 pylon like legs. Had to get up to change channel (only had 3 back then) and no daytime tv, breakfast tv or tv through the night.

Now on 28" widescreen with 4billion chanels of crap on Sky. Progress? Hmmmm.

And at least you wouldn't bang your plums on the crossbar of the hand me down bike.

JaFFa · 19 Feb 2006 at 15:28

fatiain said:
Paraffin lamp? How working class. We took the car battery out the butlers car, he had to walk home in the rain and subsequently died of pneumonia. Staff aren't what they used to be.

I remember our first TV, it was a huge 'Pye' wood effect jobby, a mahoosive 19" black and white thing. On 4 pylon like legs. Had to get up to change channel (only had 3 back then) and no daytime tv, breakfast tv or tv through the night.

Now on 28" widescreen with 4billion chanels of crap on Sky. Progress? Hmmmm.

And at least you wouldn't bang your plums on the crossbar of the hand me down bike.

hahahahha. The good old days when dinosaurs really did have teeth and grass really was green. The old hand me down tea pot that would always make coffee no matter how many tea bags we put in it.

Sorry couldnt resist its sentimental-tastic.

fatiain · 19 Feb 2006 at 15:33

JaFFa said:
hahahahha. The good old days when dinosaurs really did have teeth and grass really was green. The old hand me down tea pot that would always make coffee no matter how many tea bags we put in it.

Sorry couldnt resist its sentimental-tastic.

Jeez, reading it back makes me realise what an old fart I sound.

I'm only 34

VIRII · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:50

fatiain said:
Paraffin lamp? How working class. We took the car battery out the butlers car, he had to walk home in the rain and subsequently died of pneumonia. Staff aren't what they used to be.

I remember our first TV, it was a huge 'Pye' wood effect jobby, a mahoosive 19" black and white thing. On 4 pylon like legs. Had to get up to change channel (only had 3 back then) and no daytime tv, breakfast tv or tv through the night.

Now on 28" widescreen with 4billion chanels of crap on Sky. Progress? Hmmmm.

And at least you wouldn't bang your plums on the crossbar of the hand me down bike.

Hehe I remember that bike well, it was red with white tyres.
As for old PYE TV's I continued to use one of them (colour) until about 10 years ago when it started smoking. It had a lovely wood effect surround.

Now watching tv on a fantastic 50" telly with 5.1 surround sound

The paraffin lamp was ace, (now theres a word from the past) made from brass with a cut glass erm glass bit (what is the glass bit called?).

Sorry about your poor Butler

VIRII · 19 Feb 2006 at 17:50

fatiain said:
Jeez, reading it back makes me realise what an old fart I sound.

I'm only 34

Yes you do

Younger than me though

i know nothing · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:34

norm said:
Is that gas powered? No obvious sign of a fuel tank.

What kind of specification is it also?

No it's diesel, the tank is between the skids. If you look carefully you can just see a Racor fuel/water seperator (sort of off white colour) lying loose on top of the tank, just before it is the fuel filling cap. It's a 275 Kva genset.

I've got a couple of others, a small 12.5Kva and a 60Kva, all 3 phase though.