Powercuts talk to me…

Being out in the sticks, we get quite a few. I have a UPS on all my unify gear which will run it for circa 45 mins, and a small UPS on my Starlink and Sky router, so in the event of a cut, we still have internet and can use our tablets/phones.

Next property will have solar too.
 
I've had two power cuts this year due to storms, the last one being leaving us without power for 4 days.

However, their impact was minimal as I just plugged my V2L extension in to my EV and powered the house necessities off the car :).

It's certainly made me consider installing a solar and battery system next year.
 
Street I've lived on in zone 2 of London for 12 years has occasional power cuts. Maybe once a year on average. Kinda novel at first but any that last more than a couple of hours are pretty annoying.
 
Incredibly, while I posted the above there's been messages from neighbours on WhatsApp asking if anyone else's has gone off.

The magic of 3-phase power has spared me... for now.
 
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Used to get them regularly in HK growing up in typhoon seasons. I remember eating dinner under like a torch.

These days it would be easy peasy, I have so many other things I can run on battery that I can occupy myself with until bed time, from laptop to handheld consoles. Loaf of bread and tinned tuna will sort me out for dinner.
 
HoneyBadger said:
Being out in the sticks, we get quite a few. I have a UPS on all my unify gear which will run it for circa 45 mins, and a small UPS on my Starlink and Sky router, so in the event of a cut, we still have internet and can use our tablets/phones.

Next property will have solar too.
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You don't get a free digital detox treatment programme though.
 
I quite enjoy them if I'm honest.

Yes ..... I understand I could voluntarily turn off the power.

Maybe we should all start doing that now and then.

Why I quite like camping as well.
 
At my mother place out in the country a large bough came down off a tree in a field in teh middle of nowhere and took out the overhead powerlines it was out for 3 or 4 days. In the city I don't worry at all last time it happened there was the storm of '87 and that was a very long time ago. Even then it was only out for a matter of hours
 
Raymond Lin said:
Used to get them regularly in HK growing up in typhoon seasons. I remember eating dinner under like a torch.

These days it would be easy peasy, I have so many other things I can run on battery that I can occupy myself with until bed time, from laptop to handheld consoles. Loaf of bread and tinned tuna will sort me out for dinner.
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I remember being in Stanley Market the morning before a Typhoon rolled in maybe 1990 or 1991 my only experience of a Typhoon all the kids were off school and teh TV was showing cartoons all day in the hotel.
Blackjack Davy said:
At my mother place out in the country a large bough came down off a tree in a field in teh middle of nowhere and took out the overhead powerlines it was out for 3 or 4 days. In the city I don't worry at all last time it happened there was the storm of '87 and that was a very long time ago. Even then it was only out for a matter of hours
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The grid and the spare capacity are substantially less able than they were in 1987. We had a highly centralised nationalised provider with layers of redundancy we can only dream of these days. Spinning reserve, frequemcy response, fast start OCGT's and all in large quantities balanced around the demand centres.
 
PlacidCasual said:
I remember being in Stanley Market the morning before a Typhoon rolled in maybe 1990 or 1991 my only experience of a Typhoon all the kids were off school and teh TV was showing cartoons all day in the hotel.

The grid and the spare capacity are substantially less able than they were in 1987. We had a highly centralised nationalised provider with layers of redundancy we can only dream of these days. Spinning reserve, frequemcy response, fast start OCGT's and all in large quantities balanced around the demand centres.
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Actually I now remember my mum telling me to turn off the TV during typhoons hitting, in case of lighting strikes for power surge or something.

I never hated it, it was quite exiting as a kid.
 
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