winter power cuts

[dellym]

we had our first power cut this morning...lasted about an hour. Hope everyones got candles n torches ready just in case!! :)

[grannyclaret]

we have not had any yet ,but got loads of candles in case ,doh

[jaseyboy]

i rememba u buyin them gc, a massive altar candle wich grandad just sed take it back. 4 qwid for 1, then u went to the barginshop n got 10 for a qwid!!!!!! lol

[Robert]

It happens every week here, was gutted, im wandering about in the dark this morning and all the houses behind mine were all lit up. :(

[wayneyboy1942]

Originally Posted by Robert

It happens every week here, was gutted, im wandering about in the dark this morning and all the houses behind mine were all lit up. :(

We had a spate of that a few years ago,it turned out to be a house a few doors away that had rigged the meter,it went off about sx times and only on our side of the road.
The best thing is to get a torch and candles cos the electricboard have very little extra capacity and they expect power cuts.

[Robert]

Well, its actually not as bad as I made out, was a spate of it last year mainly, then there was the dodgy water episode a few weeks ago which the water board over the phone said was safe even though it was forming a precipitate and fizzing!

Think it is fair to call them power failures rather than cuts :D The problem is cutbacks to save money and the lines and substations aren't checked as they used to be nor are there the staff to do repairs as there were in the days before the industry was privatised.

[Robert]

Think the avenue next to mine must be connected to a different substation as other people across Ightenhill were affected yet this particular avenue wasn't!

[dellym]

im connected to the one on park lane near the post box....power cuts are quite regular with that one lol!!

We have that problem here, the substations were only for so much usage of electricity and with all the extra appliances households have these days they can't cope.

[dellym]

Wonder what was being overused at 8.30am friday morning then lol!!

Probably the last straw that broke the camels back if loads of people decided to have a cuppa before going out shopping :D :D

[Mattylad]

I just went back to bed till it came back on :D
(I have the stomach bug thats doing the rounds & am off on the sick/skive till new year).