PeeBee (25th January 2019)
I got on their fb page and asked 'the' question, and they said ...
Hi Ten, we appreciate power outages are inconvenient, particularly in this heat. Today's outage was directed by the Australian Energy Market Operator and this event was as a result of a shortfall in power generation, and was not network related; unfortunately we are given little or no notice in these situations If you still do not have power, please call out 24x7 faults number on 132412.
I fell asleep on the couch for 10 mins, so it was lucky it happened during nap time.
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mudnut (25th January 2019)
There's a bit to it all , since Hazelwood closed which was twenty five percent of our generation which is a lot we have relied on wind and solar, both work ok under ideal conditions if it's windy and if it's sunny and not hot .
Unfortunately it's hot and not windy where it's needed so net result is blackouts , we now don't generate enough electricity to cover our needs and rely on Tasmania and NSW to get us through .
It's not going to get better it's going to get worse so buy a gennie and get some wiring done so you can replace the grid with off grid .
Coal fired works ninety eight to ninety nine percent of the time but wind and solar low thirty percent on a good day and that's why the blackout .
Hodge (25th January 2019)
Yep buy foreign made generators and fill them with fossil fuel. That'll show that nasty climate change phenomenon a thing or two!!!
Cradoka (25th January 2019), mudnut (25th January 2019), rusty_nail (25th January 2019)
Do your own thing. Can keep them cool (gravity feed) as I do when the batteries go into float above 40 DegC.
But when landline goes down, yep loose ADSL, no access to internet, fires near me but can at least pump water and run the air conditioner.
2008 GU WAG ST Manual CRD - To do the job
Enormous 48+ hours at work, what a day yesterday was. Probably the worst state, I've seen the system in, since the horrible pre - black saturday week.
I wonder where all greenies are now that the load power shedding has begun. Not a much has been said from their camp last few days.
2005 TD42TI
Forum Mods banning Dickheads before I can report their posts... takes all the fun out of being a grumpy old fart.
Keep up the good work boys but every now and then give the members a chance to kick 'em in the nuts a coupla times first :-)
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
GQtdauto (26th January 2019), Hodge (26th January 2019), MB (26th January 2019), MudRunnerTD (26th January 2019), Touses (27th January 2019)