Power out

[GordonH]

^^ Maybe I'm asking to much, well I tried. My bad

[Queen K]

Prediction

9 months from now there is a spike in babies at the hospital.


lol

That's rather noteworthy Symbonite.

[Fancy]

Must diarize the date and bump forward this thread - will be interesting.

[Randall T]

I would think anyone with a life-threatening medical condition that required an electrically operated apparatus would have reliable battery backup and a generator. I know I certainly would. This reminds me of the scheduled outage earlier in the year when people were using the "someone could die" line for their protest.

[GordonH]

I would think anyone with a life-threatening medical condition that required an electrically operated apparatus would have reliable battery backup and a generator. I know I certainly would. This reminds me of the scheduled outage earlier in the year when people were using the "someone could die" line for their protest.

^^ Exactly, having a backup would be very much a necessity.


Growing on dairy farm having a generator was important, only have to milk a herd of hundred cows once by hand to know that.

[Glacier]

The biggest hurdle I see to a second line is the NIMBYs. You think people are pi**ed off with the billboards, just wait until they have a big ugly high voltage transmission line running through their back yards! I predict that any recommendation for a 2nd line will recommend another one in from Merritt because ranchers over that way don't have the money and sway that rich yuppies in West Kelowna have.

[treeman97]

You do remember that the Lt. Govenor is a rancher from merritt don't you?

[featfan]

stupid post.

[kelscher]

The power went out on Oct 1st which coincidentally was the first day of BC Hydro's "Offtober" which promotes tips to how to save $ on your Hydro bill. LOL Tip 1 should have read: Reduce your consumption by having us shut off your power!

[Metdet]

a co-workers sump pump shut off from the power outage..this morning he found his entire basement flooded and all flooring/carpets, photos etc ruined.

[Persian Apple Country]

After the whole power outage: was there a power surge that fried computers ?
Both in Peachland & West Kelowna businesses were closed or limited in what they could handle.

Should I use a surge protection for all my Computers including Phones & Tablets ?
How can I make sure I get the right surge protector?

Lots of questions because I am new to 110 volts & power outages.

[Bpeep]

a co-workers sump pump shut off from the power outage..this morning he found his entire basement flooded and all flooring/carpets, photos etc ruined.

If he has such a problem with seepage he should have a back up power system or else he'll have the same problem every time the power goes out.
Sounds like he has a bigger problem than that tho.
How can a basement flood in less than one day?

[Symbonite]

The power went out on Oct 1st which coincidentally was the first day of BC Hydro's "Offtober" which promotes tips to how to save $ on your Hydro bill. LOL Tip 1 should have read: Reduce your consumption by having us shut off your power!

I wonder how much money that was saved from that power outage in total of the district.

[Symbonite]

a co-workers sump pump shut off from the power outage..this morning he found his entire basement flooded and all flooring/carpets, photos etc ruined.

I guess its a good thing that he has insurance....right?

and if he knew that there was going to be a problem why wasnt he there moving those pictures away.

[Symbonite]

After the whole power outage: was there a power surge that fried computers ?
Both in Peachland & West Kelowna businesses were closed or limited in what they could handle.

Should I use a surge protection for all my Computers including Phones & Tablets ?
How can I make sure I get the right surge protector?

Lots of questions because I am new to 110 volts & power outages.

Well because of all the construction going on the power grid wont handle it so there is a lot of spikes and sags in power. Everyone with a power issues shouldnt be using a christmas noma power strip or time to upgrade their 10 year old surge bar. Better yet they should be using a UPS with a auto shut down feature.

there is also a surge protector box that you can get installed at the switch box. PM me and ill pass on the person that does the installation.