Oh bloody great, sub-station fire...
20 November 2007, 04:32 PM
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Oh bloody great, sub-station fire...
... which for me equates to no electricity for when I get home.
They are usually good at rectifying things like this, but it sounds pretty bad, and appears to be a wide area affected.
So if you live in or near forest hill........ DONT GO HOME
Or if you are home already.... is it dark? Oh you cant see this can you, no power
They are usually good at rectifying things like this, but it sounds pretty bad, and appears to be a wide area affected.
So if you live in or near forest hill........ DONT GO HOME
Or if you are home already.... is it dark? Oh you cant see this can you, no power
Reminds me of the helpdesk call about the guy who says his screen's gone dark 
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Depends what they have had to do. It's unusual for a transformer to go but not unheard of. If it's a substation building fire it's usually the board that's blown.
Depends how much damage is done really.
We had the last 4 switches on the far end of this 11KV board blow this year. There wasnt much left of the last switch.
We managed to get the R/H (From the EMEB line) switches re closed whithin a few hours. The left hand side needed a thorough clean of the busbars and the last four switches debanking which took two days. It was a further month before the last switches were replaced but we were able to resupply them from the R/H side.
You are often left at risk due to maintenance and problems without you knowing.
Cheers
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Depends what they have had to do. It's unusual for a transformer to go but not unheard of. If it's a substation building fire it's usually the board that's blown.
Depends how much damage is done really.
We had the last 4 switches on the far end of this 11KV board blow this year. There wasnt much left of the last switch.
We managed to get the R/H (From the EMEB line) switches re closed whithin a few hours. The left hand side needed a thorough clean of the busbars and the last four switches debanking which took two days. It was a further month before the last switches were replaced but we were able to resupply them from the R/H side.
You are often left at risk due to maintenance and problems without you knowing.
Cheers
Lee
Depends how much damage is done really.
We had the last 4 switches on the far end of this 11KV board blow this year. There wasnt much left of the last switch.
We managed to get the R/H (From the EMEB line) switches re closed whithin a few hours. The left hand side needed a thorough clean of the busbars and the last four switches debanking which took two days. It was a further month before the last switches were replaced but we were able to resupply them from the R/H side.
You are often left at risk due to maintenance and problems without you knowing.
Cheers
Lee
Wow, detail cheers mate
Got to be honest, I aint got a clue how all these things work, but nice to have an insight
Power was restored before I got home thankfully but the whole area near the substation was evacuated (I know how that feels) and sealed off.
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