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 :lol1:

Or if you are home already.... is it dark? Oh you cant see this can you, no power :Whatever_

:lol: Reminds me of the helpdesk call about the guy who says his screen's gone dark :D

Wooohoo, its sorted much sooner than expected. Question is, is the supply stable for the evening load!!

Snazy aka Dr Frankenstein :D

lol you know me too well :notworthy

Frankensnaz to be precise ;)

I still need to return that pc :razz:

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.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ck022Small.jpg

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 :thumb:
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.