Storm Arwen vs Net Zero…..nature vs arrogance??

[oldoaktree]

Power went off on Friday night ! Little petrol genny for odd light and tv wood burner for heating and gas camping stove for tea coffee and snacks. Power has Just come back on . Hasn’t been too bad .

 

[Chae1]

you got a proper switch over so it can supply your house electric board?

i just head leads in through door to stuff i needed!

think i will start looking at euro auctions for an old YEDL unit there not that much

No proper switch. Just plugged it into normal 3 pin plug. Powering up house though.

All schools shut in Aberdeenshire for next 2 days so obviously aren't expecting power to be restored soon.

 

[badger nadgers]

heating by wood hot water by wood cooking by either wood or gas who needs electric

People who rely on boreholes for water. No electric = no pump = no water.

 

[quattro]

Our power has been out since 5pm Friday, estimated that will be back by 6pm tonight, but not holding our breath, there’s a lot of damage.

Our house is old, draughty, inefficient
insulation, single glazed windows, heated by a mixture of oil and wood. Everything about it is a black mark regarding Net Zero.

However, in the absence of electricity, the only thing we are without is the tv. Solar garden lights charge up through the day, old gravity fed kerosene Esse heating the water, kitchen and does half a job at cooking. 2 log burners with a bit of imagination can operate as hot plates, grills and ovens. We’re fine.

Sister lives in a new build, top whack insulation, efficient boiler, storage heaters, but there’s no electricity so NOTHING works, no cooking, heating, washing.

If the storm hit during a period of sub zero temps, a lot of people would be in a bit of trouble as their entire infrastructure failed.

Is the negativity towards oil and now log burners as well, combined with the push towards heat pumps and renewable energy powered house entirely wise when an 8hr storm can turn it all off?

Could be worse could have electric car!!!

 

[quattro]

Ours went off on Friday 5pm supposed to be back on at six tonight not expecting it
Wish they’d said it could be off for 2/3days would have got genny going sooner

 

[steveR]

No proper switch. Just plugged it into normal 3 pin plug. Powering up house though.

All schools shut in Aberdeenshire for next 2 days so obviously aren't expecting power to be restored soon.

Well, I hoped you isolated the house from the incoming mains.... at the very least!

 

[steveR]

Ours went off on Friday 5pm supposed to be back on at six tonight not expecting it
Wish they’d said it could be off for 2/3days would have got genny going sooner

More than 2 hours, I wheel mine out...

 

[melted welly]

Could be worse could have electric car!!!

Oh now there’s a point, there’s a guy with a Tesla in the area, proper tailgater, not gonna be seeing him for a day or 2

 

[Chae1]

Well, I hoped you isolated the house from the incoming mains.... at the very least!

I tripped the main breaker where power comes into house.

 

[steveR]

Oh now there’s a point, there’s a guy with a Tesla in the area, proper tailgater, not gonna be seeing him for a day or 2

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[quattro]

More than 2 hours, I wheel mine out...

It had the drier wired into it and they said it was coming back on in 6 hours
That was 50 hours ago!!!

 

[Chae1]

It had the drier wired into it and they said it was coming back on in 6 hours
That was 50 hours ago!!!

When I was initially offered a generator Saturday morning I turned it down! Nah power will be back on in a few hours.

By lunchtime Saturday thought about it a bit more and decided to take him up on his offer. Glad we did now watching TV and a few lights in. Fridge freezer staying frozen.

Strangely local town banchory has shortage of water. Electric pumps must pressurise system I guess.

Local swimming pool was letting people in for free showers, but it's ran out of water now too.

 

[wanton dwarf]

Hopefully we have a few long cold winters - with mains power dropping - it'll make a few people wise up to the situation the UK is in.

And it'll have to be dire to get the fat blonde philanderer to wake his ideas up.

 

[tepapa]

When we wired up the house we put a proper change over switch and plug to plug the Genny into the house. But I never got the plug and cable to plug the Genny in, not needed it yet but it's on the card for this week.

 

[BuskhillFarm]

Couldn’t even leave the house unless the leccy car is charged.
Brings me to a story of back in the day when the electric was off at the house and at the potatoes. One of the towns men that was there to gather the potatoes said that’s it we may go home can’t gather any today…. dad said why? The townsman said sure the tractors won’t start with out the electric

 

[roscoe erf]

People who rely on boreholes for water. No electric = no pump = no water.

get it from the sky

 

[melted welly]

get it from the sky

Too simple, modern life demands stuff be controlled from phones and a subscription paid. Us luddites will never get it.

 

[roscoe erf]

People who rely on boreholes for water. No electric = no pump = no water.

Too simple, modern life demands stuff be controlled from phones and a subscription paid. Us luddites will never get it.

of course there is such a thing as a ram pump don't need electric just the water to power it

 

[oldoaktree]

Hopefully we have a few long cold winters - with mains power dropping - it'll make a few people wise up to the situation the UK is in.

And it'll have to be dire to get the fat blonde philanderer to wake his ideas up.

That’s nice idea . Be good for older people with health problems and for that matter anyone with health problems .Young family’s will be so looking forward to it to . Back to the 70s with power cuts - those were the days

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

People who rely on boreholes for water. No electric = no pump = no water.

Power went off 3 times yesterday , no electric fence and can't even fuel the tractor because of welsh regulations making us have a fuel station.
No problem in the house, just keep putting a block in the burners and kettle on the top