Stephen Crockett Posted November 14, 2021 at 04:40 AM Posted November 14, 2021 at 04:40 AM So ... just commencing descent ... received approval ... and whammo ... power flickered ... then gone. Apparently someone hit a power pole ... I promise it wasnt me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Thomson Posted November 14, 2021 at 03:30 PM Posted November 14, 2021 at 03:30 PM Yep. We had a power pole trashed by a car just outside our front lawn last winter and it took Hydro One a day to replace the pole and restore power. After moving to Canada from Glasgow Scotland where power cuts were a very rare occurrence, we are now very used to them. Overhead wires are everywhere in rural Canada due, I believe, to underground cables being unusable because of ground heave in winter. Alistair Thomson === Definition: a gentleman is a flying instructor in a Piper Cherokee who can change tanks without getting his face slapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hanson Posted November 14, 2021 at 03:43 PM Posted November 14, 2021 at 03:43 PM 11 minutes ago, Alistair Thomson said: Overhead wires are everywhere in rural Canada due, I believe, to underground cables being unusable because of ground heave in winter. More likely because U/G costs 10-20 times more than O/H and power company doesn't want to reduce their profits. Regards, Rog Hanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Thomson Posted November 14, 2021 at 04:55 PM Posted November 14, 2021 at 04:55 PM Cynic! :) Alistair Thomson === Definition: a gentleman is a flying instructor in a Piper Cherokee who can change tanks without getting his face slapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted November 14, 2021 at 06:31 PM Posted November 14, 2021 at 06:31 PM Last year I moved from a suburban neighborhood built in the late 70s where power was all run underground, to a rural house built in the 30s where the electric comes from a pole off of lines that run through what is now heavily overgrown woods. A windy day causes power to blink sometimes. I invested a few hundred dollars in UPS units for my sim PC plus for the modem and router downstairs. Painful outlay, but the piece of mind is worth it. Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauri Uusitalo Posted November 14, 2021 at 06:51 PM Posted November 14, 2021 at 06:51 PM 3 hours ago, Alistair Thomson said: Yep. We had a power pole trashed by a car just outside our front lawn last winter and it took Hydro One a day to replace the pole and restore power. After moving to Canada from Glasgow Scotland where power cuts were a very rare occurrence, we are now very used to them. Overhead wires are everywhere in rural Canada due, I believe, to underground cables being unusable because of ground heave in winter. In Finland we are moving to underground cables due to storm damages. And we do have heave up to 2 meters, about 7 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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