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oops just seen kickstarts post :-Dhad a few powercuts in derrington today
Ours went three times last night. First time round tea had gone in the oven 30 seconds before it went. Pizza Hut profited out of that one as we were mega hungry.I'm a member of the power cut club now! =(
Well, not right now but a bit ago - for about half an hour about 10 minutes after I'd just got in...
It went off for about half an hour, although did come on for literally about a second during this time. Then after my last post it went off again shortly after 8pm. Luckily, in that time I'd found the number for WPD online so gave them a call - apparently a tree had fallen on a line, and I was assured it should be back on by 10pm, it was on by about 9pm I think. I'm screwed if there's a power cut - there is no gas supply so I wouldn't have been able to cook anything (I lie, I think I have a disposable BBQ in a cupboard somewhere!) and my main heating source is a storage heater, so if it's off overnight it affects my heating the next day.Ours went three times last night. First time round tea had gone in the oven 30 seconds before it went. Pizza Hut profited out of that one as we were mega hungry.
According to Western Power website 5000 properties were knocked out in the power cut last night.
There have been fatalities from the use of disposable BBQs in unventilated spaces giving rise to dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide..I think I have a disposable BBQ in a cupboard somewhere!
Oh blimey yes. Don't ever use a disposable barbie indoors, and always put them outside and well away when they've finished, because they give off carbon monoxide fumes for several hours. A family in a tent in Machynlleth, last summer I think it was, kept their burned-out barbie inside the tent when they turned in, because it was a cold night, and one of them died. Awful.There have been fatalities from the use of disposable BBQs in unventilated spaces giving rise to dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide..
I would do it outside, obviously... The BBQ is still unused and in packaging.There have been fatalities from the use of disposable BBQs in unventilated spaces giving rise to dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide..
You could well be on a different phase to the house next-door. You can sometimes see this when there is a single phase fault and the other two phases stay on.Quite a few years ago I got home from work and the first house on the street on the left had slightly dim lights and as I drove down the street the houses on the left got dimmer. Into our house and I could just about get a very dim glow from a single bulb. Next door neighbour had full power!