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Why do power cuts happen at peak export times ? Grrr

debitcardmayhem
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Power out at 1558 !!! expected bac at 1930
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  • MattMattMattUK
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    Power out at 1558 !!! expected bac at 1930
    Peak demand usually triggers the failure.
  • Robin9
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    edited 11 June at 6:01PM
    That;s life - have you had a look at the National Grid site to see how big an area is affected.

    As a NDO breakdown engineer I spent a hot afternoon chasing a non-existent fault  - caused by the sun beaming through a window and hitting an overload relay which tripped the circuit. Very frustrating.


    edit PS  -  too much sun and not enough back up was the cause of the Spanish Grid failure
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