Power Outage? Douglas Glen?

[Zhariak]

Just wondering if anyone else just had that power outage?

It was down for atleast 30 minutes, possibly a whole hour?

[JfuckinC]

went out around 12:55 at my moms place.. near the west end of 130th

[J-D]

Mine was out in Deer run for about 30 minutes.

[Tomaz]

My work was out, along with the rest of the industrial park by Deerfoot Inn. Was out for about an hour.

Anyone know what happened?

[Tarrantula]

Substation = kaput.

Heard on the radio. You know.. the other feature on your car stereo? (I had to google where to find mine) :rofl:

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by Tarrantula
Substation = kaput.

Heard on the radio. You know.. the other feature on your car stereo? (I had to google where to find mine) :rofl:

lol your totally right...

Ever since I got a vehicle with XM, I never hit FM...

[Tarrantula]

Originally posted by Zhariak


lol your totally right...

Ever since I got a vehicle with XM, I never hit FM...

I used to have XM - loved it to death.

but now im cheap and stick to cd's or my MP3.

poor radios :( in 30 years we will be telling our grand kids about them ha ha. (or at least I might be)

[Tomaz]

Originally posted by Tarrantula
Substation = kaput.

Heard on the radio. You know.. the other feature on your car stereo? (I had to google where to find mine) :rofl:

Is that the one right beside AUX?

I wasn't driving during/after the outage... Ass.. lol

[Tarrantula]

Originally posted by Tomaz


Is that the one right beside AUX?

I wasn't driving during/after the outage... Ass.. lol

I wasnt poking at your inability to drive, I was poking fun at the fact that I was listening to the radio.

[Tomaz]

Originally posted by Tarrantula


I wasnt poking at your inability to drive, I was poking fun at the fact that I was listening to the radio.


Wait.. WAT?

I just realized... you listened to the radio? Is everything ok man? :( lol

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by Tarrantula


I used to have XM - loved it to death.

but now im cheap and stick to cd's or my MP3.

poor radios :( in 30 years we will be telling our grand kids about them ha ha. (or at least I might be)

Yes, XM, or (thankfully I have the RCA inputs) my iPhone :)

[Zhariak]

Ugh, just had another one..

Cut the shit out of trying to finish shaving my face with no lights :(

[speedog]

Heard on the radio (AM radio even) that Enmax was blaming this outage on the fog - probably due to a build-up of frost and dirt on the lines some where.

[scat19]

internet radio on iPhone FTW!

As you were.

[colt22]

yeah driving around with no traffic lights in the fog wasnt fun

[Tomaz]

I am very happy i missed all of that. Rumor had it that the Barlow, 114th Ave lights were off. Traffic Jam much?

[revelations]

If its the same substation (Deerfoot and Anderson) problems Enmax used to have when I was working there, its the location of the sub thats the problem - being right next to a body of water (river) which produces moisture, which freezes to the insulators - which causes power outages.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by revelations
If its the same substation (Deerfoot and Anderson) problems Enmax used to have when I was working there, its the location of the sub thats the problem - being right next to a body of water (river) which produces moisture, which freezes to the insulators - which causes power outages.


Well that's pretty brilliant!

[LLLimit]

how do insulators freeze? they're made of porcelain/glass or are synthetic.

if they're dirty, the moisture in the air may cause flashover

[Cos]

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[revelations]

Originally posted by Cos


correct, the siting missed that in the design.

Not sure if that is the problem here but on foggy days like this, ones that cause calf robe/deerfoot bridge to freeze over, the insulators and seperation are shorted from the moisture in the air.

Fack, I didnt realize it was a planning FUBAR - although I guess this would be self evident as the feeder lines that go over the river into Diamond Cove collapsed in 2005 because the poles were placed too close to the river.

The new poles are also (surprise) too close to the new shore.

Was this 26 or 32 sub? I used to get them mixed up all the time.

[Cos]

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