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[SIR Philbutt]

Our electric went off Boxing day at about 9.00 because of the flooding in Rochdale. About 18-20,000 homes left without power. Even the mobile phone service went off for a few hours.

Came back on about 22.30 tonight 37hrs later, big generator now parked next to our substation.

There are about a dozen or so emergency ones running around the area as the main substation was overrun with water, even though in 2010 it has had £468k spent protecting it from that 1 in 200 year flooding event  . Only took 5 

Luckily daughter the other side of town still had power so all freezer stuff transported there but lost a fridge full of food stuff

Earlier on today there was a burger van touring the area giving free burgers, etc for those without power, nice touch I thought

[SteveAvfc.]

Living down here in Bristol we never get these dreadful problems thankfully, but my heart goes out to all that seemingly have to endure these floods year in year out now. Seeing all the news feeds makes me feel so useless hope you are able to get back to some kind of normality soon.

[Varche]

Grim in a civilised country. My heart goes out to those actually flooded but even losing electric for such a long time is bad. No heating ? Lost frozen or fridge foods.

Hope it hasn't put too much of a damper on Xmas.

[STEMO]

Grim in a civilised country. My heart goes out to those actually flooded but even losing electric for such a long time is bad. No heating ? Lost frozen or fridge foods.

Hope it hasn't put too much of a damper on Xmas.

Can't see that it being a civilised country make that much difference really. Water is water, and it's got to go somewhere. Look at America over Christmas, utter devastation.

[Varche]

Maybe, but what was the £486k spent on? One in 200 year? Methinks someone got the calculations wrong. Bit like buildings still going up elsewhere on flood plains......

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Grim in a civilised country. My heart goes out to those actually flooded but even losing electric for such a long time is bad. No heating ? Lost frozen or fridge foods.

Hope it hasn't put too much of a damper on Xmas.

Can't see that it being a civilised country make that much difference really. Water is water, and it's got to go somewhere. Look at America over Christmas, utter devastation.

...........speaking of civilisation. Has electricity and indoor toilets reached Barnsley yet?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Grim in a civilised country. My heart goes out to those actually flooded but even losing electric for such a long time is bad. No heating ? Lost frozen or fridge foods.

Hope it hasn't put too much of a damper on Xmas.

Yes. I hope it all ends well, Phil.

[Shackeng]

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

[SIR Philbutt]

Thanks for the thoughts but no 'leccy' and a fridge full of stuff lost is insignificant compared to what some people are having to deal with.

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

Seriously be looking into this at the mo, gave up the chance to buy one a few months ago  wont again

[Andy B]

Thanks for the thoughts but no 'leccy' and a fridge full of stuff lost is insignificant compared to what some people are having to deal with.

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

Seriously be looking into this at the mo, gave up the chance to buy one a few months ago  wont again

How do you connect it to the house electrics then? Do you use some kind of change over switch? ie you can only have the genny supplying the house or the grid ..... and not both

[Lazydocker]

Thanks for the thoughts but no 'leccy' and a fridge full of stuff lost is insignificant compared to what some people are having to deal with.

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

Seriously be looking into this at the mo, gave up the chance to buy one a few months ago  wont again

How do you connect it to the house electrics then? Do you use some kind of change over switch? ie you can only have the genny supplying the house or the grid ..... and not both

Interested in this. I'm sure my neighbour had some sort of reverse plug that he just plugged into a 3 pin plug. But he's a complete self-abuser and probably has it wrong

[henryd]

Thanks for the thoughts but no 'leccy' and a fridge full of stuff lost is insignificant compared to what some people are having to deal with.

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

Seriously be looking into this at the mo, gave up the chance to buy one a few months ago  wont again

How do you connect it to the house electrics then? Do you use some kind of change over switch? ie you can only have the genny supplying the house or the grid ..... and not both

My parents house has a generator which is wired into the ring main via a change over switch,doesn't feed the street,just there place.

[Andy B]

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Interested in this. I'm sure my neighbour had some sort of reverse plug that he just plugged into a 3 pin plug. But he's a complete self-abuser and probably has it wrong

a 13 pin plug on either end of a cable would do it!   

[Entwood]

Thanks for the thoughts but no 'leccy' and a fridge full of stuff lost is insignificant compared to what some people are having to deal with.

I bought a cheap generator 30 odd years ago, and it has more than paid for itself on the rare occasions it is required.

Seriously be looking into this at the mo, gave up the chance to buy one a few months ago  wont again

How do you connect it to the house electrics then? Do you use some kind of change over switch? ie you can only have the genny supplying the house or the grid ..... and not both

All I've done is to put an external waterproof socket on the outside wall ....  runs to a double 13 pin socket on the inside wall  which is not connected to anything else .. purely the outside socket... when the power fails 2 Kw generator is run in the greenhouse with one lead to the aforementioned socket and one long lead into the garage. Garage lead runs fridge and freezer; house lead to 2 internal sockets with a 4-way in one to run a couple of lights, and radio and a 1 kw heater in the other socket. If the power is off for long or  1KW is not enough heat.. then the big gas heater gets wheeled in from the shed ...

Not an all-singing solution .. but gives light and heat in the main room, and we've never been off grid longer than 6 hours ... so far !!!

I know you can fit special switches that disconnect from the mains input and allow the genny to run everything .. but a 2 KW genny might start to struggle !!

[henryd]

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Interested in this. I'm sure my neighbour had some sort of reverse plug that he just plugged into a 3 pin plug. But he's a complete self-abuser and probably has it wrong

a 13 pin plug on either end of a cable would do it!   

I've done that at work in an emergency but not recommended !!