Power Cut/Landline And Streetlight Outage S8?

[Lex Luthor 10]

Hi

 

My mum just reached me on her mobile.  They experienced a power cut that lasted less than a second.  They've gone round re-setting everything but phoned neighbour and virgin landlines are out and no street lights??

[Baron99 779]

Had something similar in S7, approximately 8:25ish.  Lights went off for a second then came back on & tv went on standby. 

 

No problem after that & street lights are on. 

Edited September 22, 2020 by Baron99

[Lex Luthor 10]

Thank you.  Must have been around same time.

 

That's strange.  Virgin landlines went out the same time as the power outage.  Apparently, the street lights have come back on now.  Just Virgin landlines down.  

 

I can't think how that would all be connected but it seems too much of a coincidence not to be.

[BigAl1 143]

quite possible that the power cut triggered safety mechanism on virgin system that would need resetting

[Thirsty Relic 210]

My computer in S8 reset itself and the house lights flashed off then on a few minutes ago.  Not all electric went off though.  Seconds later I heard a couple of house alarms going, so its not just my house that was affected.

 

If you are in S8 or close by, make sure you know where your candles and torches are!

[Fudbeer 12]

Same in S8

[bassett one 449]

could it be the re-ajustment of the main high street lighting system thats supposed to be reduced to save energy on all street ligh.ts in sheffield

[muddycoffee 10]

One of my colleagues was waken up with a big explosion up the hill from Woodseats, somewhere below Derbyshire lane. It could have been something to do with an electrical fault maybe?

 

Also some workmen are laying new electrical cables across the area, Down Cobner, along Chesterfield road and up Holmhirst. It is a big trench with new cable ducting in it.

Not sure whether this is a standard  upgrade or renewal or something more urgent due to lack of capacity/fault.

[Thirsty Relic 210]

2 hours ago, muddycoffee said:

One of my colleagues was waken up with a big explosion up the hill from Woodseats, somewhere below Derbyshire lane. It could have been something to do with an electrical fault maybe?

 

Also some workmen are laying new electrical cables across the area, Down Cobner, along Chesterfield road and up Holmhirst. It is a big trench with new cable ducting in it.

Not sure whether this is a standard  upgrade or renewal or something more urgent due to lack of capacity/fault.

Yes, I suppose it could be the cable-laying, but I wouldn't have thought they'd be at at around midnight, when I had my power cut

[Lex Luthor 10]

On 23/09/2020 at 11:24, Bigal1 said:

quite possible that the power cut triggered safety mechanism on virgin system that would need resetting

That's interesting.  Thanks.

[muddycoffee 10]

On ‎15‎/‎10‎/‎2020 at 15:45, Thirsty Relic said:

Yes, I suppose it could be the cable-laying, but I wouldn't have thought they'd be at at around midnight, when I had my power cut

If you need to splice a new cable in, Midnight would seem a good choice to me when the load is vastly reduced and most people are in bed.

[BigAl1 143]

12 hours ago, muddycoffee said:

If you need to splice a new cable in, Midnight would seem a good choice to me when the load is vastly reduced and most people are in bed.

I thought they always did this at about 08.30 so presume the works were not on a major road