[plug] Re: Electricity problems

[John Breen]

		What is funny IMHO is that part of WP's job is to provide a
reasonably close to constant power supply, but a few years ago (1995, I
think) issued a disclaimer to the effect that "it's not our fault if we
can't do our job properly..."

		Cheers,


		John

		John Breen
		Programmer
		United Construction Pty Ltd

		(08) 9499-0472
		john.breen at unitedconstruction.com.au


				-----Original Message-----
				From:	Bret Busby
[SMTP:bret at clearsol.iinet.net.au]
				Sent:	Wednesday, 23 June 1999 10:41
				To:	plug at linux.org.au
				Subject:	[plug] Re: Electricity
problems 



			>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

			On 6/22/99, 6:28:16 PM, "Paul Wilson"
<hooker at opera.iinet.net.au> wrote 
			regarding Re: Electricity problems (was Re: [plug] A
Quote):


			> > Bret Busby wrote:
			> > > So far this year, we have lost one telephone,
and one keyboard, due to
			> > > the wonky electricity supply.
			> > >
			> > > The only solution, appears to be a UPS (when
we can afford one).
			> > >
			> > The other thing you should do is disconnect your
modem from the
			> > telephone line.
			> >
			> > More lightning damage to hardware is caused via
phone lines than via
			> > electricty supply lines.

			> Odd when the phone line is underground, but power
delivery is 
			overground!
			> (an observation, not a criticism)

			I doubt the reliability of the information about the
"more damage 
			being caused via phone lines than via electricity
supply lines".

			Apart from the loss of the computing equipment, and
the short 
			lifetimes of light globes, due to the electricity
supply, we also have 
			a problem with ceiling exhaust fans not lasting
longer than a year, 
			and a few years ago, we had to replace a fridge
thermostat ($200), 
			that the technician told me, was due to the
electricity supply. 
			Basically, any electrical appliance is at risk, due
to the unstable 
			electricity supply.

			In NZ, after the Wahine storm back in the sixties,
or seventies, or 
			whenever, when much electricity supply was lost
throughout NZ, and, 
			before the electricity generation and supply was
privatised, the 
			electricity supply was put underground, including
rural electricity 
			supplies, and, lo, the electricity supply became
stable. And, NZ has 
			somewhat more rainfall than Perth. Where I was
brought up, we had 87 
			inches of rain a year, compared to the 87 cm of rain
a year in Perth. 
			And, when the winds blew hard, big trees blew down
frequently, and 
			damage occurred, unlike this trivial storm damage
that occurs in Perth 
			(apart from damage from having above ground
electricity transmission 
			lines).

			Regarding the underground telephone cables, telecom
has been getting 
			alot of work done in this area, servicing the
underground cabling, to 
			improve the quality of service, to reduce line
noise, and the 
			servicing of the cabling had not been done in the
past, or had not 
			been done for a long time.

			Bret Busby