My office got kicked off the grid a couple weeks ago and we had to switch to our backup generator. Now our backup generator has stopped working and we have no backup to our backup. I have 3 UPS powering the wifi and my computer, that will last me maybe 30 minutes at best. It has been a bad 3-4 days. The internet has been extremely unreliable and now the power has gone out. Hopefully the fuel guy just "forgot" to fill up the tank. Here's hoping for the easy fix!
dont know why they call it a brownout.. they are blackouts.. brownouts are when the lights dim and flicker... blackouts are when there is no electricity.. at all...
A brownout can be a black out but a black out can never be a brown out. It's all in the definition: Brownout: A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Blackout: A short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area. Technically, going from 220V to 0V is a "drop in voltage" is it not?
It is a "brownout" because the electric companies sh*t all over you. First they charge you some of the highest rates in Asia. Secondly they can not supply enough electricity for AC during the hot months driving you wacky. Thirdly they build a grid that has to be totally turned off in the entire barangay, just to change a single wire going into your house. Fourthly they use brittle, hard paper for their bills (which disintegrate in a short time) so you can not even wipe the brown out sh*t off of yourself... Hey guys how about making your bills out of soft tissue like paper so we can wipe the sh*t you try to feed us off of ourselves. PS: The first brownout that occurred at my house in Bacong, my landlord came by about 15 minutes later. I told her that my power was out, so she took all her Filipino logic and asked: "How many days has it been out?" That impressed me at the service level I should expect from the electric companies.
Pretty interesting here, power outages are hit and miss here in Tanjay with mostly no explanation. We've gotten to know a number of the workers and they all seem to be pretty good guys just trying to do their job, infrastructure in my opinion (I did do 20 years as an electrician) is the biggest problem. Transformers are grossly overloaded. We have our own transformer and the great thing about our meter is that it shows voltage, kW and amperage as it cycles through. Even though I do not have the meter at the house, I still tend to walk by the meter a few times a day. Voltage is pretty consistent around 240, under 2 amps when I check; obviously when I'm using power tools or when some welding is going on it will be higher. The electric rates are pretty high here but our bills have been between 3,000 to 3,300 a month for the past 3 months, should get the next bill this week but I expect it to be about the same. We do not use A/C (though it is roughed in) and that has not been an issue so far. All the rooms (short of kitchen and CR's) have ceiling fans as well as large windows so I've slept well, I do wish we would get some rain pretty soon to cool things down and help my struggling garden. Like I said, I look at the meter often and the voltage fluctuates maybe 5 volts on average throughout the day, so I would say that overloaded transformers are more often the culprit than what they are sending from the substations. I would love to check out one of the substations but not sure how welcomed a random white guy may be... In my opinion, if you are renting you will probably see low voltages and fluctuations (which will hit you in the pocket) if you are building I strongly recommend spending a bit more to get your own transformer, put in the correct size wire and enjoy less issues than your neighbors. Solar lights are also great for the perimeter lighting and we are almost completely LED lamps inside and at the doors. Shawn
They aren't that bad Dave, Don't know about the paper bills, wife pays all the bills. I had a problem with my meter, kept grounding. Reported it and they where there next working day. another time the service drop (power-line) grounding, Noreco came out same day we reported it
Shawn I will ask, maybe the Genie can rub that lamp for you. I will ask when she gets home from her Sunday AM Thing JP
