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  1. ShawnM

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    Blackout/brownout...who really cares terminology, bottom line no one is happy when there is an outage. I've have not been to one of the substations to look at relay settings for their breakers. But guessing I would think that there has been rain lately so vines, trees and critters could be a reason for unscheduled outages...even tracking from dirty insulators that went to ground.

    Speculation obviously but it does seem like there are less outages than even a couple years ago so hopefully with the slow infrastructure upgrades to their medium voltage lines will help the unscheduled outages. Scheduled outages will continue for the maintenance and the replacement of poles/lines that I've seen. Still sucks but it is what it is here.

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    Last edited: Aug 26, 2019
    ShawnM, Aug 26, 2019
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  2. Mark K

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    Actually it's neither a blackout nor a brownout, it's a power cut :smile:

    "There's no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes.":wink:
     
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    Mark K, Aug 30, 2019
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    Due to extreme weather here in Oklahoma Monday, we are on hour 36 without electricity....brings back fond memories of the "brownouts" in Dumaguete.....
     
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    okiebound, Aug 28, 2019
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    Good for you, you found some media outlets that use the term. It is not a term commonly used by people in the Philippines.

    Side note: getting annoyed with merging your repetitive posts. Say what you have to say in one post...not 3-4.
     
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    Rye83, Aug 26, 2019
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    Get with the program. Blackout is not a term in the Philippines. Your vernacular is irrelevant in the Philippines.
     
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    Rye83, Aug 26, 2019
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    What you expect with retards running the show! Lot of profit and no customer service. Its not just foreigners complaining now the locals are on it also as fed up with the the crap service.
     
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    DavyL200, Aug 25, 2019
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  7. Lorraine

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    Don't feel bad folks!
    I am presently in Goa, India and have been for a couple of months. It is monsson season and the one thing you can count on is that when it starts to rain we will loose power. Several times a day. This is one of the richest states in India and they cannot get the power supply right. All medium and up sized hotels and restaurants have their own generators.
     
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    Lorraine, Sep 1, 2019
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    I don't know why they are called brown outs. They are black outs and they always happen more often in the rainy season. We used to have brown outs in California which meant we had limited power but the lights would still be on.
     
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    Lorraine, Aug 25, 2019
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    We had 4 last night too, Bacong.
     
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    jimeve, Aug 25, 2019
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