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Ok, who pulled the plug?

  • 13-09-2013 04:21AM
    #1
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭


    So, did we as a community decide not to pay the electricity bill again?


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    No idea - all the alarms woke me

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3
    Johncos99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭Johncos99


    Tried ringing esb but can't get through..


  • #4
    happyhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭happyhappy


    Bloody alarms!! Everybody must be awake!


  • #5
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Well one just went off!

    Looks like Greystones is out too so she's a buggy!!


  • #6
    happyhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭happyhappy


    And just when you thought it had gone quiet...........there must be 10 alarms going off now!


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  • #7
    Mullie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭Mullie


    There's a whole flock of them going off. Very soothing!


  • #8
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    matt-dublin wrote: »
    Well one just went off!

    Looks like Greystones is out too so she's a buggy!!

    How do you know?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #9
    Fi Fi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Fi Fi


    Just been down in the village and they have power down there.


  • #10
    LEIN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,937 ✭✭✭LEIN


    Main street has power.


  • #11
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    mango salsa wrote: »
    How do you know?

    One if my remote sites went offline


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  • #12
    Jimjay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Jimjay


    Anyone know if dart is running ok? Cant get their website to open on my crappy 3g signal.
    Thanks


  • #13
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Jimjay wrote: »
    Anyone know if dart is running ok? Cant get their website to open on my crappy 3g signal.
    Thanks

    I think the darts like is independent but there's nothing on their website


  • #14
    Jimjay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Jimjay


    My girlfiend said there was a big flash of light in the night. She thought it was lightening but heard no thunder. Anyone else see a storm, could have knocked power out!


  • #15
    Johncos99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭Johncos99


    Jimjay wrote: »
    Anyone know if dart is running ok? Cant get their website to open on my crappy 3g signal.
    Thanks

    The darts are definitely running.


  • #16
    BigElf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭BigElf


    ESB Networks (1890 372 999) say there's a major fault in the Delgany & Greystones area. There is currently no estimated repair time.


  • #17
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Jimjay wrote: »
    My girlfiend said there was a big flash of light in the night. She thought it was lightening but heard no thunder. Anyone else see a storm, could have knocked power out!
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  • #18
    FirstIn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 660 ✭✭✭FirstIn


    Must be back. My surveillance camera is back online. :-)


  • #19
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    ESB saying it could be 4pm before its fixed

    https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #20
    LEIN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,937 ✭✭✭LEIN


    Apparently it's back now mango....

    I'm not home but read on Facebook that it's back.


  • #21
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    We need an investigation to see what the aliens did to cause the power outage!

    I'm curious now after hearing about this flash!!


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  • #22
    stevestevenson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭stevestevenson


    Jimjay wrote: »
    My girlfiend said there was a big flash of light in the night. She thought it was lightening but heard no thunder. Anyone else see a storm, could have knocked power out!

    WTF! My missus saw the 'flash' also & I laughed at her crazy conspiracy theories :o

    Did someone nuke Bray? #prayforbray


  • #23
    audreyp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭audreyp


    Quick question for people. As well as the lovely alarms going off our smoke alarms and house alarm was beeping when the power was out. Any idea why and what we could have done to stop it?


  • #24
    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    Saw the flash also with no thunder. This was about 5.15am I think. I wasn't quite awake so didn't think much of it.

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  • #25
    Mullie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭Mullie


    The power came back on around 8.30


  • #26
    stevestevenson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭stevestevenson


    audreyp wrote: »
    Quick question for people. As well as the lovely alarms going off our smoke alarms and house alarm was beeping when the power was out. Any idea why and what we could have done to stop it?

    Most alarms actually go off when power cuts, ours runs off a back-up battery so this wasn't the case, but the beeping is to advise you're on battery power. The smoke alarms beeping (although annoying) is a safety feature to advise that you're off the mains supply and running down the battery.
    Bloody annoying though, akin to waterboarding :)


  • #27
    Eponymous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Eponymous


    Chances are, if you don't set your alarm when you're in the house, then when there's a power cut the control panel will bleep at 10 second intervals to let you know.

    The smoke alarm, I'm not so sure about. Perhaps the battery is nearly dead? We replaced ours for the first time since we moved in a month ago, so 9 years and two months is a fair innings for a smoke alarm battery!


  • #28
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,546 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    My alarm was beeping, but not the smoke alarm. Agree with Eponymous; might be worth checking the battery. Or try cooking something to see if it's still working properly.


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