ESB Strike.

Nekarsulm

Hi everyone. what are your thoughts on the possible ESB strike? will it go ahead, and are you prepared?

Price of generators on DD seem to be going up!

Conmaicne Mara

Not prepared, not sure it'll happen. Don't like Brendan Ogle, he's one of them Communists. Think he was to do with bus or train drivers before. Probably creamed himself when he got hold of the ESB union.

Got a Gas hob here, unfortunately the oven needs electrickery to work but we'll do without that. Open fire, not a stove, t'will do.

I could see the general public getting very pissed off very quickly with the ESB if it does go ahead.

Nekarsulm

If it should go ahead, Households with a wood burning stove and a gas ring will be popular! God be with the days when your father would come in from milking on a Sunday morning and roll his shirt collar inside upon itself, splash a sup of water from the kettle into a basin, and run the razor round his face before church! Power shower was something foreign countries got in the monsoon season.

moy83

Im not that bothered by it but dont know much about it either .
Milking cows wont like it !
It would be an adventure for the kids though and no harm for them

bbam

I wouldn't fret too much folks, I can't see any planned stoppage lasting more than 4 hours.
And from what I remember in the strikes of 1991 we knew in advance when it was going off. 7pm to 11pm sticks in my mind, was a student so we just did the student thing and used it as an excuse to go to the pub.

delaval

Standby generator here will do farmyard. House away from yard, could a small petrol generator run a house?

Nekarsulm

Small one will run house lights and perhaps a kettle. Power shower takes something like 5 or 6 kva. Often electronic stuff doesn't like generator input. Looking into getting a diesel engine driven 6 kva one. Would be fierce handy to bring to the outfarm if you needed power for something. Just remember you cannot plug a generator into the house circuit without a proper change-over switch installed by a sparks and passed by the ESB themselves. Pulling the ESB fuse out is no guarantee of safety either (as well as prohibited)
You don't want to blow some fellow off a pole where he is working on a fault.

HansHolzel

What's the story with this American "outage" crap on news bulletins? Even Rabbitte was at it this morning.

POWER CUT is the time-honoured term that, eh, blazed a trail in the Seventies.

HansHolzel

Marching on ESB workers' homes with burning torches would be symbolic.

GY A1

bbam wrote: »

I wouldn't fret too much folks, I can't see any planned stoppage lasting more than 4 hours.
And from what I remember in the strikes of 1991 we knew in advance when it was going off. 7pm to 11pm sticks in my mind, was a student so we just did the student thing and used it as an excuse to go to the pub.

Yes will possibly only be an hour or two couple times a day, so should be able to cope ok with a bit planning,
Gas hob here to suffice for hot water and cooking,
Also stove for heating is handy,

Zr105

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Small one will run house lights and perhaps a kettle. Power shower takes something like 5 or 6 kva. Often electronic stuff doesn't like generator input. Looking into getting a diesel engine driven 6 kva one. Would be fierce handy to bring to the outfarm if you needed power for something. Just remember you cannot plug a generator into the house circuit without a proper change-over switch installed by a sparks and passed by the ESB themselves. Pulling the ESB fuse out is no guarantee of safety either (as well as prohibited)
You don't want to blow some fellow off a pole where he is working on a fault.

Use the gas for hot water, a kettle will destroy a smaller generator.

Edit: small camping stove or the likes for heating water if you dont have a gas job in the house

Viewtodiefor

Don't give a toss what they do. Have the cows dried off and standby genie anyway for farm. Have the wood stove and heavy kettle for d tea ! They are very well looked after why should they be treated to more pampering just because of the threat of power cuts.
In my opinion legislation should be brought in making it illegal for them to strike.
It will look bad for the country if they do turn d power off but I think the esb needs to stand up to them.

whitebriar

There won't be a strike,its all brinkmanship.
Expect to hear it called off pending talks or an agreement.

We have a 25kva generator here which will milk the cows,cool the milk,run scrapers,water pump etc.
The house thankfully is also on it.

Conmaicne Mara

This could be an opportunity for the current Government. The previous Government caved to unions in the Broke Park agreement when they had public opinion on their side.

Anyone fancy Christmas in the dark?

moy83

I did a job on a house a few months ago and they had to take the power off the chimney temporarily until I was finished . When it came to reconnect 5 of them showed up for a few hours to do the job .
The woman of the house rang awhile later to say there was no power so I went down to see what was up . Between the lot of them they had everything back in place but hadnt joined the connections again , all five were back that evening at eight o clock to join it up , they hardly deserve pay not to mind a decent pension !

zetecescort

When we were milking years ago there was a pto driven pulley wheel beside the machine, just swap over the belt.

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

I did a job on a house a few months ago and they had to take the power off the chimney temporarily until I was finished . When it came to reconnect 5 of them showed up for a few hours to do the job .
The woman of the house rang awhile later to say there was no power so I went down to see what was up . Between the lot of them they had everything back in place but hadnt joined the connections again , all five were back that evening at eight o clock to join it up , they hardly deserve pay not to mind a decent pension !

They do fair good work after storms in fairness. Don't have a problem with ESB workers, so much as their great glorious leader Ogle.

Marooned75

It's off deal reached

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

They do fair good work after storms in fairness. Don't have a problem with ESB workers, so much as their great glorious leader Ogle.

Did you ever have them or their subbies come through your land ?
The work they do after storms is just another days work to them I reckon !

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Did you ever have them or their subbies come through your land ?
The work they do after storms is just another days work to them I reckon !

Yes I have, replacing poles. Sent a lad back to fix gaps they knocked for the machine, he missed the big ones and filled up the sheep gaps that had always been there. You'd wonder how some lads make it through life being let out reliant on their own devices.

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Yes I have, replacing poles. Sent a lad back to fix gaps they knocked for the machine, he missed the big ones and filled up the sheep gaps that had always been there. You'd wonder how some lads make it through life being let out reliant on their own devices.

They get jobs in the likes of the esb !

Engine No.9

If this strike goes ahead there should be a mass exodus from Electric Ireland to Airtricity I reckon.

mf240

Strike called off.

It left a bad taste in my mouth. Didn't like the idea of the country being held to ransom.

You'd swear they were overworked as it is. Whatever about financially when they do get to pension age, they won't have to adjust there pace of life a whole lot.

Sharpshooter82

mf240 wrote: »

Strike called off.

It left a bad taste in my mouth. Didn't like the idea of the country being held to ransom.

You'd swear they were overworked as it is. Whatever about financially when they do get to pension age, they won't have to adjust there pace of life a whole lot.

Cant say im surprised

tabby aspreme

By the sound of things Mr Ogle and some of the other union heads fell out, nothing like a good Irish split . Like a lot of semi state employees there spoilt and haven't a clue about the private sector or self employed , rang them one Friday morning about a broken pole they came out and tied a rope to it and said it was ok not to worry about it , Sunday morning three trucks and a digger arrived to replace it as it was now an "emergency" and well paid I reckon.