Eaton AMA @10am (est)
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@Minion-Queen said:
Our power goes out at least a half dozen times a year. Most times for just a few seconds (but enough to knock things out). But our infrastructure here is very old.
Almost makes it worth having UPSes on stuff in your home... If not a generator for the whole house.!
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@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Seriously going to further look into a backup generator for the house... I've had power fail once on me in the last two years though so I doubt there will be a need.
Must be nice. I grew up in the Rochester area so it was a continuous problem there. No matter where I've lived in the world constant power outages have been an issue from Texas to Central America to Ithaca to Europe...
I haven't had many power outages in the Rochester area (meaning what do you consider "Constant")
Maybe 3-6 in my life..
Living in that area it was way more than that a year. And I remember times that like my school was without power for two full weeks. A single outage of two weeks!!
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I do plan on getting a whole-house generator at some point. Of course, I've been "planning on it" for about 10 years now. It will probably happen for real in the next 2-3 years. Maybe sooner, if Eaton has them for the prices I saw yesterday...
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@dafyre said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Our power goes out at least a half dozen times a year. Most times for just a few seconds (but enough to knock things out). But our infrastructure here is very old.
Almost makes it worth having UPSes on stuff in your home... If not a generator for the whole house.!
It is extremely common out there for people to have generators. When I lived out there we were planning to get one but moved instead. Because I need a CPAP and because power outages so often extend more than a day, it would be a necessity. Otherwise I'd have to go to a hospital just to get sleep!
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@art_of_shred said:
I do plan on getting a whole-house generator at some point. Of course, I've been "planning on it" for about 10 years now. It will probably happen for real in the next 2-3 years. Maybe sooner, if Eaton has them for the prices I saw yesterday...
Absolutely. That's a lower price and a bigger name brand than what I was looking at for the house in Geneseo ten years ago.
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@scottalanmiller Two weeks with no power? I think that only happened once... Ice Storm of '91; and that was fairly epic.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Seriously going to further look into a backup generator for the house... I've had power fail once on me in the last two years though so I doubt there will be a need.
Must be nice. I grew up in the Rochester area so it was a continuous problem there. No matter where I've lived in the world constant power outages have been an issue from Texas to Central America to Ithaca to Europe...
I haven't had many power outages in the Rochester area (meaning what do you consider "Constant")
Maybe 3-6 in my life..
Living in that area it was way more than that a year. And I remember times that like my school was without power for two full weeks. A single outage of two weeks!!
We haven't had an outage like that in a long time. 6-7 hours yes but a whole week thankfully not.
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller Two weeks with no power? I think that only happened once... Ice Storm of '91; and that was fairly epic.
I only mentioned it happening one time. But school was only four years long, so the rate was once every four years from my observation
But power outages were common, just not normally that long.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller Two weeks with no power? I think that only happened once... Ice Storm of '91; and that was fairly epic.
I only mentioned it happening one time. But school was only four years long, so the rate was once every four years from my observation
But power outages were common, just not normally that long.
Actually, you said "times", and then emphasized that 2 weeks was for a single outage and not multiple linked together, if you read it properly.
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Yes, we have had relatively unstable power here in this area for our entire lives. Now that the business is here and relies on consistent power, it seems even more noticeable.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Our power goes out at least a half dozen times a year. Most times for just a few seconds (but enough to knock things out). But our infrastructure here is very old.
Not just "very old". In fact, most of it is over 100 years old in our immediate region.
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Before there were computers running around the clock, desktops or otherwise, the constant blips in power didn't matter much. A lot happened at night and no one would notice or they were a few minutes here or there throughout the day. Now that CPAPs cut off your air, AC stops, computers reboot, UPSs alarm even the five minutes here and there becomes very noticeable.
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@art_of_shred said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Our power goes out at least a half dozen times a year. Most times for just a few seconds (but enough to knock things out). But our infrastructure here is very old.
Not just "very old". In fact, most of it is over 100 years old in our immediate region.
Oldest that there is. First region of the world to be electrified.
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I miss the days when all you had to do was reset the time on the microwave and VCR.
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@art_of_shred said:
I miss the days when all you had to do was reset the time on the microwave and VCR.
You mean you actually did (and know how) to do that?
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And your alarm clock. Remember when people would miss school because their alarms would not go off?
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We have brownouts here more than we do actual power loss.
Though we did have a week without power from a super heavy snowfall that happened in early/mid October before the trees gave up their leaves. So many trees lost that year.
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@dafyre said:
@art_of_shred said:
I miss the days when all you had to do was reset the time on the microwave and VCR.
You mean you actually did (and know how) to do that?
Yes, we are the generation that had to because our parents couldn't figure it out.
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All this talk of power outages and generators makes me all warm and fuzzy. We do track power outages daily via our Blackout Tracker: www.eaton.com/blackouttracker. You can fill out a form to submit an outage report. Mention, mango and your t-shirt size and we'll send one out to you.
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@mdecamp said:
All this talk of power outages and generators makes me all warm and fuzzy. We do track power outages daily via our Blackout Tracker: www.eaton.com/blackouttracker. You can fill out a form to submit an outage report. Mention, mango and your t-shirt size and we'll send one out to you.
Should I add my one from two days ago? lol
