Thread: No Electric for the day

When I first saw the note come through my door about the electric being cut for the day my first thought was "Bugger, no air con" but now it's actually happening it turns out its a lot more serious.

No electric also effects the t.v, the Internet, light bulbs, media server, the fridge and loads of other things that we take for granted.

Why do they do this crap on a bloody Saturday?!?!

At our place tomorrow, too. This morning coincidentally I asked my wife why on Saturday, when school is out and people are home. "The company doing the work is Muslim, they don't care."

The mystery continues. . .

Here on Samui it often goes off. especially when it rains. I got so sick I went out and bought a generator. 10,000 Baht. A bargain. Now when it goes off if it isn't back on within 10 minutes It gets fired up and it powers everything I need till it returns. Not very convenient in an apartment unless you have a large balcony though and very obliging neighbours .

Fucks sake! Even the shower doesn't work because the water pump needs power. This is truly turning into a crap day.

Power is out often here in the semi-rural Philippines (twice already this morning, in fact). My generator, which powers my entire compound, was one of my better investments.

It's not regular enough for me to need a generator but holy crap, I can't even take a crap because the bum guns aren't working!

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Even the shower doesn't work

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

No electric also effects the t.v, the Internet, light bulbs, media server, the fridge

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

I can't even take a crap

Several damn good reasons to head into town for "a quick one".

^^Do what the Flips all do - off to the mall! AC and functioning toilets; even WIFI in some cases. And FOOD....

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

No electric also effects the t.v, the Internet, light bulbs, media server, the fridge and loads of other things

Gosh I had no idea, thanks for the heads up!

Me and the dog are currently storing all our farts in a jar. I'll make some kind of electric propulsion devise in the afternoon.

It is though a good excuse to go out on the lash and get shitfaced
Not that I need much of an excuse these days

Please don't get me started.
Everyone in our house has been given a rechargeable torch for night time power cuts.
When it happens my torch is sitting there beside the modem.
Everyone else is groping around in the dark but it makes no difference because the batteries won't be charged.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Fucks sake! Even the shower doesn't work because the water pump needs power. This is truly turning into a crap day.

Can't you just open a bypass valve and use mains pressure ?

Shower is on the 3rd floor. Gonna hose down out side the back.

That reminds me, I better pay my leccy bill, now where's the aircon remote

Tomorrow from 8-3pm for me. What the hell are they doing?

You folks are really spoiled.

Originally Posted by aging one

Tomorrow from 8-3pm for me. What the hell are they doing?

I went out for a drive this morning and there were orange electric trucks all down kanchanaphisek road. It looked like a lot of the transformer thingys were being changed.

Mines back on now!

Thanks FP, so upgrade time. Hope its not as hot as today. If so an outing will be on the cards.

Sorry about that Davis. The power goes out here 3 or 4 times a year, usually for an hour or two. High winds and rain sometimes. Others not a clue one why it went off.

^I have at least one 9-10 hour scheduled outage a month, sometimes twice a month. And a week never goes by without a half dozen unscheduled ones, ranging from 1-4 hours. And, as the antiquated Filipino power system teeters towards total meltdown, it will only get worse. And, we have the most expensive electricity of all of Asia, and the rates go up practically monthly.

surely the bong still works?