Bikeguy Posted March 25 Share #1 Posted March 25 The power went out at 11:55 AM. I took a short drive and found pole with the top broken off. The road was closed a electric utility trouble crew was there and the fire department was there too. I suspect an insulator failed and power was going to ground thru the crossarm and the pole burned where the bolts thru the pole that hold the crossarm brace. It looked kind of like this, without the fire. I deployed my generator. at 12:55 PM, I only filled it with 2 gallons of gas (good for 4 hours) I will need to add gas soon. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution jsharr ★ Posted March 25 Solution Share #2 Posted March 25 You know what this means? Time for some jelly beans!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 25 Author Share #3 Posted March 25 I just got a text from the power company. The power should be back on at 7:30 PM. They still haven't provided a cause for the outage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 26 Share #4 Posted March 26 Is it still out?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 26 Share #5 Posted March 26 Too bad Thaddeus isn’t here to share in your fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 26 Share #6 Posted March 26 4 minutes ago, Ralphie said: Too bad Thaddeus isn’t here to share in your fun! TK was last seen on a street corner holding up a sighnwith a picture of a Nissan Leaf and the words "the end is near". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 26 Author Share #7 Posted March 26 Power was back on at 6:40 PM. So the power was off for 6 hours and 45 minutes. The generator was used for 5 hours and 45 minutes. Our house has a well, it nice to be able to flush. And it nice to have the furance on too. Ameren still didn't provide a reason for the outage. We did a better job at explaining power outages to customers. I'm going to provide 'coaching' suggestions when I get their survey in a few days about the power outage. The cable (our internet) was out for maybe 3 or 4 hours too. The cable was on the same pole. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 26 Share #8 Posted March 26 that'll do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 26 Share #9 Posted March 26 @Parr8hed will send G over 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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