24 HOUR Power Cut in Gillingham!

[@cduemo]

These workers who go out in the worst of conditions at any time of day or night to fix the infrastructure we depend on don't get half the respect and praise they deserve.

[@jonathancook4022]

I give workers down our road cake, tea, soup and coffe for their efforts.

[@walterfink9782]

Here in the States, at least with my 68 years of experience, I've never seen the power company, set up portable generators when a power outage happened. NEVER! Plus, you mentioned food trucks at the beginning of the video. NEVER saw food trucks here, either. I'm blown away! Glad everything was finally fixed.

[@kylehill3643]

It's called SOCIALism. Here in the US something like this would be seen as a communist attack but to be fair the media gets so out there and has train wrecked out education system making kids grow up to be little robots and never question anything the government says unless it destroys the nuclear family unit that people are afraid of any kind of ism but capital.

[@sinistaproductions9164]

Because power companies here in the UK have a monopoly over the distribution of the electricity (I.e people can’t choose who distributes the electricity, only the supplier) so it is heavily regulated by an organisation called OFGEM. This organisation gives rewards for work done on the electricity network but can also impose penalties if customers are off supply for longer than a certain amount of time etc. This sort of service is to make sure they’re not penalised and fined heavily. The food truck part isn’t required though and is just good customer service.

[@alouisschafer7212]

@@kylehill3643 stationing food trucks for people without power is not socialism... its good customer service for people who have lost all power and thus cant cook a meal for themselves.

[@tech4pros1]

looks like its a lovely case of the telephone people turn up, start digging and find the water pipe with a jcb.. water people turn up, start digging and find the electricity cables with a jcb.. electricity people turn up, start digging and find the gas main with their jcb :D

[@roboftherock]

@insanitybiker The renowned comedy duo, Flanders and Swann, put a similar scenario into their song 'The Gasman Cometh'. Just a single household involved, but the domino effect is the same.

[@buddyclem7328]

Is a JCB some kind of backhoe?

[@krashd]

@@buddyclem7328 Yes, JCB are the UK's equivalent of Caterpillar and make most heavy plant so 'JCB' became a colloquial term for a backhoe dude to them all having those letter emblazoned down the side.

[@KevinOsborne1987]

Interesting to see a follow up of the damage and outcome of the gas leaks etc! Cool vid!

[@liftrailphotographyinnz3992]

Holy Crap. That could've been a lot worse. I had a power outage in my area a few weeks ago which lasted 10 hours. There was also two streets in my area that got closed as they were replacing a water pipe and they hit a pipe causing a gas leak.

[@DT-nn5ct]

Do I understand correctly that the electricity company is sending status messages? And that there is a food supply for the affected residents? Super Service!

[@MervynPartin]

From experience, if anything goes wrong, it will be in filthy weather to make it as miserable as possible for the repair crews. Interesting reference to the "The Gas Board"- haven't seen one of them for donkey's years! Many years ago, I had my own generator and changeover switch for our then frequent power cuts, but I don't think I could even pull the start cord now!

[@sinistaproductions9164]

As long as you had an isolator to make sure you didn’t backfeed the network. The amount of times people have put a generator onto their property and then back fed a part of the network that as far as we’re concerned is dead and ready to work on.

[@MervynPartin]

@@sinistaproductions9164 Allay your fears, sir. I used a changeover switch (Klockner-Moeller). I kept the Essential Supplies (lighting, fridge, and freezer only- not the ring main or cooker, etc.) on a separate sub-board which which was fed via the switch from either a fuse (before MCBs were in common use) on the main consumer unit OR the 3kVA generator, so no possibility of backfeeding. The switch was 3 position on/off/on so could completely isolate the sub-board. During a power cut (fairly frequent at that time, before the area supplies were reinforced) it was quite easy to start the generator, throw the switch and we had lights and saved our food from thawing. When supplies were restored, I just had to put the switch back to normal and then shut down the generator.

[@sinistaproductions9164]

@@MervynPartin good man 👍🏻 the amount of homeowners and business that don’t understand that they could end up killing someone by back feeding onto the network.

[@johnnz4375]

What happened to “never leave you cables coiled” ?? 😜😜

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

That's a pain. I think I recognise one of those areas as up the road from Gillingham L/C. That storm really did hit that area badly I hear - I saw a picture of Gillingham L/C totally flooded as well this week.

[@morthren]

You are correct! If you go straight down Gillingham Road at 6:43 you'll come to Gillingham level crossing. When it rains really heavy, the water runs straight down the road and floods at the crossing. It's happening more often these days.

[@officialmcdeath]

Gordon Ramsay Cuisine in the food truck, right? Love the use of cable bridges as weather protection for the distro ;-)

[@morthren]

Haha, you know! 🙂

[@roboftherock]

@@morthren Just how bad was the food?

[@buddyclem7328]

Great video! Please keep us updated.

[@gavkit]

Liking the generator plugs, joints and four earth spike arrangement

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Wow good thing their are generators

[@jonathancook4022]

A pretty majour operation by the looks of it. Ive never seen a power mess up like this in Kendal (north west UK), but when I was 13 and our school had a new extension built, they dug right through a large watermain, flooding the building site and eventually half the school grounds. It shut the school down for quite a few days and caused disruption to businesses and homes including a few supermarkets.

[@donhemenover8464]

Sorry to hear about the long power cut. The overhead lines in Indianapolis are much easier to get repaired.

[@Witheredgoogie]

Yes but you cannot hang gas pipes.

[@terrybarnhurst7119]

Please post vid of 'resurface of road and paths bet its a mess usually is

[@ThermoMan]

Is that a bag for life being used as weather protection for a cable joint?

[@MrBnsftrain]

A couple of years ago, the power t my house got turned off for three hours because a house a few blocks away caught fire, and they turned off that wire for safety of the firefighters. I was quite surprised to have been awoken due to no power without any storm happening!

[@kylehill3643]

Surprised they didn't stop you getting so dang close to that generator. You could've literally reached over!!!🤣🤣🤔

[@southern8329]

Wait. Where the strand is on the roundabout. When you turn the opposite to the strand and drive up that road. Was that where that was?

[@morthren]

Yep, if you keep going up, over the level crossing until you come to the roundabout which is Livingstone Circus, right there.

[@southern8329]

Guessed it, cos' my Grandad lives down that road.

[@ashleymartin9843]

I literally live around the corner from this lol

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Mmm, defencively phrased, "it is a priority for us to give you a timeframe for your power to be back on". I'm sure you would prefer to have been told that "it is a priority for us to get your power back on."

[@morthren]

The good thing about it was they did send regular updates if you signed up for text alerts. There were a few more that I didn't include here. I think it frustrates people more when they've got no idea what's going on with no update of the situation.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Yes, being kept informed is undoubtedly a good thing. At least they have the technology to do so these days. Back in the 1960s '70s, even the '80s, options were very limited. To me, today's gadgets still feel like science fiction.

[@the_real_hislordship]

Wow it's that dark at 5pm? Bizarre. It's never dark here at 5pm.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

wonder if beno lifts was affected

[@morthren]

I don't think he was. He did walk past them though, he commented about it

[@Htiler]

Big shout out to all the women who worked through the nite to get everybody's services back up and running....

[@southwest455]

1st. RIP morthren 💀

[@Drhumbolt]

Wait, you get food truck when the power goes out In the uk? Or did I read that wrong

[@morthren]

It doesn't happen on every outage, only if it's likely to be off for a significant amount of time in winter. It's the first time I've ever seen one!

[@Drhumbolt]

@@morthren wow very interesting thats pretty cool.

[@haddockman30]

Those generators must cost a fortune.

[@ScottPC]

haddockman30 owned by utility companies.. there rolling in cash.

[@danjones7783]

Hiring sets is cheap. Fuel management is the real cost.

[@jameshughesdon5370]

@@ScottPC There hired in from a company called MEMS Power

[@haywardsteve]

Luckly the main depot for the generator is only a few miles away

[@ianstewartorr8455]

What do the call it when the power comes back on a power inage in the UK a power cut is not called an outage

[@sinistaproductions9164]

It is called an outage in the industry. It’s called a restoration when it’s restored.

[@Eddiecurrent2000]

We call it an outage in the industry as Sinista has said.

[@krashd]

Love it when a smart arse gets served.

[@markmabardy2327]

Who supplied the generator?

[@morthren]

MEMS Power Generation

[@fluffyshabba6423]

Did you live on any of these streets?

[@morthren]

Nearby

[@jerviservi]

Why have generators, what's wrong with connecting a thiccc cable from a near by street not affected?

[@danjones7783]

Gensets have a limited short circuit current Vs the grid - a short circuit from a 100kva genset will likely only be 10000 amps Vs a grid short circuit of 100KA. It's much more controllable in a temporary situation.

[@WOKE-CENTRAL]

You can’t do that voltage will drop on the cable over a certain distance and you can’t leave a cable connected to the main on the street so that would mean digging up the street all the way along to the next road then you would have to connect to the other main which could be on a different phase and if then it will blow up and do even more damage lol

[@sinistaproductions9164]

Thomas Jarvis Depends on the network setup. If it’s possible, linkboxes can be used to interconnect LV systems under fault conditions. If the fault on the LV is between the link box and the customers, it can’t happen. If interconnecting two sections of network would mean a cable designed for a certain load would be running above its design current carrying capacity, it can’t happen. If connecting a cable would make the section that needs repairing live, it obviously can’t happen. If it’s a HV fault, the substation would have been made dead so no nearby streets (unless supplied from a different substation) would have power.

[@alouisschafer7212]

It would be a major operation to steal power from another unaffected feeder.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

How did Flanders and Swann put it? "T'was on a Monday morning that the gas man came to call ....." kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CkkIaLgKqNiKc

[@rtransport4013]

My road got hit by this power cut, luckily my house didn't get hit by it though

[@ILikeTransport]

Yikes that's a long time

[@KeithHambidge]

Omg what a mess there holes and cables ever where

[@southern8329]

Hope there okay!

[@andyolsensovereignbeing.6211]

This same thing happened in my street only a few weeks ago. Someone said its the increased cosmic rays with earth's magnetic fields having affects on electricity.

[@morthren]

A few hours ago, we just had a power cut in the whole of London and the Southeast of England!

[@carnivorouslee]

Imagine if all the people on that street had electric cars! Can't charge them up in a power cut so nobody would be driving to work the next day! Lol the gas board? They haven't been around in decades! I wonder how much those generators cost? They can't be cheap!

[@morthren]

I was surprised they said gas board too. The generators are hired from a local company called MEMS that have been around for years. Must be a good contract for them.

[@starman_uk]

@@morthren Its generally easier to refer to the "Gas Board" & "Electric Board" - people understand those terms even if they are now historic. Most people have no idea who UK Power Networks are or do - let alone someone like Cadent or SGN.

[@tonyjones9442]

I got a bit concerned over 3phase AC cable from the generators coiled in coils like that. AC impedance! Fire risk.

[@tumbleweedking5668]

Seems shallow for Hi voltage cable? No wonder it was damaged, Our company buries hi voltage 59" inches deep in conduit.

[@WOKE-CENTRAL]

Scott Falkner don’t think that’s HV

[@mg_claymore8611]

Ha.. i felt it..

[@nigelkthomas9501]

How much food was lost in freezers that thawed out? I’d have got a claim straight in!

[@krashd]

Not to mention dead fish.

[@swsuwave]

seriously?? ran temporary wires THROUGH tHE mAILSLOT? and I thought us power was halfassed at times. Who issued permits for this shoddy work?

[@michaela.chmieloski3196]

0:48 Say what?! There's a nearby Sith Temple? I knew it! This entire outage is resultant from the workings of the dark side of the Force! Wait...what's that you say?...not a "Sith" temple, a "Sihk" temple?...oh...okay...nevermind.

[@MichalM]

1st!!!