# Will today be a blackout day? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012 "2012-06-20T07:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/41 "2012-06-20T13:45:52Z")
> [@Hass](#): > > I’d assume it’s worth it to spend the $15 on a protector though… just in case? > > Great! thanks. Haven’t had any problems yet… Except when I was mowing I managed to hit a drain pipe cap… split one of the deck blades down the middle (along the rear wing part where it starts to bend) about 4-5". So I ended up getting a new set of blades. Those old ones were on backwards… I think they were like that ever since I owned it tbh. Which would explain why I’d usually get a crappy cut 🙂 > But now it cuts superb 😉 LOL I thought they where when I took them off, then jsut figured JD did something ass backwards. I should have double checked after I got the deck on lol. P.S. don’t mow drain pipes… ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/42 "2012-06-20T17:29:11Z")
we had a surge at work about 2… Willyville area … blew one of the AC units on the floor … it was just condensing like crazy and not cycling … pissed water everywhere ---
**Author:** ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/43 "2012-06-20T18:57:32Z")
Whole house surge protectors are worth the money. They go right on your panel and protect all circuits. Voltage and number of phases do not matter when it comes to flickering lights from brown outs. It’s a feed from utility problem. Not a particular voltage configuration problem. Unless a transformer blows up. Then your 480 volt lights might not be seeing 480 volts and won’t turn on. But usually the nat. grid transformers are stepping down from much higher voltages. Not stepping up. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/44 "2012-06-21T05:35:32Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > So surge protectors usually save from lightning storms… > > A lot of equipment gets fucked from brown outs…I have also seen things get fried from power snapping back on with out a lot of load and even surge protectors doing nothing. I am sure someone can shed more light on this but I know there is a lot of factors like response time and joules to rate a surge protector and what it can handle from a hit. If you are getting the cheap ones, a lot of times the power surge is already hitting your device before it reacts. if you have rolling brown outs, some devices are just not able to take the hard on/off which you really can’t do anything about. You can just protect the surge from when the power comes back on. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/45 "2012-06-21T05:39:07Z")
How do whole house SP work/hookup? Easy to install? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/46 "2012-06-21T05:48:38Z")
Yo dawg, I heard you like surge protectors so I got you a surge protector for the surge protector that connects to your houses surge protector. ![http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i51/5/3/20/frabz-yo-dawg-i-heard-you-like-mcconn-so-we-put-espresso-in-your-fresh-d77499.jpg](http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i51/5/3/20/frabz-yo-dawg-i-heard-you-like-mcconn-so-we-put-espresso-in-your-fresh-d77499.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/47 "2012-06-21T06:38:28Z")
Just got this email at work: > We have been advised by our electric supplier that they expect possibly some serious problems on the electric grid due to the extremely warm weather placing heavy demands for electricity. > We have been asked to curtail our usage this afternoon, June 21st, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. To respond to this we will be intermittingly shutting down and setting back our systems air conditioning this afternoon in particular from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/48 "2012-06-21T07:14:26Z")
I heard if there are 3 days in a row it is more likely to happen. Why is this? Is the power source slowly heating up day after day? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/49 "2012-06-21T07:31:17Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > I heard if there are 3 days in a row it is more likely to happen. Why is this? Is the power source slowly heating up day after day? Probably more to do with human behavior. You have a lot of people who don’t like air conditioning and say “oh, I’ll just live with it” and if it’s just a day they never resort to AC. Each day as the heat goes on more and more people give in and fire up the AC, adding more load. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/50 "2012-06-21T07:45:30Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Just got this email at work: Haha hot boxing the employees > [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > I heard if there are 3 days in a row it is more likely to happen. Why is this? Is the power source slowly heating up day after day? Growing demand as days continue, people rush out and grab AC units, run their systems more, and cooling systems for all different industries are more busy. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/51 "2012-06-21T07:46:41Z")
Not me…Window A/C in our office because the building I’m in doesn’t have central air. It already feels like I just got out of the shower around campus. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/52 "2012-06-21T07:47:04Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Just got this email at work: Send out an email saying the power consumption they would save turning off all servers and computers. ---
**Author:** ![Dekar12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dekar12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dekar12)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/53 "2012-06-21T07:47:27Z")
As it stays hotter for longer more people finally break down and start using AC more. Also, everything has heat soak so it starts to just be hotter in areas that would have been cooler, the nights don’t get as cool, etc. The majority of issues are from transformers going boom, which can happen from heat and cold, but in this case it is the heat. So, hotter outside, means they don’t cool as well and then the increased in electricity means it works harder and makes more heat. The longer this happens the more likely it is for those items in a grid to fail. After the flickering yesterday I was fully expecting to have a mini outage over by UB North, but it was stable after that mid morning flickering. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/54 "2012-06-21T07:51:15Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Send out an email saying the power consumption they would save turning off all servers and computers. Lol! Considering our “Server Room” A/C breaks weekly it will get so hot in there the servers will eventually shut themselves off. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/55 "2012-06-21T07:56:36Z")
Had similar issues when I worked at I-Evolve the owner/HVAC company didn’t understand how to calculate BTU heat load for the data center. AC units were supposed to be N + 1 however it required both running at the same time to keep a constant temp when you combine that with those cotton wood floaty things that clog AC units we had all kinds of fail. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/56 "2012-06-21T08:22:29Z")
At least part Lancaster is out. Chatting with a friend right now who lives behind Como Park and said they aren’t supposed to get it back until 2pm. [http://outagemap.nyseg.com/ny/?style=newyork](http://outagemap.nyseg.com/ny/?style=newyork) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/57 "2012-06-21T08:23:42Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Lancaster is out. Chatting with a friend right now who lives behind Como Park and said they aren’t supposed to get it back until 2pm. Semi close w00t come on day off ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/58 "2012-06-21T08:48:41Z")
Holy crap. 22.35% in Lancaster is out. ---
**Author:** ![juicedz4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedz4/32/5051_2.png) [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/59 "2012-06-21T08:57:52Z")
We just got the email saying we need to “curtail” energy between 2 and 6 today also. Dan ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/60 "2012-06-21T09:10:22Z")
> [@klug](#): > > I work in Medina as well and we lost a compessor and almost lost our brand new flatbed printer lol… it might be a rough afternoon. LOL Sorry your suck in medina. where do you work? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012.md?page=4)