Yul Lose Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Our power was off from 9:45am until 6:20pm yesterday because the power company was installing new steel poles by helicopter. They are replacing all wooden poles with steel poles in their service area. I don’t know how many they placed yesterday but I saw them flying in with 6 or 7 of them as their staging area was just up the road rom my house. I used my little Honda eu2200i generator to run the routers, drill press, small bandsaw, etc.. but I sure needed my table saw, joiner, dual drum sander and planer throughout the day. I went over to the table saw more than once yesterday to use it and it didn’t come on when I wanted it to. So everything is right with the world again. Lighting wasn’t a problem as I installed Solatube lighting when I built the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 PG&E replaced our power pole yesterday too. They put another wood one in. The original pole had too many woodpecker holes in it. It took three huge trucks and three pickups. Every one had two people in them. It took four hours. We have a generator that will run everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Be glad that the higher amp stuff didn't want to run. Would have bogged down any way and possibly damaged the motor due to low voltage. Glad you got your power back on. Same for you Allie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Yeah, out of six people, they need three to work and three to offer suggestions. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Remember to open the main breaker to the house till after power returns. This keeps the accompanying power surge after reenergizing from damaging sensitive items. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Two of the people were traffic control. Not needed here, as we are at a cul de sac (dead end) that has two driveways off it and no through traffic.. There was room to park everything up here where the pole was/is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 OLG, you speak truly and thank you for this reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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