What is the longest power cut you have ever had?

[Dk2]

I would say a few hours from 17.00 to 21.30

 

[RGDave]

I would say a few hours from 17.00 to 21.30

Power cut?

27 yards around the corner on a dog-leg.

whoops... "Out of bounds".... um... half a day, almost. Nothing like the old days.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I would say a few hours from 17.00 to 21.30

I think you will probably find that for most of us oldies it was during the 3 day week [miners strike].

 

[MegaSteve]

I think you will probably find that for most of us oldies it was during the 3 day week [miners strike].

Or during the winter of '63....

 

[User62651]

We had 3 days off back in the late 1970s due to large snowfall breaking lines (lived near Cairngorms then), off school too. We had an old rayburn oil fired stove back then in kitchen and it was a godsend for both heat and cooking, quite a few neighbours came with casseroles to use it. Open fireplaces in other rooms, candles for light - Great days (if you're a kid)!

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Early '90s we had here in deepest Leicestershire/Warwickshire a similar situation. Snow & ice on power lines meant no electricity from Friday night to Monday morning.

I was nearly glad to go to work!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I think you will probably find that for most of us oldies it was during the 3 day week [miners strike].

That was weird - and in a way it was great fun for us who were kids at the time - doing my homework and studying for my O-level prelims by candlelight. Checking the newspaper everyday to find out when the power would be cut and trying to get everything done or home from school early before the power went.

 

[351DRIVER]

Nice timing, tried to post 20mins ago and guess what, POWER CUT!

Happens here quite often, usually not for long, this past one was literally only 2 minutes

I would say once a month the power goes for a couple of hours and 2 days is probably the longest

Short power cuts are no problem when you have as many candles as the Vatican in the house and a log fire.

Quite like it tbh, it is very relaxing

 

[richart]

A week. . A mild breeze that blew through the South in 87.

 

[Tashyboy]

When I worked at Rufford pit it would about 87 ish we had a power cut for 4 or 5 days. It was a couple of weeks before Christmas and we all got a free frozen turkey. Everyone was worried it would deforested. So most back gardens had snow piles on the back garden with there turkeys and all the freezer stuff stuck in the middle. When the power cut was restored, the frozen stuff went back into the freezer followed by claims to the insurance man for freezer food damage.

About ut the same time the local radio was giving advice someone rang in and said you could use snow to flush toilets as water pipes were frozen. A few hours later the DJ came on air and said " please melt the snow before you put it in the toilet cistern. Some idiots were putting frozen snow in the tops of there toilets.

Candles went up a thousand percent, batteries even more.

 

[Farmergeddon]

April 1st 1967 in Aden storms came down from the Radfan rain fell for the first time in generations it came down in torrents for 24 hours, water was up to the top of the tyres of Beverleys on the pan. Nothing but nothing was waterproofed the power plant was off for 2 months they had to fly in generators for security and hospital power.. My job was sorting out the security lighting round the edge of the whole complex airfield and all.. Standing in front of a sodium light putting the cover on knowing you can been seen for miles in those circumstances gives a new meaning to an itch in the middle of your back.. As the water receded the whole desert turned white with little white flowers..next morning they were gone again
Now that was a power cut!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I was a kid in the 70's with the black outs and three day week. I don't remember finishing school early at the time but do remember the lights going out and candles going on and my mother rushing to get dinner cooked in time. No idea how long they lasted (early to bed in those days) but as a kid it seemed to last forever

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Was in Yorkshire at univ during the 87 storms that took out the south, haha. Remember mum/dad telling me about it.

2 winters ago(maybe last year doh), we had about 70-80mph winds here, took out a number of trees and caused damage in Shropshire and part of our fence and greenhouse. Was actually was out in it replacing pains of glass in the greenhouse, with the greenhouse shaking and had to walk away a couple of times as I thought the rest would break. Got the pains replace and the went inside and within 5 minutes they all smash again. :rofl:

Had no mains power for 2 days I think, had to get the generator fired up to save the freezer food, heating and to get the computer on to do some work.

Quite often have power cuts here, but then tend to me a quick on and off, or for less than an hour.

 

[larmen]

Most people can probably measure than in a single digit hour time frame.

Much worse, I once had 5 days without internet and TV.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

April 1st 1967 in Aden storms came down from the Radfan rain fell for the first time in generations it came down in torrents for 24 hours, water was up to the top of the tyres of Beverleys on the pan. Nothing but nothing was waterproofed the power plant was off for 2 months they had to fly in generators for security and hospital power.. My job was sorting out the security lighting round the edge of the whole complex airfield and all.. Standing in front of a sodium light putting the cover on knowing you can been seen for miles in those circumstances gives a new meaning to an itch in the middle of your back.. As the water receded the whole desert turned white with little white flowers..next morning they were gone again
Now that was a power cut!!

Did the hotel lose power as well? 😃

 

[Farmergeddon]

Which hotel was that??