Blackout - on the Ladder

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Permalink Reply by LP on October 1, 2009 at 9:41

Hi Emma

A letter was posted through our door (Warham Road) saying the electricity would be turned off from 22:00 - 05:00 as they were doing some work on the cables

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on October 1, 2009 at 9:46

Yes, we also got a letter last week through the door.

I wonder whether this isn't a particularly effective way of warning people in shared houses/flats - the people in the flats opposite us clearly hadn't seen anything either. Not sure what else they could do though? Notices in the street??

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Permalink Reply by Emma on October 1, 2009 at 9:50

I think thats where our problem steamed from.. not enough flyers through the door to advise both ourselves and upstairs. Thanks so much to yourself and LP for answering my thread so quickly.. I'm finally enlightened.

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Permalink Reply by tigha on October 1, 2009 at 14:32

we had no idea,i went to bed,but i could hear my upstairs neighbours sounding very bewildered, and heard someone go out prob to get candles-oh well

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Permalink Reply by Furryface on October 1, 2009 at 16:10

Whereabouts on the ladder?

Can be very common occurrence at the Green Lanes end of Hewitt Rd. EDF have never exactly busted a gut dealing with either the individual incidents or the underlying cause - probably dodgy overloaded circuits in unlicensed HMOs.

Seems to have been much more infrequent for the last 12 months or so, but is naturally worse in darker, colder months.

What you probably experienced is most likely a similar issue.

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Permalink Reply by Furryface on October 1, 2009 at 16:14

Next time I'll read the other posts first about letters. DoH!

But the Hewitt Rd stuff holds true, always helps to keep a 2-stroke genny in the basement. That has ensured its never been needed.

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