Originally Posted by djdutts

Never. Not one bit.

I never moan. Bloody whingers, they annoy me! :)

Originally Posted by bondipom

If the state of power is likely to damage ones kit then the complaint is legit.

Originally Posted by hevs

Or if it affects the outcome of a soccer match apparently ;)

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286326

Originally Posted by Merlot

people use it as a "moaning ground" as they feel there are like minded folk

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

Other moaners? :D

Originally Posted by hevs

Or if it affects the outcome of a soccer match apparently

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286326

Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz

Very funny....very naughty :D

Originally Posted by djdutts

I love everyone

Originally Posted by The Bloke

After nearly another summer of sub-standard electrical stuffups by Energex, even I'm thinking of going back to the UK where there is apparently a better system of delivering power to homes. The standard of electrical generation in Qld is disgusting and the amount of efficency, sorry, lack thereof makes any third-world country look decidedly better. The trouble is 99% of Australians still say "she'll be apples" and do nothing, while the politicians ripoff the system.

Sorry to those who think I'm having a whinge but after tonight I think I need to let off a little steam, as this PC was nearly fried by the on-off-on-off-on and low output of electricity, affecting houses and units in our street randomly. This was apparently caused by faulty traffic light (saw power crews up pole fixing it, Yeh right). Thought this was the 21st century in a first-world industrial nation, would have been better off in Beleize, as Pollyana
said as abuse was hurled after the joggers crashed into the fence outside. Thank God PC came back to life as it was going to be dumped on the counter of the nearest Energex office tomorrow.

I have been told that the UK system has not had a major outage since the seventies compared to the yearly outages from outdated equipment. And no I'm not Mike Stanton in disguise, but an Australian (Queenslander) who is fedup with the crap that is going on in this state and what is not shown in the glossy brochures shown to people in the UK or anyware. No wonder people get fedup and go home.

The only time this was worse was during the late seventies and early eighties when the striking power unions clashed with the then National Party gov't. At least then we new the reason was political not equipment failure.

Originally Posted by The Bloke

After nearly another summer of sub-standard electrical stuffups by Energex, even I'm thinking of going back to the UK where there is apparently a better system of delivering power to homes. The standard of electrical generation in Qld is disgusting and the amount of efficency, sorry, lack thereof makes any third-world country look decidedly better. The trouble is 99% of Australians still say "she'll be apples" and do nothing, while the politicians ripoff the system.

Sorry to those who think I'm having a whinge but after tonight I think I need to let off a little steam, as this PC was nearly fried by the on-off-on-off-on and low output of electricity, affecting houses and units in our street randomly. This was apparently caused by faulty traffic light (saw power crews up pole fixing it, Yeh right). Thought this was the 21st century in a first-world industrial nation, would have been better off in Beleize, as Pollyana
said as abuse was hurled after the joggers crashed into the fence outside. Thank God PC came back to life as it was going to be dumped on the counter of the nearest Energex office tomorrow.

I have been told that the UK system has not had a major outage since the seventies compared to the yearly outages from outdated equipment. And no I'm not Mike Stanton in disguise, but an Australian (Queenslander) who is fedup with the crap that is going on in this state and what is not shown in the glossy brochures shown to people in the UK or anyware. No wonder people get fedup and go home.

The only time this was worse was during the late seventies and early eighties when the striking power unions clashed with the then National Party gov't. At least then we new the reason was political not equipment failure.

Originally Posted by cresta57

Our power has been very erratic so far this year. We've had about 12 total outages during the daytime and a couple at night. We know now that if the lights flicker more than 3 times in the hour the power will go off. This is because the breakers that kick in to reset the power can only do so a few times before a manual reset is needed. The power then has to stay of for a certain time to enable a reset.
It's been very annoying as every time we have a black/brownout the ISDN modem shuts down and has to be rebooted, the reboot procedure only takes 4 mins though, while we were at work one day my dad had to reboot it 5 times just to make a phone call. If the phone worked it wouldn't be as much of a problem as the pc just gets switched off.
I've read the thread and things are different here from the U.K. In the U.K power is 240v give or take a few volts. The U.K national grid is the standard setter for the rest of the world. It stays the same unlike the method used here where the power can drop right off yet not go completely out. This can cause thousands of $ worth of damage to electrical appliances. Fridges and freezers are particularly sensitive to having the motors running to slowly.
I've bought a UPS now only a small one 300va 180w. Cost less than $100 from Dick Smiths [special offer] and comes with software/cable to speak to the pc. It's cured the problem of having to reboot the ISDN daily and in the event of a total outage gives us time to turn off the pc after saving the stuff your working on.

Originally Posted by bondipom

A UPS will sort out the brownouts. A 500KVA one should suffice. Don't go plugging laser printers into it though. As Amazulu says a brownout can take out some of your electronics.