Hi guys, I have been working lots of OT for the POCO because of cable faults and substation problems hence my absense at ECN.
Thursday night 06 July 06 I had some time upon my sleeve for internetting, our 11 kV 230/400 Volts POCO powerpole outside got hit by a truck with an enormous explosion and then power of for 10 hours.
Luckily I had some charged 12 Volts substation batteries in my garage to give the family some light after I had ensured that everything outside was safe and the repaircrews were in attendance, to replace the pole and fix the damage outside.
Ok our fire station is Yellow Watch which is manned from 07.00 h till 17.30h Mo - Fr.
We as volunteers man it all other hours and weekends, stat holidays.
We man 2 trucks and a van. Sometimes during the day comcen put the bells down for 692. Just in case if some guys are around when a greater alarm occurs.
As far as I'm concerned the siren should be on all times 24/7 but other powers dictate that it is on only at certain times controlled by the time clock.
In case the pagers fail, there is an override switch which will make our siren go 24/7 as well.
