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Thread ID: 64726 2005-12-24 21:17:00 Friday power cut in Auckland Tony (4941) PC World Chat
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415566 2005-12-24 21:17:00 Does anyone know what caused the big power cut in Western parts of Auckland/Waitakere City on Friday afternoon? It was fairly extensive - Te Atatu, Glen Eden, Oratia, Waiatarua, Titirangi, Henderson Valley (at least), and went from 14:45 to 19:45 (for us). I have seen no mention of it in any news source. Tony (4941)
415567 2005-12-24 21:23:00 Cant you apply for a free month's electricity?

Not sure which elec. provider does it but after a certain time if the electricity is not back on you do not pay electricity for that month.

Of course they don't tell you and you have to call them to verify it. It may have been the lines proveder Vector.
bob_doe_nz (92)
415568 2005-12-24 21:29:00 Maybe I can, but it seems totally out of character with what I've experienced with Genesis Energy. :) Tony (4941)
415569 2005-12-24 21:44:00 Our power was off for about 3-4 hours this morning! Couldn't turn on the Christmas tree lights :dogeye: CYaBro (73)
415570 2005-12-24 22:41:00 The power was fine here in south Auckland stu161204 (123)
415571 2005-12-24 22:50:00 The last few months have been terrible here in North Shore. I've been without power for over 4 hours on 5 separate occaisions. Haze (3028)
415572 2005-12-24 23:08:00 Softening you up for the next price hike, perhaps.?? PJ Poppa John (284)
415573 2005-12-25 00:40:00 Yeah the shore has had quite a few. Which wasn't so bad, it kicked me off the computer, made me open the curtains are read. Then I remembered I had a laptop with a full battery so that didn't last long. They thought they could fool me.

What did piss me off however was when the power went off (and I'm guessing a power surge) which killed my router. This was a 4pm on a Saturday evening. Sucky. No internet till Monday was horrible.
DangerousDave (697)
415574 2005-12-26 10:11:00 I'm in Glendene and no power cut at all here... you should query it with your power provider. Mary (6534)
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