Waiting for what comes next

Merrymeeting · 10-29-2011, 05:20 PM

Power has gone on and off here 3 times in the last 15 minutes. (N central MA). I suspect this could be my last post for awhile.

Merrymeeting · 11-03-2011, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

Power has gone on and off here 3 times in the last 15 minutes. (N central MA). I suspect this could be my last post for awhile.

Unfortunately, I was right. Now on day 5 without power. I should have stayed at the lake!

SIKSUKR · 11-03-2011, 10:09 AM

You were right. Still waiting for power here in Bedford NH. 5 days. Glad I had a generator though. Pretty expensive power though. I figured my 5000 watt uses roughly 14 gallons a day if run fulltime. At $3.40 a gallon thats close to $50 a day. Ouch. If I ran it 24/7 for for the last 5 days the cost would be at $250 and counting.

MAXUM · 11-03-2011, 12:58 PM

I measured 26" on my back deck. Pretty impressive for October.

MAXUM · 11-03-2011, 01:00 PM

Of course I had to bust the snowmachines out and run a flew laps around the house!

Jonas Pilot · 11-03-2011, 01:33 PM

... difference a day makes!

Merrymeeting · 11-04-2011, 04:37 PM

6 days later...finally! Power!

Kudos to PSNH and other Lakes Region power companies. They seem to do a good job of clearing trees/branches from their lines, something that hasn't been done in MA. I know because I've called several times over the past few years and they never did, not at my home or anywhere in the area. The payback was this week.

Rattlesnake Guy · 11-04-2011, 07:27 PM

NH is quite a patchwork of electric company coverage.

This link shows how complicated the quilt is.

http://www.psnh.com/ContructionServi...Areas-Map.aspx

11-03-2011, 10:09 AM	#3
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Only 24 hour outage for myself You were right. Still waiting for power here in Bedford NH. 5 days. Glad I had a generator though. Pretty expensive power though. I figured my 5000 watt uses roughly 14 gallons a day if run fulltime. At $3.40 a gallon thats close to $50 a day. Ouch. If I ran it 24/7 for for the last 5 days the cost would be at $250 and counting. __________________ SIKSUKR

11-03-2011, 12:58 PM	#4
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	I measured 26" on my back deck. Pretty impressive for October. Attached Images

11-03-2011, 01:00 PM	#5
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Of course I had to bust the snowmachines out and run a flew laps around the house! Attached Images

11-03-2011, 01:33 PM	#6
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	What a ... ... difference a day makes! Attached Images Last edited by Jonas Pilot; 11-03-2011 at 06:48 PM.

10-29-2011, 05:20 PM	#1
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	Power has gone on and off here 3 times in the last 15 minutes. (N central MA). I suspect this could be my last post for awhile.

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11-04-2011, 04:37 PM	#7
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	6 days later...finally! Power! Kudos to PSNH and other Lakes Region power companies. They seem to do a good job of clearing trees/branches from their lines, something that hasn't been done in MA. I know because I've called several times over the past few years and they never did, not at my home or anywhere in the area. The payback was this week.

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11-04-2011, 07:27 PM	#8
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	NH is quite a patchwork of electric company coverage. This link shows how complicated the quilt is. http://www.psnh.com/ContructionServi...Areas-Map.aspx

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