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Re: Catastophic Systems Failure :-(



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There is one thing that worries me with the move to HA, my one year old son
is now routinely turning off any electrical outlet he can get his hands on.
Even HomeVision can't do much about the socket being turned off !

Regards

Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 7:27 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Catastophic Systems Failure :-(


>
> I had a similar wake-up alarm system failure on Monday, for a less
dramatic
> reason.
>
> One of the cats played a game of "knock over the bedside
table" over the
> weekend. We picked up the table, but didn't notice that it had pulled
the
> IEC out of the clock-radio. The _clock_ has battery backup, so we were
still
> able to tell the time, but the Alarm requires mains.
>
> Hence, oversleep on monday till about 7:15... by then my body clock
was
> telling me that I should have been up....
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:keith.doxey@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 September 2000 10:40
> To: UKHA Discussion (E-mail)
> Subject: [ukha_d] Catastophic Systems Failure :-(
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> This morning my home suffered a catastrophic systems failure.
>
> No Home Automation
> No Communications
> No AV distribution
>
> In fact the only thing working was the Alarm Panel.
>
> I have concluded that the electricity supply.....or LACK OF.....is a
single
> point of failure for my household. I couldnt even have a coffee
because
> being a non smoker I didnt have any matches to light the gas cooker.
>
> After stuggling yesterday to get fuel for the cars only to find that
the
> supermarket had been attacked by vultures who took all bread and
potatoes,
> being woken by my daughter instead of the alarm colck was a bit
> disorientating this morning.
>
> My wife asked.....Are you Late or is she early....looked at the alarm
clock
> to find the numbers had been stolen from the display. A standby
generator
> wouldnt have helped either with the current fuel problems !!!
>
> After a couple of coffees at work my brain is now getting back in
gear.
>
> One very worrying thing was the loss of telephones. The PBX went to
mains
> fail as it should but the one phone that should have remained working
did
> not work properly. I have Home Highway and although I could get
dialtone
and
> dial out the line kept going into hold at the exchange and then coming
off
> hold. I assume that my line is not allowing sufficient for the HH box
to
> operate properly, or it could be the phone that wasnt handling the
line
very
> well. I will do some experiments with different phones when I have
time
and
> also ask a few questions at work.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>






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