RE: Catastophic Systems Failure :-(

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

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A world where no electrons flow...Scary!!

M.



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>[mailto:sentto-1109639-2097-968868958-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
>nelist.com]On Behalf Of Keith Doxey
>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:40 AM
>To: UKHA Discussion (E-mail)
>Subject: [ukha_d] Catastophic Systems Failure :-(
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>Hi All,
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>This morning my home suffered a catastrophic systems failure.
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>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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