Generators

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

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We suffered a NINE HOUR power cut yesterday (approx 2:30pm to 11:30pm). NIE
are so crap it's unbelievable.  After 4 hours of trying to get through to
them on the phone they admitted they still hadn't found the fault.  6 hours
after the cut they were STILL looking for it.  NI has the most expensive
electricity prices in Europe and yet the service still stinks.
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Anyway - the purpose of this post is to STRONGLY advise anyone involved in
a
new build to have a generator switch-over switch fitted.  In the grand
scheme of things the price will be invisible.  Adding it later will
probably
be much more expensive.  Our generator is a small petrol affair (Honda
engine).  It cost 360+VAT and is an absolute god-send.  Without it we'd
have
been sitting in a very cold, very dark house last night, watching our
freezer defrost again.  With it we had Central Heating, Fridge, Freezer,
Lights, TV (and Dreamcast), one PC, and even the Microwave at one point.

M.
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