Thread: Big storm and no power in SA

and back to the OP....

I saw a brief item stating that the high tension towers have been repaired....

any South Australians in the know?

seemed very quick.....

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

and back to the OP....

I saw a brief item stating that the high tension towers have been repaired....

any South Australians in the know?

seemed very quick.....

Some temporary towers came over from WA, some from Qld.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-0...-storm/7911280

Originally Posted by rovercare

Maybe as an example, but I'm not trying to be nasty, but prior to this, did you have any idea on this building techniques? Or thermal efficiencies etc? More people are gaining the idea, but, I still believe it's a minority

They make great homes though, just a completely different feeling to be in

Hi Matt,

The knowledge about thermal efficiency came from 30 years of living in / renovating a complete 1860 English summer house complex in Queenscliff.

You've been there........... big Moreton Bay fig in the yard. Sandstone walls 22" thick, high ceilings, etc.

Shut it down at dawn when the temp is going to be over 30 in summer, open it up at night. The cellar held a constant 72 F all year round on the old scale.

When a couple of 40 + C days came along (and really that is generally the max number you get in a row here) same shutdown, it would take 3 days for the inside to warm up but then a cool change would come along and the house stayed a pleasant 22 - 24 for 3 or 4 days after (guessing, never measured it).

My sister's place is on the edge of the Mallee so it gets more prolonged high temps and consistently gives the inside / outside temps previously posted if she does the ventilation thing.

To me the straw bale thing was just going to make it work better than the 1860 place because the walls were thicker again and contained more air.

I had no say or opinion in my sisters decision to go this way....... she was looking at rammed earth at one stage which would not have worked as well thermally without massive verandas in summer and a huge stack of firewood in winter.

This thread off shoot is about crap building design and the use of heaps of electrons to run air con so people can remain alive in the burbs or elsewhere in summer.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

and back to the OP....

I saw a brief item stating that the high tension towers have been repaired....

any South Australians in the know?

seemed very quick.....

The first one was powered up last Monday.
Interesting how Adelaide had power with those three transmission lines down, hey.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The first one was powered up last Monday.
Interesting how Adelaide had power with those three transmission lines down, hey.

Not quite as nice up Mid North and Eyre

Originally Posted by Tombie

Not quite as nice up Mid North and Eyre

Yes. Are you lot on full power yet?

temporary pylons were installed to provide power capacity to the northern industrial base of SA, there will still be months of remedial work to be done, including the replacement of one tower on a range top with little to no vehicle access, last estimate I heard was 6-9months to replace all damaged towers

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Yes. Are you lot on full power yet?

Arrium is tentatively back although a bit unstable..

Roxby and Prominent Hill aren't back up tonspeed.