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    From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Wed Jan 29 10:55:02 2025
    heads up

    I have a power cut in my area that's planned for 4 Feb for most of the day.

    I'll be shutting down my systems on the night of 3 Feb and not bringing them back up until the evening of 4 Feb... all times NZ daylight savings time.

    this will impact 1/100 and 1/10 and 4/100

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to Avon on Wed Jan 29 13:15:00 2025
    heads up

    I have a power cut in my area that's planned for 4 Feb for most of the day.

    Dunedin seems to have alot of work related work going on ! :-)

    Nick

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nick Mackechnie on Wed Jan 29 15:18:11 2025
    On 29 Jan 2025 at 01:15p, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    I have a power cut in my area that's planned for 4 Feb for most of the d

    Dunedin seems to have alot of work related work going on ! :-)

    It's the Aurora lines company changing out power poles I think Nick... seems they are coming to the end of their life... it's a royal pain but at least they let impacted residents know a few weeks before hand.

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to Avon on Thu Jan 30 08:01:00 2025
    It's the Aurora lines company changing out power poles I think Nick...
    seems they are coming to the end of their life... it's a royal pain but at
    least they let impacted residents know a few weeks before hand.

    Hiya!

    I remember seeing something about the decaying poles on Fairgo a few years
    ago, great that things are being done to fix this! :-)

    Nick

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  • From tassiebob@21:3/169 to Avon on Fri Jan 31 18:51:54 2025
    It's the Aurora lines company changing out power poles I think Nick... seems they are coming to the end of their life... it's a royal pain but at least they let impacted residents know a few weeks before hand.

    Don't know about NZ, but over here there is no defined lifespan for a pole - they just test them every few years. If they pass they stay. If they need a stay or other support they put a black slash on them. If they condemn them and they need replacement then they get a red cross (we were never allowed to climb slashed or condemned poles).

    Our poles have a tag on them indicating the previous test dates.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Feb 2 11:11:52 2025
    On 30 Jan 2025 at 08:01a, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    I remember seeing something about the decaying poles on Fairgo a few
    years ago, great that things are being done to fix this! :-)

    Yep that's essentially it, lots of $$ spent over recent years, it's been a lot of work for them, still ongoing.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to tassiebob on Sun Feb 2 11:36:57 2025
    On 31 Jan 2025 at 06:51p, tassiebob pondered and said...

    It's the Aurora lines company changing out power poles I think Nick.. seems they are coming to the end of their life... it's a royal pain at least they let impacted residents know a few weeks before hand.

    Don't know about NZ, but over here there is no defined lifespan for a
    pole - they just test them every few years. If they pass they stay. If they need a stay or other support they put a black slash on them. If
    they condemn them and they need replacement then they get a red cross
    (we were never allowed to climb slashed or condemned poles).

    Yeah here we have tests being done, not sure how often on wooden poles and I guess the concrete ones, it's the wooden ones that are causing concern that present and they get these different coloured tags on them to tell linesmen what do climb and what to treat with extra care etc. before they are replaced ... so similar set up to your comments I think.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Tue Feb 4 17:56:36 2025
    On 29 Jan 2025 at 10:55a, Avon pondered and said...

    heads up

    I have a power cut in my area that's planned for 4 Feb for most of the day.

    hi there, power restored and all systems should be back up please report any issues.

    Thanks :)

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