Comments on: London Blackout http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: irene http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/#comment-1021 irene Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:41:12 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=525#comment-1021 I loved the Trekkie/Anglican link, BD! :D I loved the Trekkie/Anglican link, BD! :D

]]> By: Barry http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/#comment-1020 Barry Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:16:07 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=525#comment-1020 Thanks for the comment and link! Now I need to live up to my press. Do I feel blogger's block coming on? Thanks for the comment and link! Now I need to live up to my press. Do I feel blogger’s block coming on?

]]> By: Richard http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/#comment-1019 Richard Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:21:55 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=525#comment-1019 Thanks for the link BD. Enjoyed the Star Trek/Anglican link too. Live long, and prosper! Thanks for the link BD.
Enjoyed the Star Trek/Anglican link too.
Live long, and prosper!

]]> By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/#comment-1018 Bene Diction Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:12:21 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=525#comment-1018 Good lesson. I hope the rest of the class was paying attention... Good lesson. I hope the rest of the class was paying attention…

]]> By: Ali http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2003/08/28/london-blackout/#comment-1017 Ali Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:02:21 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=525#comment-1017 Power cuts in the UK are pretty darned rare, I only recall one or two prolonged ones. This fault was in the lower voltage 275kV backbone grid, some steps away from the regular "low voltage" transmission, and one step down from the 400kV backbone grid that links to the power stations. I did my internship year from Hell at National Grid, who runs the UK power distribution system. It gets pretty rigourous testing, including environmental damage tests and flashover tests, finding out what voltage you need to blow the equipment apart. Lecture over, you can relax now. Power cuts in the UK are pretty darned rare, I only recall one or two prolonged ones. This fault was in the lower voltage 275kV backbone grid, some steps away from the regular “low voltage” transmission, and one step down from the 400kV backbone grid that links to the power stations.

I did my internship year from Hell at National Grid, who runs the UK power distribution system. It gets pretty rigourous testing, including environmental damage tests and flashover tests, finding out what voltage you need to blow the equipment apart.

Lecture over, you can relax now.

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