Thunderstorms suck

minendo

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This morning at approximately 7:05 AM the main electrical line into our plant was struck by lightning. Four and a half hours later we brought up the first of 11 lines.

So much to getting any time off for the holiday. :(
 

slick230

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Originally posted by: minendo
This morning at approximately 7:05 AM the main electrical line into our plant was struck by lightning. Four and a half hours later we brought up the first of 11 lines.

So much to getting any time off for the holiday. :(

God hates you.
 

BurnItDwn

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Ouch. We have a diesel generator that has enough power to supply all of our critical servers power indefinatly, as well as about 100 standard PCs and 1/3 of the buildings lighting at work. We also have the power coming into our building at two seperate spots so if one cable goes bust, we can use the generator for half of the building, and the second cable for the other half, for no noticable loss.

PS, the generator is an old freight train engine :)
 

scorpmatt

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I like thunderstorms, but I do feel for the people out there fixing the lines. Give those people, constuction, power people and the like, some room people!
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Ouch. We have a diesel generator that has enough power to supply all of our critical servers power indefinatly, as well as about 100 standard PCs and 1/3 of the buildings lighting at work. We also have the power coming into our building at two seperate spots so if one cable goes bust, we can use the generator for half of the building, and the second cable for the other half, for no noticable loss.

PS, the generator is an old freight train engine :)

We had enough to bring up office lighting and computers, but the production lines are what keep us in business. We'd need a hell of a generator to keep those going.
 

markgm

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We could run a small town with our generators. I love all that stuff, even if we never need it.
 

BurnItDwn

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Ouch. We have a diesel generator that has enough power to supply all of our critical servers power indefinatly, as well as about 100 standard PCs and 1/3 of the buildings lighting at work. We also have the power coming into our building at two seperate spots so if one cable goes bust, we can use the generator for half of the building, and the second cable for the other half, for no noticable loss.

PS, the generator is an old freight train engine :)

We had enough to bring up office lighting and computers, but the production lines are what keep us in business. We'd need a hell of a generator to keep those going.



AYE ...
The generater we use powers Several hundred servers and two mainframes ... (some of the servers are 32+ CPU boxes) ... it's not a little honda, it's a Generator as big as a house :)
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: minendo
This morning at approximately 7:05 AM the main electrical line into our plant was struck by lightning. Four and a half hours later we brought up the first of 11 lines.

So much to getting any time off for the holiday. :(
thunderstorms rule!

except for in your case. :p

 

minendo

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: minendo
This morning at approximately 7:05 AM the main electrical line into our plant was struck by lightning. Four and a half hours later we brought up the first of 11 lines.

So much to getting any time off for the holiday. :(
thunderstorms rule!

except for in your case. :p

Had it not affected production I would have enjoyed it actually. :p
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Ouch. We have a diesel generator that has enough power to supply all of our critical servers power indefinatly, as well as about 100 standard PCs and 1/3 of the buildings lighting at work. We also have the power coming into our building at two seperate spots so if one cable goes bust, we can use the generator for half of the building, and the second cable for the other half, for no noticable loss.

PS, the generator is an old freight train engine :)

We had enough to bring up office lighting and computers, but the production lines are what keep us in business. We'd need a hell of a generator to keep those going.

AYE ...
The generater we use powers Several hundred servers and two mainframes ... (some of the servers are 32+ CPU boxes) ... it's not a little honda, it's a Generator as big as a house :)

Same here, generator is huge and you don't want to be any where near it without ear protection.

Also have 12,000 Amp UPS :D :thumbsup: