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Island wide blackout #259843
07/03/2021 10:53 PM
07/03/2021 10:53 PM
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Auburn, WA
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Announcement from GEBE
From GEBE:

We are experiencing an island wide black out. Our team of engineers and technicians are currently investigating the cause. Please bear with us, as the (cause) / information is not readily available.

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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259850
07/04/2021 08:32 AM
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Again? Jeez louise. Hopefully it's back on this morning.


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: Carol_Hill] #259852
07/04/2021 08:44 AM
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OMG. Yesterday was Saturday and the electric was out at the airport....


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259853
07/04/2021 09:10 AM
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OMG!! Do they really NOT have their own generators at the airport for such emergencies?


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: pat] #259854
07/04/2021 09:15 AM
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Apparently the generator doesn't work. It didn't work on June 21 when we left SXM, and didn't work yesterday either.


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259857
07/04/2021 10:10 AM
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Island-wide?

Isn’t French-side power provided by EDF, or has something changed from decades ago when I used to get an invoice from them?

I never see notices that EDF has an outage.

As to generators, maintenance isn’t that hard. Annual or semi-annual oil changes and air filter replacements are easy, and so are fuel filter replacements, Anything beyond that likely requires a field technician with a laptop. In a normal world, backup generators run for only a few dozen hours each year, and much of that is monthly testing. In a GEBE world, who knows.

Still, generator failures happen, and that’s when you call in a factory-trained tech who has factory software on their laptop, and expect to pay big bucks if they come from off-island.

Last edited by Bahston; 07/04/2021 10:11 AM.
Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259858
07/04/2021 10:18 AM
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"From GEBE:
At approximately 2: 27 PM, on July 3, 2021, the power plant experienced an unknown issue which resulted in a island wide (Dutch side) blackout.
Ensuing an in depth investigation, the power plant engineers alongside the onsite field service technicians of Wartsila discovered that a few parameters needed to be adjusted as the power plant is currently in the final test phase of the newly Server base system upgrade.
N.V GEBE would like to thank the general public for their patience throughout the system upgrade as the company looks towards a more reliable power system."

Re: Island wide blackout [Re: Bahston] #259859
07/04/2021 10:26 AM
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Bahston--Yes, when they say "island wide", they mean the Dutch side only, which is serviced by GEBE. The French side has a different electric provider.

As far as not maintaining the generator, well, this is St Maarten we are talking about, and GEBE.. They have no clue what they are doing, 90% of the time.


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259887
07/04/2021 03:40 PM
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GEBE’s acronym is ‘Gives Everything But Electricity’, is deservingly so fitting.😎


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: Carol_Hill] #259895
07/04/2021 07:51 PM
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Got to love the ineptness. Just like with the airport debacle.


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259900
07/04/2021 10:43 PM
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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259904
07/05/2021 12:34 AM
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Does anyone have an update on the outage? I am supposed to be arriving on Saturday. Thanks

Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259906
07/05/2021 07:16 AM
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We are here now and it hasn't affected our stay one bit.


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: Bahston] #259907
07/05/2021 07:33 AM
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Living in Florida, which is often impacted by Tropical weather, we have a whole house, standby generator. It automatically starts itself every Sunday morning and runs for 15 minutes to charge it's battery. Every time it starts, it sends me an email. If it tries to start and is unable to do so, it sends me an email. There is no legitimate excuse for a standby generator not working when it's needed, unless the problem has cropped up during the past week. Incompetence, if you ask me.

Re: Island wide blackout [Re: bdeeley] #259912
07/05/2021 09:02 AM
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bdeeley--do you have a generator there??


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: freedomfighter] #259922
07/05/2021 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by freedomfighter
Living in Florida, which is often impacted by Tropical weather, we have a whole house, standby generator. It automatically starts itself every Sunday morning and runs for 15 minutes....


Can you loan the generator to GEBE?


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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: SXMScubaman] #259923
07/05/2021 12:19 PM
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Carol,
It's the RAT! Jeez. You people forget everything!
Cheers
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Re: Island wide blackout [Re: Carol_Hill] #259943
07/05/2021 04:19 PM
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I couldn't fit it in my luggage. I was going to ask Kim to run an extension cord here if needed.


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