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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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07/04/2021 09:10 AM
07/04/2021 09:10 AM
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pat
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OMG!! Do they really NOT have their own generators at the airport for such emergencies?
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: pat]
#259854
07/04/2021 09:15 AM
07/04/2021 09:15 AM
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Posts: 82,485 Central Florida!
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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.
Carol Hill
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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: SXMScubaman]
#259857
07/04/2021 10:10 AM
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.
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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: Bahston]
#259859
07/04/2021 10:26 AM
07/04/2021 10:26 AM
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Posts: 82,485 Central Florida!
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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.
Carol Hill
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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/04/2021 07:51 PM
07/04/2021 07:51 PM
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Got to love the ineptness. Just like with the airport debacle.
J.D.
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Re: Island wide blackout
[Re: freedomfighter]
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07/05/2021 11:50 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.... Can you loan the generator to GEBE?
--ChiTownHarry
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