Power Outage

Flash · #1 07-09-2012, 10:23 PM

i am trying to find out from epcor if this will be happening all night. if so i'll need to take home a generator from work. The main switcdh board lady said it is happening in edmonton as well, so I can only suspect tomorrow will be bad as well.

btymens · #2 07-10-2012, 01:20 AM

i don't have a battery back up or a generator.. Does anyone know how much they go for?

Dr_Hicks · #3 07-10-2012, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by btymens

i don't have a battery back up or a generator.. Does anyone know how much they go for?

Call up Princes Auto and find out; you will probably get a good price from them.

Edit--

Princes Auto has a 1,200W gas model for $199.99.... I'd call around to a few stores to try ad find one.

RedCoralEdmonton · #4 07-10-2012, 01:38 AM

the rolling blackouts are going to be province wide.... not really impressed... we have had 2 days of hot weather and they cant keep up with demand??? with the prices of utilities in Alberta this shouldnt happen.....

Steve

Mike-fish · #5 07-10-2012, 02:24 AM

Here's the funny part the system still has more to give they just don't want to open her up. That's assuming that I am reading this thing right http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market...DReportServlet

Jakegr · #6 07-10-2012, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by btymens

i don't have a battery back up or a generator.. Does anyone know how much they go for?

I'm in Calgary visiting family right now. We had a blackout in the SW that lasted about 30 minutes.

Lampshade · #7 07-10-2012, 03:14 AM

If you're bored and want a small heads up of if there's a chance of a rolling balckout, check out :

http://ets.aeso.ca/

They can't blackout your power unless they're paying $999/MW, so when prices are low, your safe. If the projected price for next hour shoots up, and they show EEA3 in the events, you may be black soon.

blacknife · #8 07-10-2012, 05:27 AM

I am a little out of the loop as i am not working right now but part of the problems were this last winter was keep hills had one of the old generators shut down earlier than expected and the replacement was not on line yet. not sure if this is still the case.

http://ets.aeso.ca/ that website is full of useful info.. neat.

Enigma · #9 07-11-2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by btymens

i don't have a battery back up or a generator.. Does anyone know how much they go for?

Costco has 2000 Watt insulated inverters for around $500. They're made by Champion. They aren't quite as quiet as a Honda or Yamaha, but they're pretty close, and they are a whole lot cheaper (and everyone one I know who has one for their RV is pleased with them).

Non-insulated "off brand" generators are less expensive than the insulated ones, but I don't recommend RV usage. Job site usage (if you're in construction, etc.) would be okay.