On Jun 15, 2016 3:46 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
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Another power out here by the Dufferin gates just before 6am. Was anyone else hit?

Again it was just a couple of minutes, but this season is hitting new milestones.
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> Russell Reiter wrote:
> >
> > Had another power out at my building.
>
> I think I was hit by that one this morning too, and I'm in the east end.
>
> > … I kind of like the view down ft Roulle st and
> > watching the windmill. I resist the temptation to attribute any of the
> > electrical anomalies I have experienced to it's operations
>
> As a director (again) of that project, I'm glad you like it, and I
> appreciate that you're not blaming your outages on it. I'd be more
> likely to attribute them to the Strachan substation, which is under
> colossal pressure from all the new condo builds. The city is trying to
> build a relief line and new substation capacity, but getting past
> objections is tough.
>
> The wind turbine has a rather nice AC (variable frequency)-DC-AC (60 Hz)
> inverter. I imagine the new streetcars have something similar.
>
> On DC, New York retired its last DC infrastructure only a few years ago.
> The very last few DC customers now have rectifiers installed in their
> basements, but are still charged the absurdly high DC metering price for
> their power. I'm led to believe these are heritage buildings with
> historic elevators and lighting which can't be replaced and remain
> within code without tearing everything out.
>
> cheers,
>  Stewart
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