Power surge.

[colin d.]

Anyone just had a mini power cut. Im buy peckham rye and everything went off for a second or so. Cheers Colin

[Hare]

Yes, at the Grove Vale end of Oglander Road so some way away from PR

[tomo]

Yes is too, Copleston rd

[gbal30]

By Grove Vale and Oglander - power off and has not returned yet

[Tlkamk]

East Dulwich Grove too

[colin d.]

Ours came back on after a couple of seconds. Hope everyone else's does too.

[Frenchpolisher]

Likewise on Dunstan?s Road top end. Very brief, fraction of a second. Broadband has dipped as well.

[siousxiesue]

Melbourne Grove, Lordship Lane end, was quite worried! But as above, a brief pause

[DulwichFox]

Ulverscroft Rd too. Think it was just a power switch over.

DulwichFox

[a_m]

Still off in Oglander.

Got this text update from UK Power:

Update at 17:37 - Our engineers are on their way. At this point we think the issue is an underground network fault that initially interrupted power to 1161 properties. However, by rerouting electricity in the area, currently 293 customers are still affected. Using an average timescale, we're estimating power will be on between 19:00 and 20:00, but this may change later.

If anyone wants to sign up to these text updates here?s how:

Power cut alert from UK Power Networks. We're aware of a potential unplanned power cut affecting your area. Our reference is INCD-232242-J. If your power's off you can keep updated by texting POWER and your postcode to 80876 (standard text fees apply to 80876, but any texts we send are free). Or via our real time incident map and for information on our privacy policy at http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut/map?incidentid=INCD-232242-J

[sweetgirl]

I was in marks' on the lane & it happened there.

I'd say power was out for about a minute or so

[IlonaM]

Just seen this in the Independent warning off possible power cuts during lockdown:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-update-lockdown-power-cuts-blackout-electricity-advice-a9437691.html

'British households told to prepare for blackouts as coronavirus lockdown goes on

Vulnerable people told to ?keep a torch, hat, gloves and blanket handy?'

[peckman01]

'British households have been told to prepare for blackouts by keeping torches and warm clothes handy' True

'the coronavirus lockdown continues.' True

But the coronavirus lockdown isn't causing blackouts as the opening sentence may suggest.

https://www.nationalgrideso.com/news/how-were-managing-reduced-demand-electricity-through-coronavirus-outbreak

Source - I know someone who knows someone....

[macutd]

switch over between what and what and why?

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[DulwichFox]

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Its just a term I remember from my childhood (50's)

These glitches used to occur nightly as demand for electricity increased at peak hours.

Supplies changing over from one Power station to another. I don't know how it all works these days.

Perhaps if a sub station fails, another will kick in.

Foxy

[KidKruger]

Yeah I think there's resilience / failover capability built into electricity feeds, to ensure as consistent and continual a supply as possible. There may be the odd glitch of a couple of seconds (as experienced the other day) if this capability is utilised.

[JohnL]

We had loads of candles in the house as a boy and a hurricane lamp as it happened so often - I actually liked it once.

None now - not even an easily accessible torch - I'd just have to sit in the dark.

[KidKruger]

don't forget you got a torch on yer phone JohnL !!

[OutOfFocus]

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> don't forget you got a torch on yer phone JohnL !!

Which eventually needs charging

[Sue]

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> Which eventually needs charging

It's a good idea to keep at least one of those portable power banks (is that what they're called?) charged up, so that you can always charge your phone in case of an emergency when there is a power cut.

You can buy them online, eg from John Lewis or Amazon (and I expect many other places).

[KidKruger]

yup, I have one, very useful for changing devices.

[gromit316]

Where can you buy a torch?, all the shops are shut.

I don't like candles, too scared they'll start a fire.

[KidKruger]

Try Khans in Peckham

[macutd]

argos / you have to pay on line then collect

[another annie]

Don't know if they have any at the moment, but I've bought torches from the Plough Homecraft and from Farmers in the past, both shops are still trading