Brownouts Ruin the Day
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
Philippines
August 17, 2016 4:51pm CST
I was not able to myLot yesterday due to that 10 hours power interruption. There was a prior announcement, but still our daily activities were so much affected it.
I hope the "energy men" did their fixing so fine, so there will be no more power outages in the future. This is also the reason why I hate to see people wasting electricity; it is one of the reasons why Electric companies resort to cutting supply, saying they are on a critical level.
People should know that it does not matter if they are capable of paying the bills, but think of conserving power also; and for the sake of the environment.
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17 responses
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
do you see homes or businesses that have solar panels in your region?
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
It is one of my wishes, to have solar panels installed in our home. I had attended a seminar about it and maybe when we have the funds, we will have it installed.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
In our coordination meeting with the design professionals for our hotel last night, they asked if we had plans to go solar but at this time, it's still too expensive so we said no.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@acelawrites I think it's even more expensive to install for homes.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Aug 16
@acelawrites We don't often have them - only when they need to do maintenance.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Aug 16
It is good you were advised about it. I thought it was only us who experiences brownouts.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
18 Aug 16
@acelawrites Very true. We are always telling them to turn off the lights and they don't listen. I know what would happen to me when I was a kid and didn't turn out the lights.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
It is true, children do not know yet or the are not so conscious on how it is to save on resources.
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Indeed , brownouts ruin the day my friend . I can relate when it happens here too . @acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
They should go after power thieves who also contribute to system losses which is charged to the legitimate consumers.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
Nowadays conservation of energy is really needed to prevent power outage. Good thing we never experience brownout anymore here in the western part .
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Aug 16
So good you don't have it. They say there was maintenance they had to do so they cut off power supply.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
Yes, it is almost whole day yesterday. Tre, we have to conserve energy and providers must improve their services too; lower the rates.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
17 Aug 16
Hope they got the work done and it won't end being a problem later.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
18 Aug 16
Indeed .. it's very inconvenient to have long hours of power outage ..
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
Yes, though this time of the year it is cooler in our place, and the winds are strong, and soothing.
@Letranknight2015 (51529)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
So sorry for that experience you had, its really frustrating indeed, but we all have to be ready when that happens. like conserving water since the water pumps shutsdown as well. We can't think of that conserving as of this moment since grandma can't survive with out the AC. I mean, every month our bill has always been 5k. I hope that changes when she goes back home.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
AC consumes a lot of electricity; the reason why we are not using it and relies only on electric fans, though our place is cooler than the rest of the places here.
@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
17 Aug 16
Yes, everyone everywhere should be conserving. I remember some summers when we had rolling blackouts. And some of it here had to do with corrupt officials, but that is not always the case.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
It is a good thing our government meant business this time; going after corrupt officials. You are right, people should be conserving energy.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
You have excellent energy/power system. You should be so lucky not experiencing these brownouts. Yes, it is good to always be concerned about saving electricity.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
18 Aug 16
sadly the more technology one's access to, the more electricity gets used :( i hope they got all repaired 's well, hon. folks don't think 'f conservin' much 'f anythin' these days 't seems...jest cry when such's gone.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
So true, people do not realize sooner or later the resources will be depleted if they continue on abusing the use of it.
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@rina110383 (24495)
•
17 Aug 16
I hope there will be no more power outage in your area today and in the succeeding days.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
You are so lucky, you don't have these brownouts. Hope our new government can remedy the situation by using alternative sources.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Aug 16
Low or high frequency of supply is also a reason for power failure 
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Aug 16
Yes it is, when there's high demand for it, and when the supply is low, there comes the problem.
