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Title: Plymouth PSB loss of power 23/06/15 Post by: plymothian on June 23, 2015, 11:10:14 In a reflection to the power outage at Exeter PSB, Plymouth has suffered one today causing signalling outage between Totnes and St German, inc Tamar Valley line, causing delays.
The power briefly went out at home for a few seconds, but came back quickly; however, BBC Plymouth sustained a major outage along with Plymouth PSB. Title: Re: Plymouth PSB loss of power 23/06/15 Post by: alexross42 on June 23, 2015, 11:27:44 This was probably asked at the time of the Exeter outage but considering the crucial nature of this equipment, is there not a standby generator for such occurrences? Or am I being far too simplistic?!
Title: Re: Plymouth PSB loss of power 23/06/15 Post by: SandTEngineer on June 23, 2015, 17:19:53 Plymouth Panel has a standby generator. It used to be tested every 4 weeks. No idea why it didn't cut in today :o
Title: Re: Plymouth PSB loss of power 23/06/15 Post by: ellendune on June 23, 2015, 19:13:22 Stand-by generators even when tested regularly are notorious for not working when you really need them! Mechanical plant just doesn't like sitting around doing nothing.
Alternatively could the outage have damaged the switchgear? Title: Re: Plymouth PSB loss of power 23/06/15 Post by: Palfers on June 23, 2015, 19:17:12 Plymouth Panel has a standby generator. It used to be tested every 4 weeks. No idea why it didn't cut in today :o would a surge of electricity cause a problem or would the system have a surge protector. I rember a few years ago there was an inspection at derriford hospital where they found out the fuel tank for the generator was empty! could this have been a factor with plymouth panel? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |