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    powercuts (or brownouts )

    well after moving to bacolod city I was,nt expecting this ,out of the first 14 days we have had 8 days of powercuts today being the longest without power 9 hours .good job the temp is cooler here or I would have frazzled lol .I hope this is not gonna be a regular thing as it would put the dampers on my move ,so far everything is is good.


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    well we have powercut here too and not even in philippines ,thunder and lightning storm with big hailstones


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    Had a few brownouts in Dumaguete, but in UK never experienced a black out for more than twenty years


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    We had 2 in 3 weeks. I can live with that.


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    Only ever had one brownout in AC pampanga




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    we had one today, until i changed the bulb


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    We had our first 3 hour one in about two months Saturday gone..
    Nobody seemed to care.. The BBQ was hot and the beers were cold. (4 cases in eski)


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    Regular as clockwork here in Tagum City right pain in the


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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnijon View Post
    Regular as clockwork here in Tagum City right pain in the
    If its that bad where you live,why not get your self an inverter.. Hook it up to a charged battery and let it run your fans,TV,laptop etc.. You can plug 220v right into them..
    You can buy them in places like CDR king.
    Im not sure how long the battery lasts but you can hook it up to the battery in your car or motorbike and leave it running..


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    Bio lite you can cook your rice and BBQ whilst charging it
    Works using wood or charcoal. The kids at my daughters school use a similar device when they have outings. From what ive heard its mainly used for cellphone charging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    If its that bad where you live,why not get your self an inverter.. Hook it up to a charged battery and let it run your fans,TV,laptop etc.. You can plug 220v right into them..
    You can buy them in places like CDR king.
    Im not sure how long the battery lasts but you can hook it up to the battery in your car or motorbike and leave it running..
    cheers for that i think i,ll invest in one of those things can,t be doing with this nonsense lol


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    I enjoy a good brownout. Think of all the positives. Your saving money on electricity, people actually start talking to each other. You can play some board games with the family.
    Even better if its just the two of you can come up with some new game


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    Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
    cheers for that i think i,ll invest in one of those things can,t be doing with this nonsense lol
    Let me know how you get on!


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    Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
    Bio lite you can cook your rice and BBQ whilst charging it
    Works using wood or charcoal. The kids at my daughters school use a similar device when they have outings. From what ive heard its mainly used for cellphone charging.

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    Not seen these... Handy..
    Would a really really big one run an Aircon?


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    Just had the expense of buying voltage regulators, dam current was only 182 volts the other day.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    Not seen these... Handy..
    Would a really really big one run an Aircon?
    Only knew about it last year and have only seen the one at school. Somebody bought it in the US for around 100 bucks.
    Guess it would but you would need lots and lots of wood to run it and this lady to help you.

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