16 April 2014, 23:49
I was one of the 200,000 people affected by the Scotland-wide power outage this evening. We lost power for around 2.5 hours.
Good news:
- Rayburn worked well, giving heating, hot water and a kettle for coffee
- emergency light / grab-torch came on as required
Not so good news:
- I realised I've no idea where my head torch is, and it would have been useful
- I have a leisure battery and 300w inverter for these types of situation, but the battery wasn't fully charged.
7/10 must try harder!
Good news:
- Rayburn worked well, giving heating, hot water and a kettle for coffee
- emergency light / grab-torch came on as required
Not so good news:
- I realised I've no idea where my head torch is, and it would have been useful
- I have a leisure battery and 300w inverter for these types of situation, but the battery wasn't fully charged.
7/10 must try harder!
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