Time I go underground with modern stuff. Also will never happen.
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One of the arguments against that is that a lot of the Phils is earthquake prone. The other thing is that kind of infrastructure would be hugely expensive, and of course the cost would be passed onto the consumer.
The vast majority of whom live in poverty and couldn't afford power price hikes. Electricity here is more expensive than in OZ.
A few cities are looking at running power underground, and a few are eradicating dead (unused) spaghetti wire from posts. The city I live set up a task force to remove spaghetti wire, and was doing it before Covid. Maybe they will resume again.
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The vast majority of whom live in poverty and couldn't afford power price hikes. Electricity here is more expensive than in OZ.
A few cities are looking at running power underground, and a few are eradicating dead (unused) spaghetti wire from posts. The city I live set up a task force to remove spaghetti wire, and was doing it before Covid. Maybe they will resume again.
Task Force Hapsay Kable starts Removal of Spaghetti Wires
The removal of spaghetti wires in the major streets of Cagayan de Oro was finally started today, April 17 by Task Force Hapsay Kable. The clearing operations were headed by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), various electric, cable TV providers and telephone companies. See...
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Ok. Just trying to keep this site alive.......
I'm what they call in Australia a 'Bower Bird,' meaning that I collect and keep stuff. If I pull something apart that can't be repaired, I will look at the various pieces and pick a few thinking: "Hhhhhmmmm....this might come in handy one day."
I have repurposed many parts/things over the years and have a lot of what people might consider junk in my little shed.
We are staying at our beach house, and I accidently left the ignition on and flattened the battery of our little car. I have a battery charger but it's at the other house. I'm looking at the logistical nightmare of going there by public transport, getting the charger, and returning. Depressing AND time consuming.
When we bought this place the previous owner had a security light installed. It was completely corroded by the salt air and didn't work. I pulled the unit and replaced it with a new one. After testing the security light, I binned it. Didn't work. I tested the transformer and found, to my surprise, that it still worked. "Hmmmmm," I thought, "This might come in handy one day" and kept it.
Remembering that it was a 12V transformer I checked its output. 1000mA - 1 Amp. So I figured that it would work like a trickle charger without the auto cut-out when the battery is fully charged. Car battery is 35AH, which would mean 35 hours charging, but since most cars will start with a charge above 50% - I decided to leave it on for 24 hours.
This morning (after 24 hours) I disconnected the charger, turned on the ignition and it started immediately. I'm keeping that little 'throw away' for the future.
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I'm what they call in Australia a 'Bower Bird,' meaning that I collect and keep stuff. If I pull something apart that can't be repaired, I will look at the various pieces and pick a few thinking: "Hhhhhmmmm....this might come in handy one day."
I have repurposed many parts/things over the years and have a lot of what people might consider junk in my little shed.
We are staying at our beach house, and I accidently left the ignition on and flattened the battery of our little car. I have a battery charger but it's at the other house. I'm looking at the logistical nightmare of going there by public transport, getting the charger, and returning. Depressing AND time consuming.
When we bought this place the previous owner had a security light installed. It was completely corroded by the salt air and didn't work. I pulled the unit and replaced it with a new one. After testing the security light, I binned it. Didn't work. I tested the transformer and found, to my surprise, that it still worked. "Hmmmmm," I thought, "This might come in handy one day" and kept it.
Remembering that it was a 12V transformer I checked its output. 1000mA - 1 Amp. So I figured that it would work like a trickle charger without the auto cut-out when the battery is fully charged. Car battery is 35AH, which would mean 35 hours charging, but since most cars will start with a charge above 50% - I decided to leave it on for 24 hours.
This morning (after 24 hours) I disconnected the charger, turned on the ignition and it started immediately. I'm keeping that little 'throw away' for the future.
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