Power problems who to contact?

[rudolph]

We live down a privet road with 4 big blocks of land one with a derelict house so 3 houses in total, 11,000 volt lines run most of the way down our drive to a step down transformer then 240 volts to the houses,

Problem one block is like a small city with all sorts of assorted scum living in tin huts buses sheds and a chicken house, its majorly overloading the transformer and it has failed twice, the 11,000 fuses blew 3 times this month, brown outs all the time, the linesman was very helpfull and sed they need there own privet transformer and connection.

I have been ringing vector but they don't really give a shit and sed when the transformer fails they will replace it and when the fuses blows they fix it.


Is there anyone elce I can contact?

[razza11]

There is a complaints process which requires Head Office to investigate issues where supply fails to users. They can measure / data log usage of consumers to then resolve issues. Complaints obviously need to be in writing to get a response.
Can go to local council and see if "population and structures" encroach on any bylaws, resource or building consent requirements. Good luck.

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[Swoop]

We live down a privet road with 4 big blocks of land one with a derelict house so 3 houses in total, 11,000 volt lines run most of the way down our drive to a step down transformer then 240 volts to the houses,

Problem one block is like a small city with all sorts of assorted scum living in tin huts buses sheds and a chicken house, its majorly overloading the transformer and it has failed twice, the 11,000 fuses blew 3 times this month, brown outs all the time, the linesman was very helpfull and sed they need there own privet transformer and connection.

Privet is a weed and should be possible to kill with plenty of RoundUp weed killer.
Second option is petrol and a match. Much more satisfying!

[Akzle]

Is there anyone elce I can contact?

eric...





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[Akzle]

goddamn mothefuck that's not even the cunting video i fucken wanted fucken jewtube bullshittery.

[FJRider]

... Is there anyone elce I can contact?

Contact your NEW power supplier ...

And those not living in Auckland ... don't care. And those that are ... probably won't either.







ps: Install Spell check on your computer. You need it ...

[GazzaH]

We've had none of those problems with Unison - quite the reverse, they have always been very helpful and responsive down here in rural Hawkes Bay.

I respectfully suggest moving to the Bay.

PS Rather them than me out in this weather, fixing stuff for people who can't watch Coro or some such crisis. The line crews are heroes, as far as I'm concerned.

[rudolph]

Cool thank you all for the ideas, I asked vector to do a data log as razza11 suggested but this could take a few weeks.

And yes dirty new age hippy's shitting in buckets and driving dirty vans

[russd7]

Privet is a weed and should be possible to kill with plenty of RoundUp weed killer.
Second option is petrol and a match. Much more satisfying!

roundup wont do any good, ya need tordon brushkiller or better still some good old 245T, as for the privet, ya could try digging it out

[rudolph]

roundup wont do any good, ya need tordon brushkiller or better still some good old 245T, as for the privet, ya could try digging it out

Roundup has 245T in it?

[Honest Andy]

Roundup has 245T in it?

Shit no! Waaaaay different products

[flashg]

Roundup has 245T in it?
No.
245T has been off the market for years, and anything with 245T in it.
Old original formula of Tordon had 245T though. Old Tordon was better than just 245T, but dearer. 245T with a good wetting agent worked well on gorse/broom etc. Had to be bloody careful around tree blocks etc (hormone spray)

[russd7]

always amuses me that so many people believe that roundup is the killer of all that is weeds, having said that, i had a real problem with stinging nettle in a vege garden once, got sick of it so sprayed the garden with 50d, didn't have to eat cabbage or cauli for a long time :lol:. wife at the time didn't think it was good havin to buy vegies tho :gob:

[russd7]

No.
245T has been off the market for years, and anything with 245T in it.
Old original formula of Tordon had 245T though. Old Tordon was better than just 245T, but dearer. 245T with a good wetting agent worked well on gorse/broom etc. Had to be bloody careful around tree blocks etc (hormone spray)

had a neighbor a few years ago couldn't work out why his eucalyptus lost all its leaves and appeared to be dying, managed to blame it on the south canty drought along with the gorse across the road that was dying. finally got rid of the last of the 245t in an environmentally manner tho :sweatdrop
interestingly, the euc came back to life unlike the gorse



(hormone spray)
and how do ya make a hormone, don't pay the bitch

[Akzle]

privet can be drilled and poisoned with metsulfuron. or chemically ring barked with meths/diesel and 2.4-D/ something else.

monsanto is the devil.
roundup is tradenameded glyphosate.

[george formby]

privet can be drilled and poisoned with metsulfuron. or chemically ring barked with meths/diesel and 2.4-D/ something else.

monsanto is the devil.
roundup is tradenameded glyphosate.

I've reached the point that the odd remaining privet in my garden drops it's leaves when it hears the shed door open.
My application of choice is whatever is left in a wee white hammer hardware bottle still on the shelf, diesel and an emulsifier. Soap. Good soap that prevents beading and forms a soaking layer. I'm still on the hunt for a DIY coagulant. It always rains an hour after I spray.

Of essence with shrub or tree murder is to harbour the murder weapon with the victim. Cut grooves or drill holes, crush smaller trunks to expose the under bark capillaries, and get your spooge on instantly. Cut, apply. Repeat.

Get your shovel or mattock out and give the roots a beasting a few weeks later. Better than a week at the gym lowering your opinion of yourself and the coup de gras for the vigorous privet.

[Akzle]

. Good soap that prevents beading and forms a soaking layer. I'm still on the hunt for a DIY coagulant. It always rains an hour after I spray.
.

if you mean a sir-fuck-tent (or a wetter/penetrant, (tee-hee)):
sunlight dishsoap.
nowhere near as effective as organosilicone, but for the price can't be beat.

as to tree murder, the cambium layer is where it's at.

[ellipsis]

as to tree murder, the cambium layer is where it's at.


...not forgetting the Stihl 044 as an effective tree killer...

[Akzle]

...not forgetting the Stihl 044 as an effective tree killer...

and then poison the stump... :sweatdrop:

[flashg]

and then poison the stump... :sweatdrop:
Yep, drill a hole, pour in some neat Tordon, job done.

[ellipsis]

Yep, drill a hole, pour in some neat Tordon, job done.


...Bruce normally brings his 12 tonner around with a root rooter attached to the business end and then all there is, is a hole...in the ground...whats all this got to do with smelly hippies and power consumption...

[flashg]

...Bruce normally brings his 12 tonner around with a root rooter attached to the business end and then all there is, is a hole...in the ground...whats all this got to do with smelly hippies and power consumption...
Umm, thought it was normal for threads to run off track. [emoji16]

[cods4]

We live down a privet road with 4 big blocks of land one with a derelict house so 3 houses in total, 11,000 volt lines run most of the way down our drive to a step down transformer then 240 volts to the houses,

Problem one block is like a small city with all sorts of assorted scum living in tin huts buses sheds and a chicken house, its majorly overloading the transformer and it has failed twice, the 11,000 fuses blew 3 times this month, brown outs all the time, the linesman was very helpfull and sed they need there own privet transformer and connection.

I have been ringing vector but they don't really give a shit and sed when the transformer fails they will replace it and when the fuses blows they fix it.


Is there anyone elce I can contact?


Sounds like you are on to it now by requesting temporary metering. You probably just need to wait for the process to be completed. But definitely keep reporting all brown outs or other issues to Vector as soon as possible so they can give your case the right priority.

Out of interest, where do you live? I work for the company that does all the work for Vector in what we call the Sourhern network which is everything south of the bridge and east of Rosebank Road pretty much.