Kenya nationwide blackout caused by rogue monkey - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 01:02:45 am
content: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36475667

author: bitslice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 02:02:28 am
content: Funny that they now look at enhancing their security, rather than addressing the single point of failure.

author: sarepairman2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 02:18:53 am
content: the monkey was marauding apparently.at least they have good humor about it

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 02:21:24 am
content: Monkey business ...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 02:22:21 am
content: Headline of the week award winner!

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 03:20:52 am
content: What is Probes doing in Kenya?

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 06:26:12 am
content: Quote*sigh* News reporters.Pool little fella, the experience must have been shocking.I'll just show myself out.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 07:19:38 am
content: The dutch news translated it in:"The animal fell on the transformer, which caused the transformer to topple."Topple, as in the transformer fell over... Seriously?

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 12:24:18 pm
content: Poor Probes. I guess he needed to be taken out before he could spill all the beans on Batteroo. Now we will never get the inside story.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 02:51:35 pm
content: Quote from: bitslice on June 08, 2016, 02:02:28 amWell, it's certainly cheaper, and probably all what the country can afford.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 03:37:57 pm
content: Quote from: Jeroen3 on June 08, 2016, 07:19:38 amWell the original report uses "tripped", so probably an overly sensitive breaker? The other possibility is lose connections which is even worse when 180MW is involved.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 05:34:02 pm
content: More likely an unlocked manual trip lever on the breaker, which disconnected the transformer and isolated the connection. Should have either had the handle removed and placed in the provided holding clips, or should have been locked with either a pin or lock.If it had been across any terminals there would have been a brief power dip as it vapourised, then power flow would have continued. Then somebody would have had the job of removing the black mark from the terminals and picking up the scraps of fur.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2016, 11:57:07 pm
content: Question: If there was only 1 monkey in the transformer pulling the trip lever, what were all the OTHER monkeys doing while the lights were out, alarms disabled, and no one could see them?Could this be the start of Planet of the Apes here?

author: bitslice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2016, 01:16:11 pm
content: At least now we know how many monkeys it takes to change a light bulb - one to cut the power, one to swap the bulb.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2016, 01:16:30 am
content: They also like drones

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2016, 02:06:21 pm
content: Quote from: Jeroen3 on June 08, 2016, 07:19:38 amMaybe that's what happens, and all the magnetic flux and electrons fell out!