Well, it went like this:
Endeavour Energy sent out a note saying the power would be off yesterday between 8 and 5. We charged up everything and waited.
By 11.30 the power still hadn't gone off, and I was getting low on roasted beans. "Ah well," I said, "I'll just do a quick roast..."
So, by 18 mins into the roast it was still at only 170C. "Ah," said I, "I must have buggered up one of the coils in the heat gun, I'll use my good one (more powerful) and finish off the roast manually".
The power was still on...
After I finished roasting, the missus said, "can you check the microwave, it's not making the right noise". The sound of things clicking into place occurred in my head. I got out the plug-in volt meter, and was surprised to find that we had only 195V. I rang EE and complained that a CS7 brown out was worse than no power.
At that voltage you only get (195/240)^2 = 66% of the power. No wonder it was so long to get to first crack! Interesting experience.
It wasn't until 5pm that we got the full 240V.
Gonzo
Endeavour Energy sent out a note saying the power would be off yesterday between 8 and 5. We charged up everything and waited.
By 11.30 the power still hadn't gone off, and I was getting low on roasted beans. "Ah well," I said, "I'll just do a quick roast..."
So, by 18 mins into the roast it was still at only 170C. "Ah," said I, "I must have buggered up one of the coils in the heat gun, I'll use my good one (more powerful) and finish off the roast manually".
The power was still on...
After I finished roasting, the missus said, "can you check the microwave, it's not making the right noise". The sound of things clicking into place occurred in my head. I got out the plug-in volt meter, and was surprised to find that we had only 195V. I rang EE and complained that a CS7 brown out was worse than no power.
At that voltage you only get (195/240)^2 = 66% of the power. No wonder it was so long to get to first crack! Interesting experience.
It wasn't until 5pm that we got the full 240V.
Gonzo



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