Power outage in the University District impacting the UW
Seattle City Light crews are trying to restore power to 245 customers in the University District. Most of the outages are impacting the University of Washington, according to City Light.
Power went out in the area around 5:30 a.m.. It appears to be some sort of problem with an underground cable, said Scott Thomsen , spokesman for City Light. Initially, the outage impacted nearly 2,000 customers in Laurelhurst, Ravenna and the University District.
Crews are on scene. It’s unclear how long the outages will last.
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Seattle City Light crews are trying to restore power to 245 customers in the University District. Most of the outages are impacting the University of Washington, according to City Light. Power went out in the area around 5:30 am.
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Several years back, I worked for any well known marine supply in Seattle, Washington around the store’s engine and electrical parts counter. It was while working there, that I witnessed some truly scary occurrences with shore cords and all were 100 % preventable.
One of the greatest offenses I witnessed was, at intervals of each and every little while, someone would come in searching for a replacement 50 amp shore power cord end. This always raised red flags at our counter. Inevitably, we’d discover that the customer had fished a “perfectly good” 50 amp shore power cord in the dumpster. convinced that the scorched/burned/melted end was everything was wrong, they were simply looking to replace the end. Folks, it was probably within the dumpster for a reason. We repeatedly explained to customers, and even demonstrated on more than one occasion, that lots of times the insulation around the wire became embrittled in the heat and would crumble to dust for several feet back up the cord. This could likely result in a short circuit after a few flexes and potentially a fireplace.I understand nobody wants to pay for $500+ dollars for any shore cord, but sometimes it’s not only necessary but recommended for safety and prevention of marina fires.
We’d also see people wanting to replace their 30 amp shore power ends since the ends became charred/melty/ or something similar. This usually occurred during the winter months (sometimes even with 50 amp cords). The culprit? Usually some combination of electric heater being used aboard the boat. Consider it. If you’re on a 30 amp service and you have two 1200 watt electric heaters. Divide 1200watts by 110 volts and also you get pretty close to eleven amp, multiply that by 2 (remember we’ve two heaters) and that means there exists a draw of about 22 amps, assuming the dock really is 110 volts. Sometimes they’re less which means even more current draw. So, with the load of 22 amps, that leaves us 8 amps in ideal conditions, i.e. no corrosion in the shore power connector or no loose fit in the connector. Now element in even the use of a microwave at about 1200 watts and you will see we’re beyond the limits from the shore power and we haven’t even factored in lights or hot water (assuming an electrical warm water), or even cooking on a range or perhaps in an oven(also assuming electric).