110V Electrical Question

jinman · Feb 3, 2011

Blueriver, this is a great story. Imagine someone not nearly as savvy as yourself having to deal with this. It would have cost them a BUNCH of money and they would not have known any better. I'm glad you used the advice of the TBN brain trust and things have turned out so well. Your power company surely seems to be top notch too. Of course, this had to happen on the coldest day in years in OK, but nobody gets the best of Mr. Murphy.

greasemonkeyok · Feb 3, 2011

As near as I can figure, Blueriver was in the middle of the ice belt that blew through on Tuesday. Single digits even still today.

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

jinman said:
Blueriver, this is a great story. Imagine someone not nearly as savvy as yourself having to deal with this. It would have cost them a BUNCH of money and they would not have known any better. I'm glad you used the advice of the TBN brain trust and things have turned out so well. Your power company surely seems to be top notch too. Of course, this had to happen on the coldest day in years in OK, but nobody gets the best of Mr. Murphy.

Jim ... The power company simply is amazing. No matter what time or what conditions they come out ... I am wondering what an electrician would have charged for that cold afternoons work (Ya know a real one!)

And thats just another thumbs up for the TBN brain trust !!

Today On top of all the already bad conditions ... 5" of fresh snow ... go fiqure.

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

greasemonkeyok said:
As near as I can figure, Blueriver was in the middle of the ice belt that blew through on Tuesday. Single digits even still today.

You still owe me an answer .... do you have a shop on Hwy 48 ???

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

BTW, how are the baby chicks doing? Isn't that what started all this?
...or at least the need to address the power issue?

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

dcyrilc said:
BTW, how are the baby chicks doing? Isn't that what started all this?
...or at least the need to address the power issue?

Yes that is exactly what had us address the power issue ... they sent 104 pullets and only lost ONE !!

They will be 30 days old tomorrow. Have been moved out of the small pens in the shop to the chicken barn (Shop smells a whole lot better !!)

jinman · Feb 4, 2011

blueriver said:
Today On top of all the already bad conditions ... 5" of fresh snow ... go fiqure.

I'm only one county away from the Red River and I have 3-1/2" to 4" of fresh snow here too. Even so, it's nothing like OK got. All I keep hearing on the news is that I35 between OK City and the Red River is treacherous. Be safe!

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

blueriver said:
Yes that is exactly what had us address the power issue ... they sent 104 pullets and only lost ONE !!

They will be 30 days old tomorrow. Have been moved out of the small pens in the shop to the chicken barn (Shop smells a whole lot better !!)

Glad to hear they are doing well. I'm sure this current weather has been making it a challenge.

104 pullets? Hmm... hope you like eggs and chicken.:laughing:

You asked about the cost to have an electrician replace the panel and meter. I would expect labor to have been between $300 and $500. I'm looking forward to seeing pix of both the temporary and permanent work.:thumbsup:

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

jinman said:
I'm only one county away from the Red River and I have 3-1/2" to 4" of fresh snow here too. Even so, it's nothing like OK got. All I keep hearing on the news is that I35 between OK City and the Red River is treacherous. Be safe!

It is not very nice ... I have 100 head of cows 6 miles from the house that I feed... yesterday took hay and cubes over ... the back roads have been driven on and compacted to the point of about a solid sheet of ice ... slow going and 4 wheel drive.

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

jinman said:
I'm only one county away from the Red River and I have 3-1/2" to 4" of fresh snow here too. Even so, it's nothing like OK got. All I keep hearing on the news is that I35 between OK City and the Red River is treacherous. Be safe!

Jim,
Have you done a thread on your place with the snow? I've been hoping someone would start one on the Texas snow, but haven't noticed one.

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

blueriver said:
It is not very nice ... I have 100 head of cows 6 miles from the house ... yesterday took hay and cubes over ... the back roads have been driven on and compacted to the point of about a solid sheet of ice ... slow going and 4 wheel drive.

100 head. WOW, am I ever jealous. We had 14 head last winter and on our little 17 acre place that was too much. Went through $600 in hay every month. Quite happy to only have 5 this winter, but it'll cost us in the ability to sell beef for a few years until we can get the numbers back up some.

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

dcyrilc said:
Glad to hear they are doing well. I'm sure this current weather has been making it a challenge.

104 pullets? Hmm... hope you like eggs and chicken.:laughing:

You asked about the cost to have an electrician replace the panel and meter. I would expect labor to have been between $300 and $500. I'm looking forward to seeing pix of both the temporary and permanent work.:thumbsup:

So I didn't give it a thought to take pictures of the "temporary" work ... gives me something to do today !!

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

blueriver said:
So I didn't give it a thought to take pictures of the "temporary" work ... gives me something to do today !!

It would be nice to see some pix of the snow around the farm too.

I love snow.....
...as long as it's at someone elses place.:laughing:

blueriver · Feb 4, 2011

dcyrilc said:
Jim,
Have you done a thread on your place with the snow? I've been hoping someone would start one on the Texas snow, but haven't noticed one.

Here are some pictures of the temporary ... you can see the panel is a "New" one that had not been used ... a little rusty ... but, it was a free one!!

Snow pictures coming ...

Mace Canute · Feb 4, 2011

It's good to see you have it fixed and upgraded.

Murphy certainly was working overtime making sure you had to change it out at the very worst possible time, but at least it wasn't dark to boot!

Great job!:thumbsup:

jinman · Feb 5, 2011

dcyrilc said:
Jim,
Have you done a thread on your place with the snow? I've been hoping someone would start one on the Texas snow, but haven't noticed one.

I posted a few pictures in the Rolling Blackout thread. I'd post more, but I have a freeze-busted pipe and cleanup must be done first.

dcyrilc · Feb 5, 2011

jinman said:
I posted a few pictures in the Rolling Blackout thread. I'd post more, but I have a freeze-busted pipe and cleanup must be done first.

I found that thread after I posted the question. Now I've been following jlsmith's thread on the snow.

Sorry to hear about the pipe. That always sucks, but what can you do?:confused3: