Power Shortage In Nepal

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I just received a message from our Nepal shop manager saying that they are having a power shortage in the shop and are using the generator for
power. While the power shortage is going on our generator can only do so much.

The power shortage will cause all special orders knives and any other orders to be delayed.

I want everyone waiting for their special orders, or any other orders, to be aware of the situation in Nepal. In meantime, we will continue do our best
to get the knives made as soon as we can.

Thank you all for your order and patience.
 
lol i am well supplied for the next few years I think ;o

Good luck to HI on getting power again
 
Hoping the power outage isn't more than a day or two but I guess that the shop manager messaged indicates that it's a bigger one.
Best of luck and lots of electricity soon. :)
 
The power outages are apparently due to the dry season in Nepal and the low water levels reducing the hydropower production.


"Nepal reels under heavy load-shedding" IANS | 06 Jan, 2014

"The state power monopoly in Nepal has extended load-shedding hours from the earlier nine hours a day to 12 hours...

It is not an abnormal phenomenon for NEA to increase the hours of power cut following the onset of the dry season in Nepal, a country having one of the highest hydropower potential in the world.

The drop-off in electricity generation owing to the decreasing water level in rivers has been blamed for the extended rolling blackout.

Load-shedding during winter last year had gone up to 16 hours a day...

Several studies suggest that Nepal has commercially viable hydroelectricity potential of up to 45,000 MW which remains largely untapped."


Quoted from http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/news/global-business/2014/Jan/06/nepal-reels-under-heavy-load-shedding703396.html
 
hmmm lots of future issues there if you look at the control of the headwaters of the ganges by china in the tibet region. will be hard I bet for nepal to get more power out of the waters without trouble from china er india, china is trying to build their own dams, but india will be upset regardless if more nations get power out of the big rivers that feed india
 
Gehazi said:
hmmm lots of future issues there if you look at the control of the headwaters of the ganges by china in the tibet region. will be hard I bet for nepal to get more power out of the waters without trouble from china er india, china is trying to build their own dams, but india will be upset regardless if more nations get power out of the big rivers that feed india
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I heard that's one of the main reasons Kashmir is so important to everybody. Water.
 
It's different living somewhere where frequent power outages are a fact of life.

Kami Sherpa's house has parallel AC and DC lighting circuits, so he can have battery illumination when the power is out.

He also has numerous of these cool flashlight/lanterns. They plug in and charge when power is on, and then can be used as either flashlights or standing lights.

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Here's the hot water heater.

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Howard Wallace said:
Here's the hot water heater.

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Those are cool! Look like evacuated tube. Theres a company in US that makes them. Dixie Solar i believe. I plan to do the same to my Dome home.
They are good at shedding snow which i suppose would be a problem over there.
I used to live in the British Virgin Islands where both power and water were a problem. It was entirely doable but required planning which most people now in the US are totally unaccustomed too. I wonder how hard it is to get solar panels over there?
 
Apparently the power shortage is still going on.

It must be so common out there that the local news are are barely covering it.

Is there any forumite who knows where to look at to see if the situation is improving?

EDIT: For your information - I found this site where it seems to detail the power cuts schedule in Kathmandu Valley where the shops are (if I'm not mistaken)

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=pages&page_id=8

If someone is familiar with where is/are located the shop(s) then we might be able to link it to the substation and follow the situation from here.
 
yeah with the way the weather patterns are changing and dams planned further up river--- the permanent situation seems very grim for long term and sustainable energy in nepal, perhaps we could have a very expensive drive here on the forums to get some cultivated power sources , either a solar array or a fuel buy for generators .--- unlikely though with the resources required , hard times for nepal, prayers are with them, and HI
 
Gehazi said:
yeah with the way the weather patterns are changing and dams planned further up river--- the permanent situation seems very grim for long term and sustainable energy in nepal, perhaps we could have a very expensive drive here on the forums to get some cultivated power sources , either a solar array or a fuel buy for generators .--- unlikely though with the resources required , hard times for nepal, prayers are with them, and HI
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One one of the news site I was browsing, apparently China is sending solar panels to Nepal. But the browsing of the detailed news was locked. Typical China censure.
 
We're off the grid and it takes A LOT of solar panels to run grinders and such...more than we can afford. My grinder doesn't even twitch if I hook it up to the inverter-you can just hear the batteries crumple.
 
I wonder who would be first in line for those? Hospitals, Hotels, Gov. office. Individuals w/$. Kami caste probably not on top?
snowwolf said:
One one of the news site I was browsing, apparently China is sending solar panels to Nepal. But the browsing of the detailed news was locked. Typical China censure.
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I might as well be off the grid JW. My electric bill was $17.92 last month. I have 1KW of chipped Solar cells im making panels from but I also have a 5500 watt gas generator If I want to run grinders etc in the shop. Im in the infancy stage of development now but it will be done. My biggest expense there will be Batteries. Im testing LED lighting as well. For the Kamis I suspect that their grinders as well would be the biggest current draw item. If they could crank up a generator for a period of time and grind and polish everything at once then go back to solar only it could minimize battery storage. May be hard for several Kamis to coordinate their work like that? I dont know what their grid tie laws are like if they have any? May be if you blow it up you fix it? Dont know if their system could even handle it? Here you have to be UL listed to grid tie. Thats why I plan to be off grid.
 
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Kamis are tough and the blades during power outage will be less in numbers but done with even more traditional methods.
For comparison just imagine a power outage at Spyderco or Benchmade :D
 
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