The rolling blackouts in Nepal - a potential update

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I was just talking to a Canadian friend who is currently living in Nepal for the last 1-2 years and she informed me that the rolling blackouts will most likely stop around July when there's more rainfall for generators.

As for rolling blackouts, it'll probably end in July when the rainfall comes and theres supple water to keep the generators going. Thats how we roll. But luckily for me, the house has solar panels and only provides light to the apartment down below, but it powers their modem and I can connect when I have 1 hour of laptop battery left, like right now I'm sitting in my room in candlelight and typing this to you. Namaste.

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Just thought I would share this piece of news to all the loyal HI fans that might just be curious about this current blackouts happening in Nepal. Is this the same electricity issue that is impacting the Kamis? Maybe. Most likely yes unless Auntie says otherwise. *Shrugs*
 
I guess transient faults, brownouts, and blackouts are normal in Nepal and other nations of the World but still hard to get use to. I lived in Costa Rica (hence sweetcostrica) for a short while and power outages happened a few times. You just have to plan ahead and around them the best you can. That is why patience is a virtue :rolleyes:.

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I think there have always been rolling blackouts to Nepal. The only changes are if they are more of less frequent.

Kami Sherpa has dual electrical systems in his house. There is a DC battery circuit and bulbs for the time when the AC is out. He also has these cool little flashlight/lanterns that charge from the wall when the power is on, and then function as either a flashlight, or a lantern if you stand them on end.

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I'm aware that Nepal has constant rolling blackouts. What I was trying to share was a potential time table for when the rolling blackouts will end. That is all.
 
i always associate rolling blackouts with california :)

the soda bottle thing rocks, very well.

a stack of car batteries, and some inverters (australia makes good ones), can run a basic motor nicely for a long time. charge when you have power. solar cells could help.

a car or tractor can be hooked up with a belt to provide motive power for a grinder, or other basic tools. don't know if fuel is a hardship or not.

other systems have been made with a goodly sized fly wheel and a belt system. takes a couple guys some effort to start the mass, and little to keep it going.

just random thoughts.
 
the first house to get electrified in the UK used a water turbine to power a dc generator. it's still working. they still have some of the original light bulbs working too. the guy who owned it created a large pond as a holding tank to feed it about 200 ft higher than his house in the hills behind him & later diverted part of a nearby lake into it to keep it topped up & power a second generator. they used a hydraulic ram to pump water into the holding tank from a local stream during the day. LINKY likely a similar scheme could work there in nepal...

- they also used the water to power a hydraulic elevator inside the house, and the house had hot air central heating and used a heat exchanger to warm the incoming air from the outgoing air to increase efficiency. quite a feat for the mid 1800's.
 
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Okldewolf is correct about the rainfall
 
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