Overloaded transformer forces Phuket underpass to close for repairs

[webfact]

Overloaded transformer forces Phuket underpass to close for repairs

The Phuket News

 

The Darasamut Underpass will close from 10pm tonight (Dec 11) through to 5am Tuesday (Dec 12). Photo: Wichit Traffic Police

 

PHUKET: The Darasamut Underpass on the bypass road in front of Central Festival Phuket will be closed to traffic in both directions tonight and early tomorrow morning (Dec 11-12) while workers repair overhead lights and the transformer that powers them.

 

The lights in the tunnel went out early yesterday afternoon, but Wichit Traffic Police told The Phuket News that they were not informed of the outage until 2am today.

 

“The lights are still out, so please careful driving through the tunnel,” one officer said this morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/overloaded-transformer-forces-phuket-underpass-to-close-for-repairs-65064.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-12-11

[LivinginKata]

Yet another example of Piss Poor Planning ....

[Chang_paarp]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Overloaded transformer forces Phuket underpass to close for repairs

 

Another way of putting this is "Under-specified Transformer Fails".

 

Cheap cost cutting strikes again.

[Psimbo]

............. and that was one of the better constructed ones so far!

[Bob12345]

14 hours ago, Psimbo said:

............. and that was one of the better constructed ones so far!

That must be why it took them 2 years more than planned. They just wanred to go above and beyond quality wise.

[Old Croc]

If they couldn't even get the lane count right, what hope did they have with a complex electrical system.