livinthailandos Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I am putting out the information I have from what news I got from our staff that just came back from bangkok as in bangkok there was tons of news going on regarding the electric blackout in samui. For what they understand the backup power generators that were brought into samui from the government will be here all of christmas and into the high season as they are expecting high power demand and the main electric line will not have enough electric to support the island during christmas and into jan, so assume there's a good chance to expect power disruptions and worse case blackout's again As most of you know how thailand is regarding matters like this. I personally hope electricity is ok and will have no problems, but as a caution I am ordering a small backup generator for personal use as I have zero confidence and zero faith that this matter will be sorted out or fixed anytime soon Any comments you have regarding the matter are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks for this info ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks for this info ! Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmyself Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks for the info. 6 huge generators passed through Lamai heading for Chaweng this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 If this had happened three weeks later then there really would be a crazy situation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 1 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 If this had happened three weeks later then there really would be a crazy situation.... Why any different to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 If this had happened three weeks later then there really would be a crazy situation.... Why any different to now. Because in 3 weeks time it would be Xmas and the busiest time on samui Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 If this had happened three weeks later then there really would be a crazy situation.... Why any different to now. Because in 3 weeks time it would be Xmas and the busiest time on samui Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Not only that but every flight booked solid so little chance of anyone leaving the island. That would be a nightmare.....well for business and tourists alike. How many would be returning after that do you imagine? Particukarly having paid peak prices on everthing to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 It did happen at Christmas some years ago. 3 days no power -while they put in the new undersea cable (the first upgrade). I think that this was about 8 - 9 years ago - but the memory is not reliable. I think it was Boxing Day for three days. At the time I thought - how dumb to do planned maintenance/ugrade at the busiest time. I had to refund some money to some customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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