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Originally Posted by DaggaDagga
Are the street cabinets really powered by the street electricity supply? I find it hard to believe that the leccy companies would allow NTL to connect to their cable, which is probably not near the NTL box.
If they are supplied from elsewhere on the network (i.e. some central point), then a neighbourhood power cut may not knock it out. These central points may have UPSes.
I'm only guessing, please don't shoot me. Just throwing ideas about.
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There are different phases for supply.
NTL have a seperate feed from the leccy company , normally when street lights go out NTL's commercial power will also fail.
This doesn't mean that we draw power from the street lights, it means that the power is being drawn from the same phase.
The 240v is downrated to 60v and then pushed round the coaxial network.
Off the top of my head the following area's have battery back up....Walthamstow, Glasgow, Nottingham (thinks? too may glasses of wine, can't remember where else).
