November 15th, 2011 
ZeroAmpTech Peter Sumaruck Fights Power Outages, but “Is Connecticut a Third World Country.” – A question asked by electric utility customers without power for 12 days, at a time when power outages are unnecessary.
Early snow takes down power lines
Pete says that if it had been only an earthquake and tsunami in Japan, “using my units, you just wait for the water to recede, let it dry out, and turn it on again – high water will not destroy the unit. Adaptations can easily be made for extremely cold winters (ie northern Canada). And since this electric power is made onsite, there are no transformer issues; fallen tree branches will not turn off the power – this is key for most power outages.
Keep in mind that Mr. Sumaruck is not a manufacturer . He does not warehouse these units but he will teach individuals how to build them or consult if others who want to go into business. He is now powering complete buildings with this technology, and could easily power an entire community.
Why are power outages so debilitating. Because they bring the modern world to a stop.
There is no reason to make people suffer. America is a modern country, correct. In Europe, they talk about moving electrical power around from country to country adjusting for supply and seasonal needs, but they never seem to mention any incidence of weather-related downed power lines, or transformer difficulties.
“The New York Times” reported that ten days – that’s the number 10 – after an October pre-winter snowstorm dropped havoc on the state of Connecticut, some of that state was still without electrical power ten days later.
Their article titled, “Plenty of Anger as a Wait for Electricity Drags On” comes from Newtown, CT where C.L.&P. promised all “lights on” by Wednesday, the day after this article was published. Did C.L.&P.’s promise hold water. No.
The Times interviewed Mr. Roger Sprung, whose family of a wife, 2 daughters, plus 45 animals to include the usual dogs, cats and donkeys lives only one mile from town but must now rely on bottled water. And by this time, “pizza cooked on a wood stove in his basement office…their only source of heat” in their 2,000 sq. ft. home.
Mr. Sprung reported, “two C.L.&P trucks were there Sunday but they ‘just turned around and left.’” Why would that be. If they are there, why not get to work. This should be termed “Confusion Management.”
Sprung’s neighbors across the street, Shirley and Francis Couch had their power restored on Nov. 5 – how fair is that. They told of watching a convoy of Maine utility trucks passing by. Mrs. Couch said, “I don’t know where the C.L.&P. has been.” The utility claims theirs is a “24/7 operation nonstop.” Are they understaffed. What about using temps – so many people need jobs now.
Do customers get to deduct a daily amount from their next bill.
By that evening, 38,000 (3% of the utility’s customers) were still without power – dark another night – thus marking this Connecticut’s longest power outage in history. Earlier in October there had been a outage as well as an outage due to Hurricane Irene in August. This is slow torture.
From Montauk, NY during Hurricane Irene Aug. 2011
Connecticut residents have lost their patience, and it isn’t even winter yet.
Looking for reasons: The “Hartford Courant” stated, “Power outages are cropping up across the state, Connecticut Light and Power said they are unrelated to the storm.”
This is a mystery - if not the storm…why then? C.L.&P. is not saying. Local cities are doing their own debris collection so it can’t be said that C.L.&P. is too busy with the debris issue to bring back lights. And there was mention that repair work had to go underground. Why is that, if power lines are above.
There were many complaints about hot power lines still being down on the streets and drivers afraid to get out of their cars. These are life threatening issues.
Pole on fire
What about the downtime for those employed (not to infer that employment is the exception) – how will a winter of this impact the economy. Oh yes, a boon to fuel-related sales, but in an economy where many are merely hanging on, where is the infrastructure these people – all people – paid for. Infrastructure is the basket that holds up community, both the glue and the fibers, the raison for being. Infrastructure is not a static object or condition; it requires constant attention, like a garden.
Power was not totally returned until Thursday…that’s 12 days without power for those of you who like to count. Customers say “unacceptable” and rightly so; electric utility noses should be rubbed in the mud from melted snow as an updated version of tar and feathers.
The town of Simsbury had even rescheduled Halloween due to fallen debris hazards, which more than a week later have not been completely removed. Oh, forget it – Halloween was last year.
In the wake of a premature winter – a Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 storm analysis told of Connecticut state and local officials chewing over both the whys and the remedies for this increasingly prevalent agony.
People say, put the utilities underground – but there are those like Al Lara, spokesman for Connecticut Light & Power, who says that burying the power lines is too expensive, and at least if the problem is above ground, you can see where it is. Is this a company with a learning disability.
This is “static thinking.” If we want to solve a problem we can work with technology, create innovations that will bend to human needs. This is how all great discoveries happen…when the human mind refuses to accept the status quo.
This was how Peter Sumaruck made his discovery. It was an emergency, a restaurant fire – huge and fast-moving billows of smoke – in his favorite breakfast restaurant; they asked if he could help. He got up on the roof and fixed the problem – it was the fan - with the fan, but what he noticed when he put a meter to the fan motor, was more power coming out than going in. ” That can’t be” – traditional physics doesn’t allow for an increase in power…until physics met Pete Sumaruck.
If you read the Nov.12 article , they refer to power outages of the past. Note the questions asked, the criticisms made, and investigations held. Strange how it’s possible to change the dates of those earlier outages and be reading the same information from current issues – nothing changes. C.L.&P attempts to do a better job but chaos survives.
New technology must interdict – the old ways no longer apply.
What will happen when winter comes – this winter, which is tomorrow or the day after. Those with money, and who don’t already have one will need to buy a backup genset or build an all purpose one (only Pete Sumaruck makes those). Families without money will go to a shelter…people will store up and suffer, or die …I guess. What kind of a country are they running here where life is so trivialized, while remedies are so close at hand.
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