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Came home about 10pm to a powercut, had been advised by text on my mobile that the powergrid was working on it being fixed by 10:15pm ... yes, I have matches & candles but in the dark could not find them ... my torch, usually in my handbag was now lost in my room because the ceiling bulb had gone a few days ago 

I tried my laptop, as I thought it would work by battery power ... however ... no internet connection

atm I have not got Windows set up on my new mobile

I'm curious ... if I had a notebook or tablet = would they have worked ? ... or would they have been like my laptop = not working as no internet connection ?

 

btw power came back on about 11:15pm ... they had texted me a 2nd time to say power would be restored by about 11:30pm

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thank you @MI5 & @adamtemp64 for your input :slight_smile:

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@Anonymous no problem I always had a ups on mine due to rural location not so bad now as sse upgraded overhead cables but still have one on pc and can run an extension to router if needed.

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@adamtemp64 wrote:

@Anonymous no problem I always had a ups on mine due to rural location not so bad now as sse upgraded overhead cables but still have one on pc and can run an extension to router if needed.


@adamtemp64 will you help me with something more please ? because as well as being the forum's permanent tech numpty I'm still sufferring with a virus/bug I've had since Christmas week & feeling very sorry for myself :womansad: what is ups & sse ? please ... I know I should Google them but atm I'd be better if you told me 

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As Adam isn't on I will admit I had to google them Jane.... UPS is uninterruptible power supply

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply

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and SSE.....?
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and SSE.....?

No idea. Only one I know is an energy  company

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Scottish and Southern Electricity ?
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@MI5 wrote:
Scottish and Southern Electricity ?

That's the one...

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thank you @Cleoriff & @MI5 for the above  ^  ^  ^  info :slight_smile:

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thanks guys both correct

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