Weeks 19 & 20 - Prebbleton Sub and major quake #3.
Another fortnight post unfortunately, sorry. Life has become busy since June 13th when we had our 3rd major earthquake. Classed as an aftershock of the Mag 7.1 quake of September 4 2010, this was a Mag 6.3 quake which struck at 2:20pm on June 13th. More damage and liquefaction occurred, and was violent where I was working with my Line crew in Akaroa. I will cover this quake in depth later. Work log: Tuesday 7th June: Connect 11kV cables into kiosk for 4x 1MW emergency generators, QEII park. The 4x 1MW diesel generators, QEII park Wednesday 8th June: Connect 11kV cables from 4x 1MW generators into 11kV network, QEII park. 'Tapped into' 11kV cable, QEII park generator supply. Thursday 9th June: Underground-overhead 33kV transition terminations, outside Prebbleton substation. Me doing 33kV termination, Jeff on right. Friday 10th June: Underground-overhead transition terminations, outside Prebbleton substation. The overhead guys connect the 33kV term...