Power cuts, powerbanks, Priority Services Register, fuse boards

Cantilip

Re the banner, do register, it's really easy. Did it a couple of weeks ago after a disaster which was really nothing much with hindsight but had me in a flat spin. On a fine sunny Friday morning the power suddenly went. No-o, you don't expect power cuts in August. I stuck my nose outside the front door of my flat and there was smoke and a smell of burning. Waaa! Also a very startled electrician on the phone to his boss! He'd been working on the electricity on what I suppose since I don't anything about this stuff is the main connection for the whole building. UK Power Networks were contacted and they are fabulous, here within an hour and texts to say what was happening - which among other things was that 50 properties in the neighbourhood had to be cut off. It was actually all sorted within four hours, but I was freaking a) because I don't have a landline and neither PC nor phone had much charge left, b) I thought I had a powerbank and it was useless - it's a dual camping light and the light is great but a non-starter for charging my PC - c) at the thought of losing everything in my freezer and d) because I was scared the fuses had been tripped and my fuse box is about 8 feet up so I can't possibly reach it to flip them back. In fact the power came on without the need for that. So right now I'm on the hunt for a proper powerbank. Can anyone recommend one? But if you have mobility problems worth checking if you can reach your fuses.

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