Beyoncé? The Illuminati? Aliens? Nothing so interesting caused the big Super Bowl blackout last Monday. According to Entergy Corp, which was in charge of power at the event, the outage was due to the boring failure of a boring electrical relay device.
Installed to prevent damage to Superdome equipment in case of a cable failure, the relay in question functioned boringly well during a number of other Bowls like the Sugar Bowl and the New Orleans Bowl, but apparently this most recent one was too super to handle. As such, the relay boringly triggered and opened a switch that should not have been opened. The end.
Entergy described the whole thing this way in a statement:
While some further analysis remains, we believe we have identified and remedied the cause of the power outage and regret the interruption that occurred during what was a showcase event for the city and state.
So there you have it. Nothing to see here. [Reuters]
Well what did you honestly expect??
Aliens!
That was my thoughts.
Yeah my go-to was Aliens too.
Hmm... I wonder what caused it. Perhaps there was noise on the input line of the relay, perhaps the current rating was too low... What type of relay was it?.. I suspect an engineering error. Very interesting.
Boredom. Sheer terrifying suicidal boredom from being involved in any way whatsoever in an NFL match. The relay device simply killed itself.
It was just trying to bring some excitement to the night.
Well, in that case...
Or did it? Rumour has it that the nearby surge protector had been having an affair with the relay device's wife, UPS, who had recently taken out a large electrical storm insurance policy on her husband. Did the relay device really kill itself, or was it all an elaborate murderous plot by the surge protector and relay device's wife, one that he had been devising in the many months since the two first met at Superbowl XLVI?
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I heard there has been tension in the power supplies the last few weeks, the main filter capacitors may have been working the bridge rectifiers too hard causing some heated debates. This was distracting Chopper, who was getting confused with the supplies he was receiving and started freaking out. Chopper has a short temper and blew his fuse.
...or it could have just needed replacing?