Sentence examples similar to grid was down from inspiring English sources

And there's a good deal of crashing, and sometimes the "grid is down".

Still, when the power grid is down, something is better than nothing.

When the traditional power grid is down, a self-contained microgrid creates an effect called "islanding" — a network of buildings with their own power lines and source of electricity are an island in a larger area stricken by a power outage.

As an example, they just installed a wall to wall ice-cube in the basement of the 27 story TIAA-CREF building which is frozen when the grid is down at night and thaws all day keeping the whole building cool and saving the building $765,000 a year in energy costs!

But Nissan is offering a similar device in Japan that allows consumers to power their houses when the electric grid is down.

The PEESS is not an active power source and cannot supply electricity when the power grid is down.

The disadvantages of the PEESS are as follows: 1) The PEESS is not an active power source and cannot supply electricity when the power grid is down.

Decentralized chat app FireChat is adding a new feature that could help disseminate critical info like storm warnings, health advisories and so on when the normal communications grid is down.

During the stimulus debate, Obama's metaphorical moon-shot idea — the smart grid — was struck down as unworkable.

To minimize danger, the island power grid was shut down.

The size of the grid was narrowed down to 40 µm × 40 µm.