Super Bowl Blackout Caused By Device That’s Supposed To Prevent Outages

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 6:20pm PST

We now know what caused that blackout during Super Bowl XLVII. New Orleans’ power utility Entergy said today that the 34-minute outage was caused by an electrical relay device designed to prevent power snafus, AP reports. The utility said it’s looking in to whether it was due to a design flaw or a manufacturing defect. However, Chicago-based manufacturer S&C Electric Co., which supplied the relay installed in the Superdome, said separately in a statement that system operators outside their purview had set the device’s trip setting too low, causing the outage. With the second-highest Super Bowl ratings in 27 years, CBS isn’t complaining.

Related: Power Outage In Midst Of Super Bowl XLVII: CBS Celebrates Changing Game Momentum

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Fox 2000, Chernin Team To Acquire John Rocco’s Caldecott-Winning Book ‘Blackout’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 4:40pm PST
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox 2000 has optioned artist and author John Rocco‘s Caldecott-winning picture book Blackout for a live action feature that will be produced by Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping, and producer/manager Rob Weisbach. … Read More »

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