‘Cause unknown’: Basslink fault investigation sheds little light on outage
An investigation by Cable Consulting International into the outage of the Basslink interconnector has not been able to identify the cause of the fault.
An investigation by Cable Consulting International into the outage of the Basslink interconnector has not been able to identify the cause of the fault.
Basslink returned to service at 11.51am, the cable’s operator announced this morning.
Basslink has located the fault on the interconnector that is used for power transmission between the mainland and Tasmania but has yet to determine the initial cause of the problem on the cable.
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