Eskom Announces increased load shedding for the year

Getting really annoying, if they're going to do load shedding atleast you could stick to the damn schedule!
 
Just had another outage from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and it is destroying the takeway businesses as they make their money during this time.
 
I used to have best load shedding times. Then people started complaining that the schedule is racist. Now my area's times have changed. 18:00 to 20:30. I get home that time. Living on takeaways now. I should sent Eskom the bill for my future heart surgery. Probably die because the hospital wont have power. But that's not racist. OK, I'm done now.
 
ClockworkNinja said:
I used to have best load shedding times. Then people started complaining that the schedule is racist. Now my area's times have changed. 18:00 to 20:30. I get home that time. Living on takeaways now. I should sent Eskom the bill for my future heart surgery. Probably die because the hospital wont have power. But that's not racist. OK, I'm done now.
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Dohc-WP said:
got myself a 1 kva generator this weekend, so over eskom and their erratic schedule :rolleyes:
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And how is it working out for you? Noise? What are you powering? Can it run a 780ti setup and a 42 inch LED tv for those long BF4 sessions? I was thinking of getting one too but not sure if it's worth it.
 
Dohc-WP said:
got myself a 1 kva generator this weekend, so over eskom and their erratic schedule :rolleyes:
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Normal genny or one of those that's safe for electronics? I got a 3.5kVa one in November, and eventually got loadshed over the weekend, so only got around to using it properly now. Used it for my TV, console, speaker system and a few lights for about 3 hours, and must say quite impressed. The 5.7l tank only needed about a 3l topup this morning, so looks like I'm using 1l per hour on that load. Thinking of getting some kind of setup for the lights though to work independent of the generator.

Edit : for Ike! ;)
 
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Nemesis said:
Normal genny or one of those that's safe for electronics? I got a 3.5kVa one in November, and eventually got loadshed over the weekend, so only got around to using it properly now. Used it for my TV, console, speaker system and a few lights for about 3 hours, and must say quite impressed. The 5.7l tank only needed about a 3l topup this morning, so looks like I'm using 1l per hour on that load. Thinking of getting some kind of setup for the lights though to work independent of the generator.
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its a fragram 1 (like the stramm's and Ryobi's) they all are exactly the same design (made in china, just some idiots pay more for the brand name) the technique is to hook a ups up to the generator (since it will protect against unstable genny surges) and then run a mulitiplug from the ups and plug your devices in there.

1l per hour is about right ja
 
I thought about getting a generator in case the power dies, but how long will there be power to pump pertol?

Hopefully there is a cheaper Solar option strong enough to power a freezer. ---- !
 
Tydmors said:
I thought about getting a generator in case the power dies, but how long will there be power to pump pertol?

Hopefully there is a cheaper Solar option strong enough to power a freezer. ---- !
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There are solar options to power your entire house, however... cheap it will not be.
 
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