Switching off South Africa's geysers could save up to four stages of load-shedding — Ramokgopa

[Bewlen]

Yeah you tell 'em Sputla. Fu** hot water. Who needs it.

So confirmed then, this Ramakgopa is a moron. Got it.

 

[leon.davibe]

I think more of the problem is just poorly insulated geysers. I often just see them just hanging outside with zero consideration for insulation.

a geyser has insulation already it is part of the design imo the geyser blanket is kinda silly
and probably saves very little , insulation wrap on the pipes may help more than it

may be wrong salt

sure it will save some heat loss

like putting on a thin jacket while you are wearing a a massively padded jacket may seem silly
while your face/hands is still open

hence my notion

 

[hj007]

If you switch off all lights, factories and all economic activity, you could save even more!

 

[leon.davibe]

blame anything but the real problem

like the greenies they want to shift the focus
no amount of going green makes up for the pollution we incur via the products we buy cheaply from china

we don't really want to pay the price, we just want to seem as if we do

the same way they want to look like they are trying to look for solutions
by not looking at the actual problem

 

[RonSwanson]

At this point, I want him to focus less on fixing Eskom, and more on finding and procuring alternative sources of energy. Fixing Eskom is a lost cause.

Unfortunately from what I've seen, this guy is just an ANC mouthpiece. I have as much hope in him resolving the problem as I did with Gweezy and Pravin in charge.

This is exactly the ANC way of solving problems. They want people to cut the (apartheid era) pizza into smaller slices, instead of just making more and bigger pizzas.

 

[Lupus]

yea the ripple boxes was forced installed thanks to pressure from nersa i think (salt)

so most geysers are off during 2 peak times anyway

they send a ripple before and after peak times to switch on and off

Yeah most of those were removed in JHB

 

[borro]

blame anything but the real problem

like the greenies they want to shift the focus
no amount of going green makes up for the pollution we incur via the products we buy cheaply from china

we don't really want to pay the price, we just want to seem as if we do

the same way they want to look like they are trying to look for solutions
by not looking at the actual problem

It’s the thought that counts)

 

[leon.davibe]

Yeah most of those were removed in JHB

by municipality or people

as far as i got it, user removing it would be seen as criminal offence maybe outdated info

 

[Romeo_RX]

My geyser is already off for most of the day. It comes on twice a day for a hour and a bit.

How much does this save you?

 

[TrueSeeker]

Have spent around R120k on energy savings and home generation measures. On top of the R15k or so in device damage I've had to dock up.
The rest is up to them. May [insert deity of choice] have mercy on us.

In any case. If you want to see this grid burn to a crisp, then have everybody turn their cooled off geysers on at around 6-7PM after everybody gets home from work. That's somewhere around 4kW on average for however long it takes to heat the water up completely. Multiplied by however many million homes do it. With many cooking, washing clothes and using other cleaning appliances at the same time. Otherwise geysers typically use around 800W on average to keep water warm around the clock. With short bursts as hot water is used and new cool water enters. The practice can save on elec bills for individual users of course. On average. My house runs at under 400W most of the time. Majority of that time more like 250W.

 

[Heisenborg]

Switching off South Africa's geysers could save up to four stages of load-shedding — Ramokgopa

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is expected to visit the Matimba and Medupi Power Stations in Limpopo on Monday.

This is a continuation of the minister's visits to all of Eskom's power stations which began last week. The visits are aimed at engaging management, workers and unions.

[SANews]

Punching you in the face would be more fun though

 

[Quicks]

The more this dumb cnts talks the more he sounds like one. There is NO hope for ESKOM or South Africa with things like this running the show!

 

[Xtm]

He don't know how ovens and electric stoves works.

 

[B-1]

Seems like some nice tendas for the ripple control, support and installation.

 

[CB40]

yea the ripple boxes was forced installed thanks to pressure from nersa i think (salt)

so most geysers are off during 2 peak times anyway

they send a ripple before and after peak times to switch on and off

Yup,was forced to install a ripple relay or else I would be charged about an extra R395.00 per month no matter how much electricity I used.
Had to get plumber/electrician out to check why the piece of **** wasn't working properley.
When he saw the wiring and how they had bypassed the isolator he said we were very lucky we didn't have fire in roof.

 

[Hemi300c]

Eksdom head, a "engineer" -this is the way

This exersize has been done as with LED bulbs etc

Stop trying to be kleva you cum dunt

 

[Heisenborg]

Yup,was forced to install a ripple relay or else I would be charged about an extra R395.00 per month no matter how much electricity I used.
Had to get plumber/electrician out to check why the piece of **** wasn't working properley.
When he saw the wiring and how they had bypassed the isolator he said we were very lucky we didn't have fire in roof.

Had a ripple installed 2yrs ago or so. It stopped working and the geyser didn't come on. Ripped that POS out

 

[Unreal]

Have spent around R120k on energy savings and home generation measures. On top of the R15k or so in device damage I've had to dock up.
The rest is up to them. May [insert deity of choice] have mercy on us.

In any case. If you want to see this grid burn to a crisp, then have everybody turn their cooled off geysers on at around 6-7PM after everybody gets home from work. That's somewhere around 4kW on average for however long it takes to heat the water up completely. Multiplied by however many million homes do it. With many cooking, washing clothes and using other cleaning appliances at the same time. Otherwise geysers typically use around 800W on average to keep water warm around the clock. With short bursts as hot water is used and new cool water enters. The practice can save on elec bills for individual users of course. On average. My house runs at under 400W most of the time. Majority of that time more like 250W.

I was thinking the same. Is well And good to turn it off, but having everyone switch on at the same time is where the issue is.

 

[Craig_]

No, mine is on permanently. Uses less electricity this way. It uses more units when I switch it on and off as needed. And I'm not taking cold showers.

 

[Nemesys]

yea the ripple boxes was forced installed thanks to pressure from nersa i think (salt)

so most geysers are off during 2 peak times anyway

they send a ripple before and after peak times to switch on and off

At the time Eskom allocated a maximum demand to each municipality and their bigger direct supply customers. If the maximum demand was exceeded the customer/ municipality were finned heavily. The municipalities had a electricity controller who monitored their power usage and when the demand approached the maximum allocation could switch off geysers through the ripple relay system and other non-essential services to stay within their allocated usage.