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Heisenborg
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How are we supposed to advise you about post-apocalyptic life if you don't want to hear about prepping?
if you bored read this
It covers the how and the time to "restart"
What would happen if SA's electricity grid collapsed | Business
Government has given assurances that the grid won’t be allowed to collapse. Yet increasing numbers of businesses are preparing for that very eventuality. This is how it will unfold.
www.news24.com
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When power is produced
You can't say ok SA needs 31000mw switch on 31000mw
The load and supply has to come up together ie get a bit of capacity online get some load on it , then get some more production online get more load
Continue this song and dance until we are back to what it was
Now yes thanks to all the loadshedding prep , everything won't grind to a halt
But yea there might be a lot that does , if just based on battery backup that needs eskom
In this scenario generator backups has advantage as long as we have fuel to sustain them
Hope we don't get to experience what it is like to get it up again
You can't say ok SA needs 31000mw switch on 31000mw
The load and supply has to come up together ie get a bit of capacity online get some load on it , then get some more production online get more load
Continue this song and dance until we are back to what it was
Now yes thanks to all the loadshedding prep , everything won't grind to a halt
But yea there might be a lot that does , if just based on battery backup that needs eskom
In this scenario generator backups has advantage as long as we have fuel to sustain them
Hope we don't get to experience what it is like to get it up again
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I suppose the start up time depends on how much dump loads there is , ie the more dump load you can handle the quicker you can power up stuff
I suppose round about then they will beg us to have those geysers switches on
I suppose round about then they will beg us to have those geysers switches on
FiestaST
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This part got me
Anything to do with Eskom & LS is linked politically & people have a deep hatred for them.
Anything to do with Eskom & LS is linked politically & people have a deep hatred for them.
No practical advice then?This part got me
Anything to do with Eskom & LS is linked politically & people have a deep hatred for them.
FiestaST
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MyBB & BT wrote many articles on this very what if scenario. I was more intrigued with your highlighted point.