Eskom’s plan to force people to switch off geysers and home appliances

[Temujin]

Just ban electricity and make it like it was before the white devil arrived.

Correct, if those things had not arrived, we would not be suffering from this loadshedding thing

 

[delta66]

I’ve been waiting almost 30 years for this civil war…and yet here we still are.

hear you brother! stay strong.

 

[Quicks]

I’ve been waiting almost 30 years for this civil war…and yet here we still are.

Ag shame, you only need to wait a little bit longer.

 

[Sensorei]

How do they plan on implementing this when Sipho who lives alone is allocated the same amount of power as his nextdoor neighbour Mohammed who has a family of 10 on his property?

 

[Harmonic]

Where will this end​

Look north to our fellow African brothers and sisters

 

[rvZA]

Look north to our fellow African brothers and sisters

Here lies your answer.

 

["D"]

I heard the sun will eventually burn out.

 

[Harmonic]

I heard the sun will eventually burn out.

The ANC will still be in power then. There will also be the obligatory "Eish" when the final sun ray hits the earth

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Followed by a "Hau" as the darkness takes hold.

 

[mojoman]

I heard the sun will eventually burn out.

If the ANC get anywhere near it, it wont have a chance to burn out...

 

[Solver]

Another sh1t3 for brains ideas from the 29%ers. Anything to make a quick buck but never a solution to fix the actual mess. Yet another shining anc example of incompetence and delusion

 

[Priapus]

Seems like those with solar geysers or ct coils, or whole house solar, will have hot water.

I use gas. My geyser has been off for weeks now. They’re welcome to switch it off even more.

 

[leon.davibe]

Seems like those with solar geysers or ct coils, or whole house solar, will have hot water.

I would add "only"

 

[The Darkness]

So another tenda

Got it

Instead of using the money to build more capacity.

It's an awesome grift. Netted the minister of electricity a cool R630kk

 

[mojoman]

I use gas. My geyser has been off for weeks now. They’re welcome to switch it off even more.

Mine is on for an hour a day... Same as pretty much most people i know... Well.. The ones that pay for power that is...

 

[Priapus]

Mine is on for an hour a day... Same as pretty much most people i know... Well.. The ones that pay for power that is...

Most geysers are on over 2hrs a day I would say - especially a house with more than 2 people in it. My geyser would be on for at min, 2:30hr a day - easily. 200L to heat up. And then reheat again right after a shower.

With the gas water heater, I don't have such issues - it heats up only the water we use. No tank.

 

[Gazg]

Wouldn't it be more cheaper and faster to fix the ACTUAL problems..........lmao

 

[r00igev@@r]

People plan to force Eskom to switch off the ANC's geysers and home appliances

Eskom wants to use smart meters to limit the electricity supply to households and force cadre's to switch off their geysers and home appliances.

FIFY!

 

[Rickster]

City power already does turn off the geysers with the relay device they installed.

 

[shinji]

Whahaha... they already do this. My local municipality enforces load reduction (long-short it's to protect the town's ailing infrastructure) - had 4 hours LS last night only for it to be extended by another 2 hours of load reduction. We had power for 2 hour from 20:00-22:00 before another 2 hours LS.
Many smaller towns already mange the loads themselves.

The question should rather be who's getting this "smart switch" tender?