Eskom load limiting trial update

Lupus said:
10amps is 2400w, plus you'll only be limited in your load shedding session. So instead of 0amps you'll have 10amps
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Awesome, only need 2 amps, I will ask a neighbour if he wants to borrow the other 8
 
bullzeye.za said:
The meter is put where the existing Eskom meter is - It's outside your property in a locked box.
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And how do you read the messages they send you on the system then? I think you too are not 100% sure how this will work then.
 
rvZA said:
No, I will run my Generator. I will likely have more power during loadshedding then.
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So you'll pay more and cut your nose to spite your own face... Wow ok
 
Lupus said:
So you'll pay more and cut your nose to spite your own face... Wow ok
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Yes, I have a business to run. I work day and night. Do not have time for government games and uselessness.
 
UB40 said:
Awesome, only need 2 amps, I will ask a neighbour if he wants to borrow the other 8
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Agreed. I can’t even think what I’d use a full ten amps for. Load limiting should be permanent. If you want more, fund it yourself. Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding your crazy current needs.
 
3WA said:
Agreed. I can’t even think what I’d use a full ten amps for. Load limiting should be permanent. If you want more, fund it yourself. Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding your crazy current needs.
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The big problem, however, is that Eskom will need to implement a fixed starting rate of R6k for that 10 amps in order to service its debt. It will likely be 10 times this price if you take into consideration the poor that will get normal, unlimited usage at no costs which you will need to subsidize too since Eskom will probably no longer generate an income sufficient for paying half of its employees if this is made permanent as suggested.
 
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Diesal said:
Posting on Mybroadband day and night is not a business?

Unless you're an influencer?
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You see the problem with today's generation is that they question what the boss of the company does all day. This is not on at all.
 
Lupus said:
Run around the house?? Go to db, flick the geyser switch, the pool switch and boom they are off.
But sure you can just not have any power if you so wish.
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And if those are fine then you have the next 20 seconds to troubleshoot. Assuming of course you manage to catch the notification immediately...
 
3WA said:
Agreed. I can’t even think what I’d use a full ten amps for. Load limiting should be permanent. If you want more, fund it yourself. Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding your crazy current needs.
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Geysers, oven, stove, iron, welder etc.

Some of us don't live in tent.
 
Instead of fixing the core problem. They want to go around with stupid ideas and try and fix it with duct tape. How difficult is it get rid of the Eskom mafia and stop the sabotage.
 
rvZA said:
The big problem, however, is that Eskom will need to implement a fixed starting rate of R6k for that 10 amps in order to service its debt. It will likely be 10 times this price if you take into consideration the poor that will get normal, unlimited usage at no costs which you will need to subsidize too since Eskom will probably no longer generate an income sufficient for paying half of its employees if this is made permanent as suggested.
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Jokes on you. I can blend in as one of the poor and get unlimited subsidised usage!
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
And if those are fine then you have the next 20 seconds to troubleshoot. Assuming of course you manage to catch the notification immediately...
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Yeah I mean sure if you miss the first one an hour before your session, and the flickering of your lights just as your session starts...
 
The meta-narrative...
The coal: sitting there waiting to be turned into electricity.

civil servants/contractors: not doing what they're paid to do

electricity consumers: wtf, guys... where did our electricity go?

politicians: oh we're on track to end LS, don't you worry... we'll have updated promises in the run-up to the next elections

[several election cycles pass, IMF gov bailouts/loans contingent on not fixing coal-fueled supply, drastic price increases]

The coal: sitting there waiting to be turned into electricity.

electricity consumers: It's been decades. Can you not just fire whoever is not doing their jobs?

politicians: weeell... nah...let's give it another 5 years first, then we'll talk again

electricity consumers: Oh, alright then

IMF/WHO/WEF, to compliant gov: nearly there.... throw them a few more empty promises in the meantime.

politicians: Your wish is our command, masters. Ahem... Load limiting announcement.
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Lupus said:
Yes cause load shedding is 24/7 now? Load limiting will occur on stages 1 to 4 during your scheduled load shedding window, if you do not limit to the 10amps they switch you off. Also 10amps is still 2400w which is actually quite a bit still.
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Do you think Eskom will fix itself and loadshedding will be a thing of the past , or will loadshedding increase in the years to come
 
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