Eskom load limiting trial update

UB40 said:
So much complaining. Currently you have 0 amps during loadshedding.
Why dont you want 10 amps during load limiting?
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Cause mumble mumble government, mumble.
 
Ragnarök said:
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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Well would you prefer 0 electricity or 10amps? Cause either they limit you for the 2 hours you'd normally have 0 amps. Plus with everything in SA demand will decline like it has and it would probably level out to what we have now.
 
You people did not switch off your geysers, now Eskom will do it for you! :laugh: (and you will pay a cadre for it!)
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
You people did not switch off your geysers, now Eskom will do it for you! :laugh: (and you will pay a cadre for it!)
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This is load limiting, not the geyser ripple relay that a lot of places have had for many years now.
 
Lupus said:
Most irons are actually 1100w, so technically he could use it.
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Okay, then they must load limit us to the point where we can’t iron. 10 amps is too much.
 
UB40 said:
So much complaining. Currently you have 0 amps during loadshedding.
Why dont you want 10 amps during load limiting?
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Because outside loadshedding they have control over your house and your future usage. Governments are never there to help you. Whenever they claim to do so, you better run f**king fast.
 
rvZA said:
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.
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You get a box that plugs into a socket in your house that interfaces with the smart meter over the power lines to deliver messages (Which will be familiar if you've ever used a prepaid meter)
 
rvZA said:
Because outside loadshedding they have control over your house and your future usage. Governments are never there to help you. Whenever they claim to do so, you better run f**king fast.
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guess what... They have control over your house right now. They can cut your water and power right now.
 
We should have permanenet loadlimiting. 2400 Watts is plenty enough power for a household when you put your geyser on solar and go gas on your stove
 
bullzeye.za said:
You get a box that plugs into a socket in your house that interfaces with the smart meter over the power lines to deliver messages (Which will be familiar if you've ever used a prepaid meter)
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Okay, no problem, I will have an electrician override that too and connect it to an unused outbuilding I have in my backyard then.
 
Lupus said:
guess what... They have control over your house right now. They can cut your water and power right now.
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And that is enough. I do not need even more control out of those 2.5 sessions as well.
 
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 you're not home and they're on? Or if the Inverter batteries are low and its cloudy and the Sunsynk decides to use Eskom to charge because its not OFF.? They just forced all the country to move to inverters and batteries.. now we have to watch when they charge as well.
 
rvZA said:
Okay, no problem, I will have an electrician override that too and connect it to an unused outbuilding I have in my backyard then.
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The box doesn't tell the meter whether to cut you, it just reads info from the meter and lets you load credits if you're on prepaid

You can unplug it no problem, but you'll still be switched off when you're supposed to be. Their engineers are smarter than your electrician :)
 
rvZA said:
Because outside loadshedding they have control over your house and your future usage. Governments are never there to help you. Whenever they claim to do so, you better run f**king fast.
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Sorry what

Who builds roads and infrastructure? Supplies water?
Sure the state of the infrastructure is not good, but it's all government supplied and maintained - If it wasn't to help you then it would not exist in the first place.

There's an argument (Which I'd support) to be made about the current government, but you can't say all government stuff is bad.
 
Thank fok I'm largely off-grid now.

Give me 1amp, Eskom. It's all I need to keep my inverter self-consumption satisfied ;)
 
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