DashPole
Well-Known Member
I received this from my area ward councillor today.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out.
"The presentation was all about the Eskom load management project and it will start at the end of this week.
Basically during load shedding all your devices like lights, TV, Decoder, Wi-Fi and fridge will be able to function.
Your stove, geyser, iron, pool pump, hairdryer and air fryer etc will not work as it will draw too much power and will need to be off on your distribution board/plug or else controlled by a management device.
If you are drawing too much power your power will go off and nothing will work until the heavy electricity using devices are isolated. Once isolated power will return to your property.
Street lights and traffic lights should also work in the area which improves security.
If your details are correct you will be sent an sms to say you are drawing too much power and you will have about 5 seconds to turn off those power hungry devices.
Download the Eskom app to ensure your information is correct for effective communication.
This applies to pre paid meters as well. If you have a CIU - customer interface unit, you will be able see your usage and reduce accordingly.
Regarding the charging of your batteries, this will need to controlled not to use power from Eskom during the load shedding hours or your power will be cut off depending on the demand.
Generally what this means is that during loadshedding you will be able to function to some extent instead of being totally off.
This is up to stage 4 load-shedding only"
It will be interesting to see how this pans out.
"The presentation was all about the Eskom load management project and it will start at the end of this week.
Basically during load shedding all your devices like lights, TV, Decoder, Wi-Fi and fridge will be able to function.
Your stove, geyser, iron, pool pump, hairdryer and air fryer etc will not work as it will draw too much power and will need to be off on your distribution board/plug or else controlled by a management device.
If you are drawing too much power your power will go off and nothing will work until the heavy electricity using devices are isolated. Once isolated power will return to your property.
Street lights and traffic lights should also work in the area which improves security.
If your details are correct you will be sent an sms to say you are drawing too much power and you will have about 5 seconds to turn off those power hungry devices.
Download the Eskom app to ensure your information is correct for effective communication.
This applies to pre paid meters as well. If you have a CIU - customer interface unit, you will be able see your usage and reduce accordingly.
Regarding the charging of your batteries, this will need to controlled not to use power from Eskom during the load shedding hours or your power will be cut off depending on the demand.
Generally what this means is that during loadshedding you will be able to function to some extent instead of being totally off.
This is up to stage 4 load-shedding only"
