Eskom load shedding update: 4 August

[Kevin Lancaster]

Eskom load shedding update: 4 August

The latest on load shedding from Eskom.

 

[ProfA]

From 8 to 10 tonight for me according to Grid Watch. Well done.

 

[Johnatan56]

Anyone in Midrand, Johannesburg able to tell me if they have load shedding today?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Fscking hell....

It seems Eskom think Monday and Tuesday are the weekend now.

 

[Dan C]

Well I hope it stops at 10pm, then I'm safe today.

 

[Gnome]

LOL Stage 2 for Cape Town, until 20:00 - 22:30, then Stage 1. That happens to be when City Bowl would be load shed (20:00 - 22:30 @ stage 2). Hmmm, definitely nothing suspicious here.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

LOL Stage 2 for Cape Town, until 20:00 - 22:30, then Stage 1. That happens to be when City Bowl would be load shed (20:00 - 22:30 @ stage 2). Hmmm, definitely nothing suspicious here.

Actually, they normally have load-shedding Stage 1 from 8-10PM. They had it yesterday, which is why I wasn't load shed...

 

[stefan9]

**** Eskom. Going to be of from 5-6....

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

LOL Stage 2 for Cape Town, until 20:00 - 22:30, then Stage 1. That happens to be when City Bowl would be load shed (20:00 - 22:30 @ stage 2). Hmmm, definitely nothing suspicious here.

I have never experienced loadshedding past 22:00 in CT

 

[Gnome]

Actually, they normally have load-shedding Stage 1 from 8-10PM. They had it yesterday, which is why I wasn't load shed...

Ah ok

I have never experienced loadshedding past 22:00 in CT

True, but I've been load shed 20:00 a few times until just after 22:00 It definitely happens.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Ah ok


True, but I've been load shed 20:00 a few times until just after 22:00 It definitely happens.

Yes I understand what you mean. But it was implied that Stage 1 will commence AFTER Stage 2 ends at 10pm. Technically load shedding is 2.5 hours, so from 8pm to 10:30pm. But here in CT it very rarely goes past 2 hours at a time.

 

[Sinbad]

David Potter ‏@DavidCOJ102 19m19 minutes ago
Randburg power is OFF, this time due to @jhbwater contractor hitting multiple cables during construction. Many hours till it's restored.

 

[Dan C]

David Potter ‏@DavidCOJ102 19m19 minutes ago
Randburg power is OFF, this time due to @jhbwater contractor hitting multiple cables during construction. Many hours till it's restored.

That's shocking ...

 

[Gnome]

Yes I understand what you mean. But it was implied that Stage 1 will commence AFTER Stage 2 ends at 10pm. Technically load shedding is 2.5 hours, so from 8pm to 10:30pm. But here in CT it very rarely goes past 2 hours at a time.

Oooh. No Cape Town will scale down to Stage 1 from 8pm+. The rest of the country will still be on Stage 2.

Load shedding ends at 10pm for the entire country as you say.

David Potter ‏@DavidCOJ102 19m19 minutes ago
Randburg power is OFF, this time due to @jhbwater contractor hitting multiple cables during construction. Many hours till it's restored.

Ouch, good time to have a backup power solution

 

[HunterGR]

Bite me Eskom.......i will be sending you the call out bill if that exchange server I was installing a service pack on does not come back up........

 

[Sinbad]

Bite me Eskom.......i will be sending you the call out bill if that exchange server I was installing a service pack on does not come back up........

And you have no UPS and backup power because?

Have you not realised that this is South Zimbabwe?

 

[HunterGR]

And you have no UPS and backup power because?

Have you not realised that this is South Zimbabwe?

There is a UPS there apparently.............but i don't look after it, the security company does

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Bite me Eskom.......i will be sending you the call out bill if that exchange server I was installing a service pack on does not come back up........

Why are you installing a SP on a critical server just before/during scheduled load shedding in the first place?

 

[HunterGR]

Why are you installing a SP on a critical server just before/during scheduled load shedding in the first place?

didn't say it was critical.........just will be a shlep to go out there tomorrow if it doesn't come back up..

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

didn't say it was critical.........just will be a shlep to go out there tomorrow if it doesn't come back up..

I didn't say the SP was critical either...........I said it is a critical SERVER. And imagine the "schlep" for the client when their Exchange Server is not up and running tomorrow.