Eskom load shedding update: Wednesday 4 February

Drat, we're scheduled for 10:00 - 12:30 today on stage 1 - maybe PE municipality will adopt a wait & see how serious Eskom are attitude this time :whistling:
 
MickZA said:
Drat, we're scheduled for 10:00 - 12:30 today on stage 1 - maybe PE municipality will adopt a wait & see how serious Eskom are attitude this time :whistling:
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Same here, obviously, but I can live with that. First time this week iirc.
 
MickZA said:
Drat, we're scheduled for 10:00 - 12:30 today on stage 1 - maybe PE municipality will adopt a wait & see how serious Eskom are attitude this time :whistling:
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Speaking to a work colleague, they were supposed to be out yesterday from 10:00 - 12:30, but they ended up being shed at 20:00 - 22:00 - they can't even stick to the correct schedule for crying out loud :(
 
bwana said:
Same here, obviously, but I can live with that. First time this week iirc.
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Yes, dodged the bullet so far this week.

... not looking forward to those damn beeps from the UPS'es, think I'll schedule some downtime this weekend to do something about it.
 
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On Tuesday morning, Eskom said it would implement power cuts from 10am to 10pm.

Around 11am, it cancelled power cuts because there was a significant drop in electricity demand.

The power utility then reverted to stage one at around 5pm and said this was due to a constrained power system.
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They must just load shed and be done with it. That way the power system will remain stable during peak hours (hopefully) and it will save consumers a lot of grief because if they cannot even stick to a simple schedule how are businesses supposed to plan their day around Eskom?
 
MickZA said:
Yes, dodged the bullet so far this week.

... not looking forward to those damn beeps from the UPS'es, think I'll schedule some downtime this weekend to do something about it.
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I guess I'll wait until afterwards to hang the biltong… there goes my morning. :p
 
Is it just me or has the language changed from "load shedding/power cuts" to "blackouts"?
Eskom trying to prepare us for something?
 
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