Eskom shuts down power station unit

ghostR

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Aii, Well.

This winter is going to be interesting.
 

avert

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ANC has officially moved winter to December, there will be no load shedding in winter.
 

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“Winter in many households actually starts after April, with some people starting to use heaters as we speak, but officially [it starts] from 1 June,” he said
What an idiotic statement!

“We need on average in winter about 36 000 MW of the 43 000 MW capacity of Eskom’s fleet,” he said. “So with the machines that are coming back online, we will be able to meet that demand.
IBIWISI
 

LaraC

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Hopefully it is not serious and they are able to repair it quickly.
 

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Hopefully it is not serious and they are able to repair it quickly.

Therein is the difference....quality long lasting repairs take time....things have to be stripped down to nuts and bolts level...and then reassembled correctly....in the correct order. No mistakes.

The Escum festival of maintenance for the last two long weekends were nothing but emergency maintenance. They basically patched things hoping all would last...

And we all know patches are temporary solutions...

I firmly believe that no proper maintenance has taken place at eskum for many, many years. They are simply running all plant into the ground to try and keep the lights on :mad:

You will probably also find that the original manufacturers of the plant have washed their hands off helping too. No matter the money offered to help. Things get to a stage that you just shake your head and walk away.

You do not want to see your stuff that has been so reliable all over the World pulled through incompetents bums/ring pieces/etc.

Thank you Cadres. Good at breaking. Bad at anything else. Except stealing of course.

Bah :mad:
 
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LaraC

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Therein is the difference....quality long lasting repairs take time....things have to be stripped down to nuts and bolts level...and then reassembled correctly....in the correct order. No mistakes.
Let's hope they do a good job and it last very long. :)
 

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Where there is smoke there is fire as they say.
Wonder what really happened at the power station?
 

Skerminkel

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Hopefully it is not serious and they are able to repair it quickly.

You know that these electric stuffs works with smoke and once the smoke comes out it is very hard to get it back in?
 
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BLIXEMPIE

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How did they see the smoke escaping the power station in Witbank? It basically looks like the rest of the atmosphere around it.
 

Sinbad

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How did they see the smoke escaping the power station in Witbank? It basically looks like the rest of the atmosphere around it.

magic smoke is a different colour to coal smoke and if anyone is sensitive to different colours it's an anc deployee.
 
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