Eskom wants to stop 4-hour load-shedding in Johannesburg

[RoosTa]

Bromhof/Boskruin 6B normally has 6-8 hours of loadshedding. 4.5 hours + another 1.5-3.5 hours for CityPower to get the grid back up.

 

[Lupus]

Bromhof/Boskruin 6B normally has 6-8 hours of loadshedding. 4.5 hours + another 1.5-3.5 hours for CityPower to get the grid back up.

That happens a lot unfortunately

 

[supersunbird]

This statement is false.
The house I am at is an Eskom direct customer.
We still have four hour slots.

Posted on Eskoms FB page 23 min ago:

 

[Brian_G]

New thread, some areas already changed to 2 hours:

Eskom cuts Gauteng load-shedding to two hours

(EDIT: Most of the details in post before mine as well.)

 

[Captain Underpants]

How about stopping load shedding rather? Let's also call it what it is; Failure to deliver power.

 

[Bewlen]

So major headlines, but sparklers instead of fireworks... sounds about right.

F### you eskom

 

[Robocop]

I am fortunate enough to live close to a hospital. And we must be on the same circuit.
Stage 1 and 2 load shedding does not affect me at all.
Stage 3 and 4 sometimes. But not often enough to even bother with the load shedding schedule.

 

[RoosTa]

I'm not certain if the change to 2 hours would work. If I recall, the reason it was changed to 4 hours was because the substations could not handle the constant switching on/off.

Our substation is already bad. Like, clockwork after loadshedding, CityPower needs to send their technicians out to reset the tripped substation - and as stated before, this can take minimum an 1.5 hours up to 3 hours at times, depending how busy they are.

 

[fanatix]

This article is not correct! In Vereeniging we are also subjected to 4 hours of load shedding under level 2, sometimes even 4 1/2 hours.

 

[Lupus]

This article is not correct! In Vereeniging we are also subjected to 4 hours of load shedding under level 2, sometimes even 4 1/2 hours.

In Johannesburg, the stage doesn't affect the hours out, in fact a lot of areas get 4 1/2 hours every 12 hours at stage 2, if it's stage 4 and it's 24 hours a day we will have 4 1/2 hours one day, then 9 the next.

 

[Varktjop]

This article is not correct! In Vereeniging we are also subjected to 4 hours of load shedding under level 2, sometimes even 4 1/2 hours.

We always have 4.5 hours of loadshedding when Eskom starts with their s*** and we're 50km from Vereeniging. Like @Lupus said, 4.5 hours one day, 9 hours the next. Our loadshedding has only been shy of 4.5 hours once in the last 3-4 years.

 

[3WA]

Looks like Eskom has stopped electricity in Joburg.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1352538508272005122

From the comments, the outage seems to extend to Bez Valley.

 

[Hamster]

Can confirm we are on a new supposed 2 hour schedule. Will see if it comes back on in two hours time. Eskom __sePush is not correct for us anymore :/

 

[Genisys]

Can confirm we are on a new supposed 2 hour schedule. Will see if it comes back on in two hours time. Eskom __sePush is not correct for us anymore :/

Nope, still 4 hour slots: https://www.citypower.co.za/customers/Pages/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx

 

[Tander]

Nope, still 4 hour slots: https://www.citypower.co.za/customers/Pages/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx

Only if your power is supplied by City Power. In @Hamster 's case; he is a direct Eskom customer. So the 2hr time slot applies to him.

 

[Sinbad]

Can confirm we are on a new supposed 2 hour schedule. Will see if it comes back on in two hours time. Eskom __sePush is not correct for us anymore :/

Dunno why everyone still goes on about the poesh app

 

[Tander]

Dunno why everyone still goes on about the poesh app

Just looked at the iOS version. Interface is nicer than this. Much neater than _sePush. Will be using it instead.

 

[Hamster]

Nope, still 4 hour slots: https://www.citypower.co.za/customers/Pages/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx

Bro, direct Eskom

 

[Hamster]

Dunno why everyone still goes on about the poesh app

Because we don't know about this one

 

[Hamster]

Just looked at the iOS version. Interface is nicer than this. Much neater than _sePush. Will be using it instead.

Is it this one?