Fact check: Does Soweto get less load-shedding than the rest of Joburg?

[konfab]

I didn't know the burra was considered affluent.

Could be a misspelling of effluent

 

[ToxicBunny]

I'm not aware of any one area that hasnt suffered an additional failure since they started loadshedding again, just look at the ethekwhini twitter account for unplanned outages, list is huge every day with stuff failing.

Was without power for near as damnit 20 hours yesterday...

And now we've gone on a huge neighbourhood driver to get everyone to turn DB boards off and everythign during load shedding to limit the over current issue blowing shyte up when it turns back on.

 

[wingnut771]

I'm not aware of any one area that hasnt suffered an additional failure since they started loadshedding again, just look at the ethekwhini twitter account for unplanned outages, list is huge every day with stuff failing.

My PC has rebooted 3 times this morning in Glenwood.

 

[wingnut771]

Could be a misspelling of effluent

/goes to get paper towel to clean coffee off keyboard.

 

[Antelope]

# 20-09-2022

Please note that we are aware of outages affecting the following areas and our technicians are working on restoring power.

• Ntuzuma B/C Section - Ref 5476714
• Ntuzuma F Section - Ref 5479201
• Emachobeni - Ref 5479534
• Sunningdale - Ref 5478792
• Lovu - Ref 5478411
• Mount Vernon/Hillary - Ref 5478206
• Pinetown - Ref 5478146
• Westmead - Ref 5478073
• Tollgate - Ref 5477236
• Malukazi - Ref 5477173
• Marianhill Industrial Park - Ref 5477088
• Marianhill - Ref 5477206
• Matata - Ref 5477040
• Dassenhoek/Marianridge - Ref 5477020
• Umzinyathi/Maqadini - Ref 5477010
• Shallcross - Ref 5476969
• Embo - Ref 5476975
• Nagina - Ref 5477003
• Amaoti - Ref 5477021
• Westville - Ref 5477042
• KwaNyuswa - Ref 5477081
• Wiggins - Ref 5477178
• Shongweni - Ref 5477491
• Crossmoor/Bottlebrush - Ref 5477562
• Kloof - Ref 5477716
• Palmview - Ref 5478400
• Westridge/Mayville - Ref 5476945
• La Mercy - Ref 5476927
• Newlands - Ref 5476876
• Ottawa/Parkgate - Ref 5476868
• Palmiet - Ref 5476852
• Glen Anil - Ref 5476846
• New Germany - Ref 5476834
• Burlington Heights - Ref 5476821
• Mpumalanga H Section - Ref 5476740
• Springfield Flats - Ref 5476735
• Bonela - Ref 5476708
• Northdene - Ref 5476701
• Adams Mission - Ref 5476180
• Grove End - Ref 5475488
• Gillits/Winston Park - Ref 5476763
• Risecliff - Ref 5476792
• Umlazi J Section - Ref 5479113
• Umlazi H Section - Ref 5479005

Many of these areas had loadshedding for more than 24 hours continuously, and that is after not having electricity for the majority of the week before this.

 

[AlphaJohn]

# 20-09-2022

Please note that we are aware of outages affecting the following areas and our technicians are working on restoring power.

• Ntuzuma B/C Section - Ref 5476714
• Ntuzuma F Section - Ref 5479201
• Emachobeni - Ref 5479534
• Sunningdale - Ref 5478792
• Lovu - Ref 5478411
• Mount Vernon/Hillary - Ref 5478206
• Pinetown - Ref 5478146
• Westmead - Ref 5478073
• Tollgate - Ref 5477236
• Malukazi - Ref 5477173
• Marianhill Industrial Park - Ref 5477088
• Marianhill - Ref 5477206
• Matata - Ref 5477040
• Dassenhoek/Marianridge - Ref 5477020
• Umzinyathi/Maqadini - Ref 5477010
• Shallcross - Ref 5476969
• Embo - Ref 5476975
• Nagina - Ref 5477003
• Amaoti - Ref 5477021
• Westville - Ref 5477042
• KwaNyuswa - Ref 5477081
• Wiggins - Ref 5477178
• Shongweni - Ref 5477491
• Crossmoor/Bottlebrush - Ref 5477562
• Kloof - Ref 5477716
• Palmview - Ref 5478400
• Westridge/Mayville - Ref 5476945
• La Mercy - Ref 5476927
• Newlands - Ref 5476876
• Ottawa/Parkgate - Ref 5476868
• Palmiet - Ref 5476852
• Glen Anil - Ref 5476846
• New Germany - Ref 5476834
• Burlington Heights - Ref 5476821
• Mpumalanga H Section - Ref 5476740
• Springfield Flats - Ref 5476735
• Bonela - Ref 5476708
• Northdene - Ref 5476701
• Adams Mission - Ref 5476180
• Grove End - Ref 5475488
• Gillits/Winston Park - Ref 5476763
• Risecliff - Ref 5476792
• Umlazi J Section - Ref 5479113
• Umlazi H Section - Ref 5479005

Many of these areas had loadshedding for more than 24 hours continuously, and that is after not having electricity for the majority of the week before this.

^ The real reason we at Stage 5 and not that they fixed jack since last week.

 

[TheChamp]

Only way to avoid the LS is to move next door to an ANC fatcat

That's not entirely true because they do live amongst us.

 

[Guest 290922]

Nobody should be loadshedded. If Eskom was run like a business and not like a government department. The whole truck train debacle. Mob-like workforce and supply chains.

Eskom is an easy fix but again so much red tape and mafia.

 

[wingnut771]

^ The real reason we at Stage 5 and not that they fixed jack since last week.

That is just dbn.

 

[AlphaJohn]

That is just dbn.

In that case its the reason we at Stage 5 and not Stage 8

 

[ToxicBunny]

In that case its the reason we at Stage 5 and not Stage 8

I would actually say you have a point.. Maybe not stage 8 but because Durban is so fscked the whole country is just avoiding stage 7

 

[PsyWulf]

There was a FB post in one of the community groups from a councilor that mentioned a specific area had a huge transformer fire/explosion a while ago and the temporary replacement parts are so underspecced they were worried if they switched off they'd not get it back on again

 

[JOEY_8]

The biggest issue is that all the fixes they made since the floods are temporary ones. They know that if they keep switching it off and on, it’s probably going to stop working again.

We’ve had the electricity department constantly have to fix things in one of those distribution buildings (not sure the exact name) on our road. They often drag the work so if it cuts off on Thursday, you know you are in for a long outage until Sunday/Monday.

A common issue we have is the voltage starts dropping. So instead of 230V, we notice 120-150V. Flood lights ,microwave etc don’t work.

 

[LCBXX]

There was a FB post in one of the community groups from a councilor that mentioned a specific area had a huge transformer fire/explosion a while ago and the temporary replacement parts are so underspecced they were worried if they switched off they'd not get it back on again

Was without power for near as damnit 20 hours yesterday...

And now we've gone on a huge neighbourhood driver to get everyone to turn DB boards off and everythign during load shedding to limit the over current issue blowing shyte up when it turns back on.

I wonder if this is because the voltage is 220v when the power-cut ends, ramping up to 230v an hour or so later. In my area, at least.

Less Volts = more Amps = higher strain.

 

[wingnut771]

I wonder if this is because the voltage is 220v when the power-cut ends, ramping up to 230v an hour or so later. In my area, at least.

Less Volts = more Amps = higher strain.

They explode because they were not specced to handle the load of everything switching on at the same time. If everyone had a timer on their geyser for example to delay turning on, there probably wouldn't be an issue.

 

[ch@rge]

I'm not aware of any one area that hasnt suffered an additional failure since they started loadshedding again, just look at the ethekwhini twitter account for unplanned outages, list is huge every day with stuff failing.

Just ask the peeps in Musgrave how their Tuesday/Wednesday was this week...

 

[thehuman]

I wonder if this is because the voltage is 220v when the power-cut ends, ramping up to 230v an hour or so later. In my area, at least.

Less Volts = more Amps = higher strain.

This statement only true for electronic switch mode power suplies.

Resistive loads, stove geyser will take less current

Motors eg fridges and pumps don't like too low voltage motor can burn out.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Just rename them. Should sort all the issues out...

A ton of those are similar vs the same. For the SAME names, Wynberg (Western Cape and Gauteng), Constantia (Western Cape and Guateng), Ladismith/Ladysmith (Western Cape and KZN), etc.