Frogfoot Port Elizabeth

Also I dont know why with Summerstrand, they remove the outage from their status page once its resolved, while other area's it stays on the status page for a while with the resolved status
 
Our section of Summerstrand power is back for 4 hours, Frogfoot still down, fault logged with ISP
 
Some areas they going to do 4 hours power , 8 hours no power , they back feeding and can't supply everyone
 
Yeah it didnt even last 20 mins, the node is on the same block as me though and is meant to have a generator now

I wonder if it ran out of petrol, no other Summerstrand people here to check
 
I've got to have a laugh at the number of Frogfoot <insert town/city here> pages popping up on MyBB.
yet nothing gets done by @Frogfoot Fibre about the various issues. Just maintenance and upgrades that clearly do not help.
 
The Summerstrand guys are getting hit hard. From what I can see, there is power for 4 hours, then no power for anywhere from 8 - 12 hours, then back to 4 hours of power, ad infinitum.

@Leno any ETA to the repairs of that substation yet?
 
@PhireSide latest was they still trying to find the fault, cleared like 1km of bush and trench so far, they said 3 days yesterday’s but if they haven’t found the fault guess no one knows hehe
 
Summerstrand node just came back, hope it lasts :love:

Just the node not the power hehe
 
This from some of the local ward councillors:

I have had a very detailed discussion with an individual that works in the electricity control center that is in charge of switching areas on and off. He has explained to me that due to the severe load of putting areas on and off to accommodate the Summerstrand outage the areas that are able to receive electricity from other substations will receive it for 4 hours on and then 8 to 12 hours off until the Summerstrand 132kV substation is repaired.

With the above being said there are certain areas in the ward that can't be serviced with other substations and unfortunately they will remain off for the duration. I believe this is a section in Humewood and then also Summerstrand from 10th Avenue towards Pine Lodge. There might be more so if you have been off for more than 16 hours then you are more than likely one of these areas.

Now for the bad news... The Summerstrand 132kV substation will only be online at the earliest Monday evening. This is due to the coolant line that accommodates the power line that was vandalized. This coolant line needs to build up pressure slowly otherwise it could cause massive problems for the entire line. There is currently also no schedule of who will be off and when they will be switched back on but if you are off expect to be off for 8 to 12 hours and then on for 4 hours unless you fall in the areas mentioned above that can't get power redirected.

The team is working as fast as possible but also as safely as possible because if they make a mistake entire areas can go without power due to substations suffering severe outages.

I completely understand your frustration due to this and I am also personally affected by the outage so it's not as if I am sitting comfortably whilst the residents of my ward are without electricity.

Please share this far and wide as this is the latest and most accurate update I have received thus far and this is coming directly from the person responsible for switching areas on and off.

Regards Cllr. Renaldo Gouws and Cllr. Dries van der Westhuyzen
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Yeah think that was from yesterday when they tried supplying small sections from South Ends substation through a backup cable, problem is all the geysers etc turn on and trip the connection

Havent heard of anyone getting power since they tried that yesterday

Biggest problem there is no way for them to communicate for users to turn off the geysers, only a small percentage of us are on the whatsapp groups etc, think most people dont even have charged phones

Latest estimate is tomorrow evening

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Looks like Summerstrand started getting power back from 11:30 pm last night

FF was up for most of the last few days through the power blackout
 
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