Just two weeks of load-shedding for the rest of 2024 if Eskom keeps up good performance

Lupus said:
Just a reminder, this is last years outages
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Where as currently it's 11300MW for unplanned and roughly 4000MW planned, so that is 4GW lower total outage + last year this time we were cycling between stage 1 and 4, stage 1 from midnight until 4pm and stage 4 from 4pm to midnight.
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Thanks Andre, you’re the best.
 
TheChamp said:
And the guy who trolls the forum looking for something to be angry about blows his top, what a drama Quin.



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Since when is load shedding more severe during winter?
 
Lupus said:
Exactly, when it starts to get to a point where it's paid off in maybe 4 to 5 years, currently it's 6 to 10 years (depending on size and usage).
Yeah throwing in an EV will cause some hiccups and add in extra cost as you'd need to add for that.
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I can pay it off in 2 with my spinny disk meter.
 
The reason fixed cost of electricity is going up has to do with the large number of solar installations. In the end people will start leaving the grid as price increases of 12 percent are unsustainable.
 
Oldfut said:
I think there is another factor as well; localised problems. I foresee that local municipalities will have their own issues that result in either load shedding or power outages (and water outages), making it sensible to still consider backup options including solar, tanks etc etc.
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Like load-limiting houghton morning and evening. Won’t take long for their solar installs to get up and running leaving city power with all the thieves.
 
Lupus said:
Still overpriced from what I can see, though my old one is still chugging along at a friends place, though hooked up to 2 now 3 year old lead acids, but my friend nurses those batteries. He also has another old mecer hooked up to 5 year old LA batteries in his bedroom, but in his home office he's got one of those 600w Geewiz pure sinewave with a 50ah battery.
I was looking at one of those to play with :) or find an Ecco like I had, those were interesting as it had a built in pwm solar controller.
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What kind of experimenting are you talking about?
 
Lupus said:
I'm not giving back... Are you mad, plus just because you've got a drill attached to it, doesn't make it legit.
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I would save R4000 per month. The city is more than welcome to buy it from me and sell at a small profit.
 
My decision to go solar was not a light one and had to dig deep. After running a basic inverter for ages and hemorrhaging a stream of money on those kak LA batteries, along with work being affected, I felt cornered into it and at the end of my tether. But now that's it's there it's been worth every cent. No LS, consumption more than halved with much room for improvement. I just wish the price of batteries was more reasonable - freaking pocket burners.
 
Flanders said:
My decision to go solar was not a light one and had to dig deep. After running a basic inverter for ages and hemorrhaging a stream of money on those kak LA batteries, along with work being affected, I felt cornered into it and at the end of my tether. But now that's it's there it's been worth every cent. No LS, consumption more than halved with much room for improvement. I just wish the price of batteries was more reasonable - freaking pocket burners.
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Build your own, 16 x 1307 = R20912 for 15kWh, plus R1800 for BMS:
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No idea what shipping is though.
 
Thugscub said:
I have a 10 000 l water tank. Saved me ass no water for a week. None nothing f all. The normal uselessness bunts lies and BS.
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10kl maybe to much, I was looking at 2500l which should last us a week :)
 
wingnut771 said:
Build your own, 16 x 1307 = R20912 for 15kWh, plus R1800 for BMS:
www.alibaba.com

Qishou 10000 Cycle Lifepo4 Mb30 330ah Mb 30 306 360 Ah 340ah Lifepo 4 3 3.2v 306ah 360ah Mb30 Prismatic Lithium Ion Battery Cell - Buy Qso Shenzhen Qishou Technology Basen Evemb30 Mb 30 31 Lf Lfp Nb30 306a Lfp 209 330 340 314 315 330 360 306 Ah Aha A

Qishou 10000 Cycle Lifepo4 Mb30 330ah Mb 30 306 360 Ah 340ah Lifepo 4 3 3.2v 306ah 360ah Mb30 Prismatic Lithium Ion Battery Cell - Buy Qso Shenzhen Qishou Technology Basen Evemb30 Mb 30 31 Lf Lfp Nb30 306a Lfp 209 330 340 314 315 330 360 306 Ah Aha Amp K Hr Hours 15kwh 10000cycle 3.2v 10000...
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No idea what shipping is though.
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That's a great price but if I built my own I may end up saving nothing after addional fire suppression system costs :laugh:
 
They just publish any kind of kak as an article. Lol
 
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