Load shedding will hit today

[Pineapple Smurf]

It happened here Springs suburb. From 15:00 to 18:00

This is all bullshit. Because they cant run Eskom. Blame it on what ever.

ANC has broken the country so badly they are busy trying to reboot it. Your patience is appreciated in this.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

haha lekker.
Yeah it isn't really an issue now in summer. My APC 1000VA UPS in my lounge had 2x12aH batteries that I replaced with 2x105aH batteries so my lounge stays alive easily through load shedding.

Oh me too...my "cabinet of viewing" stays completely live: DSTV, media player, reciever and 55" all keeps going throughout any shedding anyway.

It is more a slight irritation than a crisis.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Oh me too...my "cabinet of viewing" stays completely live: DSTV, media player, reciever and 55" all keeps going throughout any shedding anyway.

It is more a slight irritation than a crisis.

Exactly
Me too, the only way I know i have no power is I can hear a faint beep sound from within the UPS. Very very soft. I put a piece of prestik on the speaker to muffle the annoying sound.
If load shedding hits at night I have 1 desk lamp also switched on in the lounge. Load shedding doesn't bother me the slightest.

 

[Lew Skannen]

Loadshedding does not bother me in the least. I just need access to my emails and website to keep things afloat. Bought myself 25 power banks (which I ensure are all charged) to keep my smartphone running for an extended period of time in the event of a long-term outage.

As for food, coffee or anything else, I will simply grab takeaways as long as needed.

Winter time outage is a pain though.

 

[Capt Haddock]

Installed my inverter and batteries next to an open window in the garage. No inverter fan noise or beeping in the house. The garage is connected to the house, so I ran cables to the TV room, to my home office, and to LED lights in the kitchen. During a load shed, if we need to cook, we cook on gas.

 

[requiem]

Was supposed to go off at 4:00 PM - still have power.... Will it last?

 

[Lew Skannen]

Was supposed to go off at 4:00 PM - still have power.... Will it last?

Same in my area. Still waiting to go down. According to our schedule its 16:00-20:30 on stage 1.

 

[RedViking]

Aaaaand it is off ...

 

[Lew Skannen]

Spoke too fast. Its off now

 

[requiem]

Mine is still on....

Where you that it's gone off

 

[Craig_]

I'm going to cry if it goes off tonight. My 2019 budget is due on Monday and I'm trying to finish it tonight as I'm fully booked from tomorrow right through to Sunday and on leave from Monday onwards. I'm now just saving as I'm going on.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Time to call it what it is - power cuts.

There's fokol load to shed.

 

[Lupus]

I love how the City Power JHB is saying they aren't load shedding as they've got capacity.
But in the same Twitter feed they are updating people on the 5 or 6 substations around Joburg that are down.
So the only reason they didn't load shed is basically because a good portion of Johannesburg was off anyway.

 

[Drifter]

Good morning residents, eskom will be implementing stage 2 loadshedding this morning and the following areas will be affected:

09:00-11:30
Arconpark, Waldrift, Duncanville, verng xt1, unitaspark, Redan,springcoll,
SW1,2,5, SE1,2 3,4,Mantevrede,
Flora gardens,vaal mall, lasiandra

10:00-12:30
Roods gardens, homer,Steelpark, Tshepiso, Nw7 industries, slagment, afrox,dorbyl, clotan steel

12:00-14:30
Peacheaven, verng (southern part), bedworthpark
Cw2,3,4,5,6, bophelong, nw7, bonane, Stephanopark

14:00-16:30
Sonlandpark, falconridge, houtkopplotte, helenasrus, vandermerweskroon, Harmoniesrus
CE5,6,technicon, powerville

16:00-18:30
Three rivers proper, three rivers, three rivers xt1,2,leeuhof, verng (northern)
NE3 Industries, metal box

18:00-20:30
Cape gate, dav steel, verref,
Vdbp cbd, CE1,2,3,4,5

20:00-22:30
Three rivers proper, three rivers east, rissiville, glen Donald
SE6,7,8,10, Riverbend

Please note that we are sending out this to try and make things a bit easier for everyone, we unfortunately have no control over emfuleni and Eskom and what they implement. We will although try to provide you with updates should there be changes.
Regards
Cllr Aucamp

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Eish stage 2 during day in summer lol

 

[Craig_]

Ours just went off. Stellenbosch.

 

[Aghori]

Ours just went off. Stellenbosch.

Bollocks. Have a dop while powers off.

 

[ToxicBunny]

GFY eskom.. *mutter*

 

[Craig_]

Bollocks. Have a dop while powers off.

 

[xrapidx]

I'm working from home at the moment because no car - I am paid per hour - so this BS is making me work till late evenings. Government can get ****ed. Need to find more ways to contribute less to their coffers.