Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 2 from 12:00 today and suspended at 05:00 on Friday

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Beyond.Celsus

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This does not sound great

'We unfortunately do expect load shedding stage to escalate into the weekend'

Stage 3 over the weekend
 
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@PaulMurkin was your frequency fluctuating today? Cause basically the entire Kendal is down.

edit: nvm saw the frequency.
 
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Lupus said:
Stage 3, when do they go odd numbers?
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Understanding Eskom Load Shedding Stages

Load shedding will be used under emergency conditions for limited periods.

Eight schedules have been developed based on the level of risk and to ensure that load shedding is applied in a fair and equitable manner:

  • Stage 1 allows for up to 1000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 2 allows for up to 2000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 3 allows for up to 3000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 4 allows for up to 4000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 5 allows for up to 5000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 6 allows for up to 6000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 7 allows for up to 7000 MW of the national load to be shed.
  • Stage 8 allows for up to 8000 MW of the national load to be shed.
 
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These ESP people need to pull up their socks. I could see it coming.
Guess what I will be making.. a frequency meter with an alarm, that will be more reliable and alert me when I need to look at a schedule
 
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Also, customers in areas that experience 2 hour blocks in Stages 1 to 4, will find that the length of these blocks is doubled progressively to 4 hours as stages 5 to 8 are activated.

  • Stage 1 load shedding means that up to 1000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 3 times over a four-day period for two hours at a time, or 3 times over an eight-day period for four hours at a time.
  • Stage 2 load shedding means that up to 2000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 6 times over a four-day period for two hours at a time, or 6 times over an eight-day period for four hours at a time.
  • Stage 3 load shedding means that up to 3000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 9 times over a four-day period for two hours at a time, or 9 times over an eight-day period for four hours at a time.
  • Stage 4 load shedding means that up to 4000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 12 times over a four-day period for two hours at a time, or 12 times over an eight-day period for four hours at a time.
  • Stage 5 load shedding means that up to 5000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 12 times over a four-day period: • 9 times for 2 hours • 3 times for 4 hours
  • Stage 6 load shedding means that up to 6000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 12 times over a four-day period: • 6 times for 2 hours • 6 times for 4 hours
  • Stage 7 load shedding means that up to 7000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 12 times over a four-day period: • 3 times for 2 hours • 9 times for 4 hours
  • Stage 8 load shedding means that up to 8000MW of capacity needs to be shed. Consumers can expect to be shed up to 12 times over a four-day period for four hours at a time.
 
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@Lupus, I am going to build a power monitoring device with a small microcontroller, and display the frequency on a nice big display in the office here, and write code with a small buzzer, so if it sees the wild excursions I saw today, it will raise an alarm.

Then over time I can add onto it to scrape the schedule and not have to check the stupid app
 
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