poweralert stage 2.....

[Brian_G]

Yup and back to the whole till 5am BS which really doesn't make sense

I think the politicians just got over ambitious, now running scared again - they only work in extremes.

 

[Lupus]

I think the politicians just got over ambitious, now running scared again - they only work in extremes.

Yeah who knows but anything after midnight is really not needed

 

[Brian_G]

And why the change from 4pm to 2pm now - 'cos the day starts to cool after 2pm?

 

[wingnut771]

Yup and back to the whole till 5am BS which really doesn't make sense

They need all the diesel to pump the water back.

 

[wingnut771]

Yeah who knows but anything after midnight is really not needed

And why the change from 4pm to 2pm now - 'cos the day starts to cool after 2pm?

The demand must be voes with this **** cold temps.

 

[Lupus]

They need all the diesel to pump the water back.

Demand drops dramatically at night

 

[Brian_G]

Anyway, since this thread is now called a "circle jerk" I'll leave my guesstimates there.

 

[Gordon_R]

And why the change from 4pm to 2pm now - 'cos the day starts to cool after 2pm?

Load shifting. If half the country is going to be load shed between 4pm and 10pm, there is a strong incentive to do stuff earlier. And batteries need to be charged due to poor solar today.

 

[Lupus]

Load shifting. If half the country is going to be load shed between 4pm and 10pm, there is a strong incentive to do stuff earlier. And batteries need to be charged due to poor solar today.

Was bad, but it's improved quite a bit, though the niece did use the oven quite a bit today so that probably didn't help

 

[Brian_G]

However it's now from 2pm everyday.

 

[Lupus]

However it's now from 2pm everyday.

Yeah they just moving the goalposts

 

[Nom Chompsky]

Load shifting. If half the country is going to be load shed between 4pm and 10pm, there is a strong incentive to do stuff earlier. And batteries need to be charged due to poor solar today.

Not a convincing explanation though - even when it was Stage 6, it usually started from 4pm not 2PM and you'd think there'd be bigger load-shifting when Stage 6 is around compared to Stage 4. Also no-one has supper at 2PM.

Hopefully this cold spell in JHB is brief and we can continue soon with the no LS from midnight - 4PM business soon.

 

[Brian_G]

Yeah they just moving the goalposts

New extra winter precaution methinks. But that would be guessing again, so I won't say that.. ;- )

 

[Gordon_R]

Not a convincing explanation though - even when it was Stage 6, it usually started from 4pm not 2PM and you'd think there'd be bigger load-shifting when Stage 6 is around compared to Stage 4. Also no-one has supper at 2PM.

LOL, you expect a convincing explanation from Eskom...

 

[wingnut771]

Demand drops dramatically at night

Sure, but not enough capacity to pump the water back if everyone is sleeping with their heaters on.

 

[The_Librarian]

yo eskom, djouma!

 

[Brian_G]

Also no-one has supper at 2PM.

Who knows these days - we're off at 8pm again so having supper soon

 

[wingnut771]

Who knows these days - we're off at 8pm again so having supper soon

I'm off now, 4-6pm. Hopefully it doesn't trip when the power comes back. I'll send a reminder to the whatsapp group to keep their heaters and geysers off for 30 minutes.

 

[pinball wizard]

I'm off now, 4-6pm.

Same, but.... power is still on.... I'm scared now.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Power came back around 1610 and went off again at 1630...