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TheChamp said:
I have had the experience of living here in Joburg under City Power and back home where Eskom is in charge, odd thing is that the service I get from Eskom back in the sticks is way much better than what I get from City Power here in the larneys.

And the escalation process actually works at Eskom, with City Power, escalation is simply assigning the fault to a different technician.
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This does not surprise me at all.
City Power Jo'burg has been very poor...
 
Brian_G said:
It implied that only whites have the needed knowledge / ability, and in the past there were certainly other races employed in the system as well.
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That was before quotas so they belong there as they have merit. Anyway, they learned their skills from the whites.
 
TheChamp said:
I have had the experience of living here in Joburg under City Power and back home where Eskom is in charge, odd thing is that the service I get from Eskom back in the sticks is way much better than what I get from City Power here in the larneys.

And the escalation process actually works at Eskom, with City Power, escalation is simply assigning the fault to a different technician.
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Yup, people somehow believe the suburbs gives you service... please 17 days City power has done squat
 
Lupus said:
Yup, people somehow believe the suburbs gives you service... please 17 days City power has done squat
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And if you move won't necessarily help either, next thing the place you move to gets a new ward counselor.. or CP will start pulling their weight but Eskom will get slack. No rules, no pride anymore. Sad.
 
Lupus said:
Yup, people somehow believe the suburbs gives you service... please 17 days City power has done squat
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We were fortunate to get a massive generator when our sub was vandalised, it took about two months to fix and even then it was a fight because the generator broke. Whoever had the diesel tender made some decent buck.

How big is the affected area?
 
DarkSt0rm said:
I'm getting nervous, 2 whole days of no load shedding? What is this? 2003?
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I think solar installations makes a big difference
And naturally many industries closing over december too

Maybe i remember incorrectly

But load shedding used to be a pattern of higher during the day + peak and lower stage overnight

Lately this model has been on its head

i would understand if shedding was gone during the day return for peak and disappear after peak

But lately we have more stints of no shedding while sun is out and 4pm + when solar tapers of we get shedding and then have shedding for over night still

Now yes i know correlation isn't always causation

But starting to think it is the case, and hence why eskom was kicking that hard to make an example of that free state town, to dissuade solar investment. Uncertainty

They are seeing their cash looting cow is on a forced diet
 
leon.davibe said:
i would understand if shedding was gone during the day return for peak and disappear after peak
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Yeah, this thread discusses that strangeness often. One of the theories is that they're doing extra (but needed) repairs quietly.
 
TheChamp said:
We were fortunate to get a massive generator when our sub was vandalised, it took about two months to fix and even then it was a fight because the generator broke. Whoever had the diesel tender made some decent buck.

How big is the affected area?
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3 streets only, but they have fixed other mini subs that effected one complex quicker
 
Stage 1

We have a 3-phase Siemens unit, installed in 1995. On 29th November, after load-shedding ended, power was not restored in the house. The display read "FAULT-C"
After waiting 6 days, I got the Ward Councillor to intervene with CoCT electricity faults. The following day someone from the electricity dept called and gave me a 20-digit reset code. This worked immediately and power came back on

The following day the same fault re-appeared. The same reset code did not work
Yesterday we have been without electricity for 12 days. More than 20 calls to the depot. Often I am told that I am perhaps 8th in the queue. On 5 occasions I am told the query has been closed

I called again and started to complain to the lady who answered the phone. She was having none of it, told me I was not entitled to complain and not to expect people to jump at my command. I asked if it was reasonable to wait nearly 2 weeks for some service. When she heard I had been given a reset code, she told me I would be prosecuted for tampering with council property

Today I got an electrician to connect me to my neighbour's supply. They are away in Australia until 19th January and agreed over the phone that this is ok

I visited the contractors depot next to the Wynberg Fire Station today. They were quite shocked that I have to wait all this long time and will sent a "team" tomorrow at 08h30. Here's hoping

Stage 2 - 7 days later...

Guys came this afternoon - "The reset code is 49369166171310800000". They were here 10 mins
I looked over his shoulder while he put it in. This could have been told me over the phone 2 weeks back, but no, it isa secret.
 
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