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The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Demand should fall a bit from the 16th due some companies closing for the year. But maybe that will be offset by a ramp up in planned maintenance. It's worrying we have stayed at around 25MW since Friday.
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We are spending more and more time in 24-25MW available generation. Its slowly working its way to being the norm.
 
Lupus said:
Except for today I've had to tap a lot into Eskom :-( the sun hasn't been showing much
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I've kept my batteries at 100% for this exact reason. So, if the grid does die today - I have 10hrs of back-up.

Fun fact: Our suburb is still not LS - now going on for 3 months with no power cuts related to LS. My street, little area in the suburb has had no power cuts either for 3 months.
 
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Priapus said:
I've kept my batteries at 100% for this exact reason. So, if the grid does die today - I have 10hrs of back-up.

Fun fact: Our suburb is still not LS - now going on for 3 months with no power cuts related to LS. My street, little area in the suburb has had no power cuts either for 3 months.
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Lucky, we've not missed a beat sadly in 3 months :-( even though City Power is now pleading with Eskom to reprieve us for a few days, as the rain isn't helping.
 
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Grid power failed at home on Thursday or Friday night, have been running exclusively on solar/batteries since then. Monday was a struggle with nearly continuous rain all day. Today has been even more of a struggle so far, really battling to get enough solar power to cover base loads, never mind charging the batteries to get me through the night.
 
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1am7h30n3 said:
Grid power failed at home on Thursday or Friday night, have been running exclusively on solar/batteries since then. Monday was a struggle with nearly continuous rain all day. Today has been even more of a struggle so far, really battling to get enough solar power to cover base loads, never mind charging the batteries to get me through the night.
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Yeah the sun just peers out for a second or 2.
 
Priapus said:
No LS related. Lasted 3 mins. Back now.
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Best we all keep quiet anyway, else they may do another investigation.

Do I care if it makes everything more on the edge?
It doesn't - when dozens of areas were found to have been keeping the power on, it had never made any difference..... go figure.
 
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