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DarkSt0rm said:
I genuinely wonder how close we actually are to that point. Units returning to service are tripping as soon as they come online. Those boilers must be more repairs and welds than original metal at this point...

Edit: I actually just had a look at my schedule in JHB, there is no way this is stage 6. I have two, four hour slots between two, two hour slots from 0000 to 2359. I swear to god this was the previously published stage 7/8 schedule
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All Jan van Riebeeck's De Ruyter's fault. All of it, and it will only improve when de Ruyter is gone. I can't wait, there will be so much electricity that Eskom will beg us to use more.
 
DarkSt0rm said:
I genuinely wonder how close we actually are to that point. Units returning to service are tripping as soon as they come online. Those boilers must be more repairs and welds than original metal at this point...
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There is something like 35 odd stages until total grid collapse (excluding weird shenanigans where load shedding stages don't correlate to consistent number of shedding hours/slots), but by the time you hit stage 10-12 or so you're basically dysfunctional and look like a lot of what the other 3rd world countries experience with frequent power outages.
 
Mystic Twilight said:
There is something like 35 odd stages until total grid collapse (excluding weird shenanigans where load shedding stages don't correlate to consistent number of shedding hours/slots), but by the time you hit stage 10-12 or so you're basically dysfunctional and look like a lot of what the other 3rd world countries experience with frequent power outages.
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157 days of rolling blackouts allready qualifies as dysfunctional imho. Much company profit gets burned to keep lights on especially at higher stages. I worked out for one business that when running on diesel all profits are effectively being burned. Eskom/ANC is well on track to be the death of this country.
 
Mystic Twilight said:
There is something like 35 odd stages until total grid collapse (excluding weird shenanigans where load shedding stages don't correlate to consistent number of shedding hours/slots), but by the time you hit stage 10-12 or so you're basically dysfunctional and look like a lot of what the other 3rd world countries experience with frequent power outages.
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I'm currently doing some work in Mogadishu, and the grid here is more stable and reliable than Eskom. I think we've had 2 brief outages in the past month and a half.

The hotel has some moerse big generators for when the grid trips, but they've hardly had to run them.

Makes one think.
 
yippi yaddi yey

genny is getting serviced today

We have discussed this, if the LS get too excessive, we'll split our shifts, one guy will come in bright and early (06:00), start the genny (if there's loadshedding), start all the servers etc. Work until 14:00 then bugger off for home.

Other guy comes in at 10:00, works till 19:00. At 18:00 all servers + VM's will be shut down safely, genny switched off and building goes dark.

This is just to keep the genny from being used excessively.
 
Segg said:
I'm currently doing some work in Mogadishu, and the grid here is more stable and reliable than Eskom. I think we've had 2 brief outages in the past month and a half.

The hotel has some moerse big generators for when the grid trips, but they've hardly had to run them.

Makes one think.
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How does the rest of Somalia fare?
 
Segg said:
I'm currently doing some work in Mogadishu, and the grid here is more stable and reliable than Eskom. I think we've had 2 brief outages in the past month and a half.

The hotel has some moerse big generators for when the grid trips, but they've hardly had to run them.

Makes one think.
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Soweto probably uses more power than Mogadishu.
 
The_Librarian said:
yippi yaddi yey

genny is getting serviced today

We have discussed this, if the LS get too excessive, we'll split our shifts, one guy will come in bright and early (06:00), start the genny (if there's loadshedding), start all the servers etc. Work until 14:00 then bugger off for home.

Other guy comes in at 10:00, works till 19:00. At 18:00 all servers + VM's will be shut down safely, genny switched off and building goes dark.

This is just to keep the genny from being used excessively.
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wingnut771 said:
Soweto probably uses more power than Mogadishu.
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Soweto probably uses more power then Botswana
 
Speaking of which, maybe we can advertise Mos Eisley as a getaway to ANC cadres, and milk them for their money? :ROFL:

Seems like my prediction for stage 6 on wednesday was sort of almost spot on... here's hoping for the best...

as if that will happen, yeah right...
 
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