poweralert....

[DarkSt0rm]

At this rate it seems like they might just keep us at stage 6 for awhile.

I forsee a drop to 4 over the weekend during the day (5/6 at night) and back to 6 for the whole of next week.

 

[soulie]

at least the stuff is in your garage and not in some unknown place

So much for the shift to 4 by Thursday too. Haven't had power the whole ****ing day again. Stupid solar system can't be installed fast enough, have all the **** filling my garages, just need the guys to find time to do the install.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Evening Peak Feedback 23/02/2023, 19:24 Total demand: 29 851MW Loadshedding: 6 061MW Virtual Power Station: 379MW Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 7 IPP OCGT's Utilised: 5 Renewable Gen: 1 455MW (Wind 1 164MW, CSP 291MW)
@Eskom_SA
Available Generation Capacity: 25 144MW
@EskomSpokesper1

1000MW drop

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Evening Peak Feedback 23/02/2023, 19:24 Total demand: 29 851MW Loadshedding: 6 061MW Virtual Power Station: 379MW Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 7 IPP OCGT's Utilised: 5 Renewable Gen: 1 455MW (Wind 1 164MW, CSP 291MW)
@Eskom_SA
Available Generation Capacity: 25 144MW
@EskomSpokesper1

1000MW drop

Just paste the link to the tweet; that formatting makes my eyes bleed

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628835531793506304

 

[DarkSt0rm]

I'm still very curious why there is such a spike in demand these past few days. Is this actually all the batteries charging after those sweet 12 hour JHB slots? xD

 

[Temujin]

I'm still very curious why there is such a spike in demand these past few days. Is this actually all the batteries charging after those sweet 12 hour JHB slots? xD

I would guess so, moving from 6 to 12 hours means double dipping batteries, everything from alarms, to gate motors, fences, phones etc all drainage doubled, and so, requires double the time to charge when power comes up

 

[B-1]

I'm still very curious why there is such a spike in demand these past few days. Is this actually all the batteries charging after those sweet 12 hour JHB slots? xD

I doubt it. I can't see how its a significant number yet on a national scale. Certain suburbs yes but that doesn't matter much.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

I would guess so, moving from 6 to 12 hours means double dipping batteries, everything from alarms, to gate motors, fences, phones etc all drainage doubled, and so, requires double the time to charge when power comes up

Also geysers, fridges, freezers, etc would suffer the same now that I think about it. Would make an interesting thesis, wonder if there is an inflection point where loadshedding starts causing even more loadshedding

 

[The_Librarian]

Also geysers, fridges, freezers, etc would suffer the same now that I think about it. Would make an interesting thesis, wonder if there is an inflection point where loadshedding starts causing even more loadshedding

Interesting. I think you may have a point there.

Also, this heavy load may cause a higher load on reticulation, causing even more issues, as the reticulation may not be capable of handling the load.

 

[Brian_G]

Warning for others in Jo'burg - City Power may be up to no good

Our water/elec acc. is identical to the last cent compared to last month, and still claims to be based on actual readings. Veeery unlikely.

 

[Lupus]

I'm still very curious why there is such a spike in demand these past few days. Is this actually all the batteries charging after those sweet 12 hour JHB slots? xD

Yes, batteries, geysers, people shifting their load. Imagine you normally eat and cook at 4pm for example but now you only come back at 6pm so you start cooking at 6.30pm with everyone else who start cooking at that time to make sure they have food before 8 and so on

 

[Lupus]

Warning for others in Jo'burg - City Power may be up to no good

Our water/elec acc. is identical to the last cent compared to last month, and still claims to be based on actual readings. Veeery unlikely.

Mine is different, though my power is prepaid my water is a bit more

 

[Vorastra]

Warning for others in Jo'burg - City Power may be up to no good

Our water/elec acc. is identical to the last cent compared to last month, and still claims to be based on actual readings. Veeery unlikely.

They try that in Durban too.

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Luckily we have a self-report email thingy for electricity so I fire that off once a month on the same date at roughly the same time. The readings I email them have reflected on my bill so far. Been doing it for almost a year.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

Also geysers, fridges, freezers, etc would suffer the same now that I think about it. Would make an interesting thesis, wonder if there is an inflection point where loadshedding starts causing even more loadshedding

I think we are past that point. LS has now become ineffective because people are busy adapting on a large scale. And the spike that now happens is doing more damage.

 

[Brian_G]

They try that in Durban too.

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Luckily we have a self-report email thingy for electricity so I fire that off once a month on the same date at roughly the same time. The readings I email them have reflected on my bill so far. Been doing it for almost a year.

Ours are electronically read though, first problem since that started a couple of years back. Will monitor closely.

 

[AlphaJohn]

I doubt it. I can't see how its a significant number yet on a national scale. Certain suburbs yes but that doesn't matter much.

At least we now have a 25% rebate on solar to push more people to install solar instead, up to R15k

Loads of people would be jumping for it /s

 

[The_Librarian]

At least we now have a 25% rebate on solar to push more people to install solar instead, up to R15k

Loads of people would be jumping for it /s

Ja, like Capitec and their "buy a R100 or more voucher, stand a chance to win a R50 voucher..."

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

At least we now have a 25% rebate on solar to push more people to install solar instead, up to R15k

Loads of people would be jumping for it /s

I am going to go big battery and inverter with no solar panels. I do not feel like dealing with the solar police/registration. So I will invest and make the situation worse for Eskom.

 

[AlphaJohn]

I am going to go big battery and inverter with no solar panels. I do no feel like dealing with the solar police/registration. So I will invest and make the situation worse for Eskom.

 

[The_Librarian]

I am going to go big battery and inverter with no solar panels. I do not feel like dealing with the solar police/registration. So I will invest and make the situation worse for Eskom.

Just get a noisy generator as well, for the times you'll need to charge the battery up when your substation popped its cherry....

Your neighbours will welcome the soothing purr of your generator.