poweralert....

[Mike Hoxbig]

Yup definitely happy now, had another hour and a half window last night (not sure why only that) but I only noticed the power was off as my phone signal dropped to 3G, I also only noticed when I picked it up again at quarter to ten that the power was back cause it was 4G again.

The panels are going to be the cherry on top. That's when you start becoming almost religious with power monitoring and tweaking, to try and pay Eskom as little as possible...

 

[Lupus]

The panels are going to be the cherry on top. That's when you start becoming almost religious with power monitoring and tweaking, to try and pay Eskom as little as possible...

I think that will drive the wife mad . Cause she didn't even know I had sonoffs installed everywhere, she thought they came with the inverters .

 

[The_Librarian]

Loadshedding stage 8 is going to be big fun should it ever happen... Imagine 48 hours without internet or any connectivity...

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Looks like morning peak is becoming an issue now

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Loadshedding stage 8 is going to be big fun should it ever happen... Imagine 48 hours without internet or any connectivity...

Decent providers has backup, just find out what provider has backup internet in your area.

 

[wingnut771]

Loadshedding stage 8 is going to be big fun should it ever happen... Imagine 48 hours without internet or any connectivity...

How do you get to 48 hours?

 

[Neuk_]

The panels are going to be the cherry on top. That's when you start becoming almost religious with power monitoring and tweaking, to try and pay Eskom as little as possible...

I can confirm this is 100% correct if you think your wife gets irritated when you get irritated because a light is left on, just wait...

 

[N@t3]

How do you get to 48 hours?
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Was over 4 days if i can recall I saw somewhere. So of the 4 days , 2 days you with out power.

 

[wingnut771]

Was over 4 days if i can recall I saw somewhere. So of the 4 days , 2 days you with out power.

Yes, but not all at once, so batteries will have time to recharge.

 

[Tinuva]

Yes, but not all at once, so batteries will have time to recharge.

I doubt LA will charge on stage8. Lithium sure they will.

 

[R13...]

Looks like morning peak is becoming an issue now

What is max capacity vs declared? I assume we are running at max as demand always exceeds declared?

 

[wingnut771]

I doubt LA will charge on stage8. Lithium sure they will.

Yeah, I was referring to Li. No-one will be using LA after stage 8.

 

[zll]

Looks like morning peak is becoming an issue now

Can you link to where you got this from? Can't find it on the company's site or social media channels?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Can you link to where you got this from? Can't find it on the company's site or social media channels?

sokolicsolar.co.za

This guy takes stats from poweralert website and makes it in fancy graph.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

What is max capacity vs declared? I assume we are running at max as demand always exceeds declared?

Max is what they can generate with burning diesel and other methods. Declare is without that.

 

[zll]

sokolicsolar.co.za

This guy takes stats from poweralert website and makes it in fancy graph.

Thanks. Couldn't find it. Much appreciated.

 

[Lupus]

Max is what they can generate with burning diesel and other methods. Declare is without that.

Remember these are estimates as well, they were the declared max and such at the time of 12pm yesterday or when ever it updated.

 

[The_Librarian]

Why would anybody ever try to sabotage Eskom?

Somebody who's pissed at being denied a salary increase?

 

[R13...]

Why would anybody ever try to sabotage Eskom?

Somebody who's pissed at being denied a salary increase?

Could be. Other reasons as well,
- more overtime
- more contracts
- someone just wanting to make those in current power (excuse the pun) look bad
- criminality
- need to make it unstable so they can profit from the chaos. Those who don't like the cleanup

 

[TheChamp]

Why would anybody ever try to sabotage Eskom?

Somebody who's pissed at being denied a salary increase?

It create jobs and livelihood, all companies have the same problem with all the expectations contractors have, someone told me their fibre cable was cut, whilst on the same pole as the old Telkom copper.

Of course there could be other reasons like politics, wanting to prove that there's more loadshedding now than before, disgruntled employees and others.