Rolling Blackouts: Thursday 7 May 2015 [Stage 2 from 17:00]

[Electric]

Friggin load shedded the lights at Hockey last night so no practice.

 

[MickeyD]

Friggin load shedded the lights at Hockey last night so no practice.

Pirates?

 

[Electric]

Pirates?

No I've left them for redder pastures.

 

[bwana]

Friggin load shedded the lights at Hockey last night so no practice.

How do they keep the ice from melting without power?

 

[ghostR]

Oh yay, So the CEO was just talking kark then.

 

[Electric]

How do they keep the ice from melting without power?

I was going to make a joke about Summerstrand women.

 

[Archer]

I'm seriously considering building a contraption that takes kid energy and transforms it into electricity.

Call it a hybrid playgym, I'm sure my 3 year old could power my lights at least or open it to the public. Wonder why that's never been considered? Using public park play equipment to generate power. Something like peoples park with hordes of kids must be able to.

An average adult can produce ±150W for 80 minutes (so ±0.25kWh) and then be near exhaustion... So you're not going to get much from kids

 

[Kevin Lancaster]

Eskom load shedding update: 7 May

MyBroadband article.

 

[MickZA]

I was going to make a joke about Summerstrand women.

 

[MickeyD]

No I've left them for redder pastures.

Aaaahhhh.... Hearts Football club (across the road) also had their practice interrupted last night.

 

[Electric]

An average adult can produce ±150W for 80 minutes (so ±0.25kWh) and then be near exhaustion... So you're not going to get much from kids

Depends which race the kids are.
Chinese kids work like slaves, literally.

 

[bwana]

I was going to make a joke about Summerstrand women.

Aaaahhhh.... Hearts Football club (across the road) also had their practice interrupted last night.

Hockey, football… baseball too?

 

[LaraC]

I’m in trouble, irrespective of the stage.

 

[MickeyD]

/sees a Group 1 resident...

 

[Kosmik]

An average adult can produce ±150W for 80 minutes (so ±0.25kWh) and then be near exhaustion... So you're not going to get much from kids

You haven't seen my kid running around then. The other day, he thought it would be fun to use the corridor in our flat ( maybe 30M long? ) to run up and down for about 15mins.

Just thinking, dynamo on a merry go round and swing poles, maybe something by trampolines, ball games on poles with builin dynamo at revolution points, just a thought.

 

[bwana]

/sees a Group 1 resident...

/adds pity

 

[MickeyD]

/adds pity

a proper Inlander...

 

[bwana]

a proper Inlander...

Drylander - like yourself.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Both [-]hamsters[/-]gensets standing by, procuring diesel for topping up after this run.

 

[MickeyD]

Drylander - like yourself.

At least I can see the sea and easily walk to the ocean... She's a real INlander!