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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
Smartmeters may take a while
- Thread starter CathJ
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medicnick83
Paramedic
OMG... whats the problem now?!?
Not enough people to install them, basically. And even if they outsource, they want Eskom people to oversee the installation... and they don't have enough people to do that, either.
medicnick83
Paramedic
Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii tog!
bekdik
Honorary Master
And that is also unexpected?
Moederloos
Honorary Master
Let us see:
Say we get really good techies that can install one in an hour.
Let us also say they can walk up a road, doing each house. Everyone is home etc.
To do 3 million, with a 10hour working day, would mean each person can do 10 a day.
That means, one person working 7 days a week, can do about 3500 a year.
So, to do 3 million in a year, we will need 1000 of these super heroes.
We had a meter installed a few years ago - took 3 guys an hour. So, it is possible to do them all in a year with say 5000 techies - thats 7 hours working a day, 7 days a week, with some people not being home etc.
I wonder how long they thought it would take? A week?
Say we get really good techies that can install one in an hour.
Let us also say they can walk up a road, doing each house. Everyone is home etc.
To do 3 million, with a 10hour working day, would mean each person can do 10 a day.
That means, one person working 7 days a week, can do about 3500 a year.
So, to do 3 million in a year, we will need 1000 of these super heroes.
We had a meter installed a few years ago - took 3 guys an hour. So, it is possible to do them all in a year with say 5000 techies - thats 7 hours working a day, 7 days a week, with some people not being home etc.
I wonder how long they thought it would take? A week?
bekdik
Honorary Master
They'll drop them in the postbox together with a 5 line explanation as to installation.
What more do you want?
Moederloos
Honorary Master
lol - not going to get it in the post box - what with the 5 billion pamphlets that are dumped in there weekly.