Stage 3 load shedding is back again

HAL 9000 said:
Going to get an inverter when I get paid next month so I can also do the same - run the Gennie during the day - to top up the batteries & run the fridges & LTE routers during the night... ;)
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Yup, best way to do it honestly, especially during long outages. The generators running through the night are annoying.
 
HAL 9000 said:
See my post #33 above ^^ - ALWAYS have a Plan B - for when Plans A 'N C fail to deliver as promised... ;)
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I hot swopped from the induction stove to the portable butane stove to finish cooking

so technically had a plan B, still though: when you're simmering in the one pot while boiling pasta in another it's just not cool for Eskom to pull this shyte
 
Time to engage LS protocol on the inverter...
 
Lupus said:
Yup, best way to do it honestly, especially during long outages. The generators running through the night are annoying.
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I only run mine during daylight hours (07h00 & 19h00) when there is an extended power outage - the manual says 'DO NOT USE FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY' - and I set both fridges to their MAX cooling setting at about 16h00 - so they have a chance to get really cold before I shut down the generator for the night. The ice cream in the freezer stays solid when I check it in the morning after firing up the gennie again if the power is still off.

For load-shedding - 2 & 1/2 hours - I usually only fire up the gennie if the load-shedding is scheduled in the day - or early in the evening - like from 18h00 - 20h30 - otherwise I don't bother if the schedule is during the night between 20h00 & 06h00.
 
HAL 9000 said:
I only run mine during daylight hours (07h00 & 19h00) when there is an extended power outage - the manual says 'DO NOT USE FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY' - and I set both fridges to their MAX cooling setting at about 16h00 - so they have a chance to get really cold before I shut down the generator for the night. The ice cream in the freezer stays solid when I check it in the morning after firing up the gennie again if the power is still off.

For load-shedding - 2 & 1/2 hours - I usually only fire up the gennie if the load-shedding is scheduled in the day - or early in the evening - like from 18h00 - 20h30 - otherwise I don't bother if the schedule is during the night between 20h00 & 06h00.
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How much of a break must you give it?

Can you run it 6 hours on 2 hours off, 9 on 3 off, or something like that?
 
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