UPDATE: Due to lower weekend demand loadshedding will lowered to Stage 1 from 22:00 until 05:00 on Monday.

[Mike Hoxbig]

Aren't you on solar

Haha yeah but there hasn't been any generators fired up so it's been awesome...

 

[Lupus]

Haha yeah but there hasn't been any generators fired up so it's been awesome...

Wow that is lucky, if my area says it's going out, it's going out. Friends of ours miss a lot of scheduled load shedding :-(

 

[Brian_G]

Why would they let you off? They don't let anyone off, I've seen areas been off for 34 hours and power came back for 5 and load shedding.

There don't seem to be any firm rules, the usual mix of some do / some don't.

 

[Cius]

Big area around North riding, Sundowner, Boskruin etc went down at 3:30AM this morning (not scheduled) and came back on about 30 min ago. We are scheduled to go off again in 15 min. At least I could charge my batteries for 45 min. I wonder if it will come on again at 14:30. Never know in this area.

Probably paying my deposit on Monday for a solar installation.

 

[Lupus]

There don't seem to be any firm rules, the usual mix of some do / some don't.

For my area, it's pretty firm :-( never missed a beat.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Wow that is lucky, if my area says it's going out, it's going out. Friends of ours miss a lot of scheduled load shedding :-(

Move closer to a hospital. We stay <1km from one. We're not guaranteed to never have outages/LS, but you do get days like this week when we haven't had any...

 

[R13...]

Does anyone have a trend of Eskom's total generation output over the year. In the last 7 days (from their site), the most seems to be just over 30 (include emergency output). I don't see them improving too much beyond 30 - I'd love to see at least the weeks when they aren't shedding.

 

[Brian_G]

Move closer to a hospital. We stay <1km from one. We're not guaranteed to never have outages/LS, but you do get days like this week when we haven't had any...

We thought being close to politicians' houses helped, but this "season" we're being shed every time, and too often come back on half an hour to an hour late.
No rules.. just like Africa Time.

 

[Lupus]

Move closer to a hospital. We stay <1km from one. We're not guaranteed to never have outages/LS, but you do get days like this week when we haven't had any...

I'm 2.5km away, Eagle Canyon is less then 500m away, they don't seem to care, I've been at a hospital when LS kicks in. They don't seem to distinguish between hospitals anymore. Even some government ones.

 

[Lupus]

Does anyone have a trend of Eskom's total generation output over the year. In the last 7 days (from their site), the most seems to be just over 30 (include emergency output). I don't see them improving too much beyond 30 - I'd love to see at least the weeks when they aren't shedding.

Eskom Data Portal

The Eskom Data Portal provides you with up to date insights into our operational performance. Data sets include generation performance, demand history and forecasts, OCGT usage and renewable energy contributions.

www.eskom.co.za

When this works.

 

[Brian_G]

The only "safe area" is near covid vax sites it seems.

 

[Lupus]

The only "safe area" is near covid vax sites it seems.

Which stopped after the SoD.

 

[Brian_G]

Which stopped after the SoD.

So why are we still wearing masks?

 

[Brian_G]

(Actually, many are just using chin warmers in the areas I shop.)

 

[R13...]

Eskom Data Portal

The Eskom Data Portal provides you with up to date insights into our operational performance. Data sets include generation performance, demand history and forecasts, OCGT usage and renewable energy contributions.

www.eskom.co.za

When this works.

That only gives the last 7 days.

 

[Lupus]

So why are we still wearing masks?

Ask the great and powerful...

 

[Lupus]

That only gives the last 7 days.

Oh right yeah true, sadly it would probably need to be tracked by someone who pulls it regularly. But they deployed that thinking it was the dashboard we wanted.

 

[Azure 12]

Hm, they might be able to cancel LS before Monday; in which case Eskom will pat itself on the back and brag about "what a wonderful job" they're doing.

 

[Temujin]

Hm, they might be able to cancel LS before Monday; in which case Eskom will pat itself on the back and brag about "what a wonderful job" they're doing.

Yeah, sunday at 10pm

 

[Brian_G]

Yeah, sunday at 10pm

I'm hoping later today. Why so long with such a low stage? Sure it was just a precaution.