What do you do during load shedding?

Braai on the gas braai
Do chores like dishes
play a card game with the wife like Monopoly Deal or Phase 10, or perhaps Yatzee (dice)
Play on laptop till battery dies
Go out to somewhere that has power
Swim
Read
Play on phone
There are lots of options. One huge help was getting a few solar rechargable lamps. Those things rock. They burn for 12 hours plus on a charge and all you need is sunlight to charge them.

I am still dreaming about going off grid. First step will hopefully be in the new year when I so solar with my geyser.
 
Cius said:
Braai on the gas braai
Do chores like dishes
play a card game with the wife like Monopoly Deal or Phase 10, or perhaps Yatzee (dice)
Play on laptop till battery dies
Go out to somewhere that has power
Swim
Read
Play on phone
There are lots of options. One huge help was getting a few solar rechargable lamps. Those things rock. They burn for 12 hours plus on a charge and all you need is sunlight to charge them.

I am still dreaming about going off grid. First step will hopefully be in the new year when I so solar with my geyser.
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Great Idea choosing your geyser first :thumbsup:
 
Chuckmyster said:
Are you johburgers getting 4hr shifts there?
Down here in the Cape we only off for 2 and half hrs each time
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Literally get to the office at 9, lights go off at 12:30, leave immediately. Home before 13:00, with the load shedding, what is there to do.
 
Gtx Gaming said:
The charger on that UPS will overheat charging those batteries, def not made for those kinda of batteries.
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Nope, been doing this for donkeys years on my old APC UPS's. It does get a little warm but not much.
Did the same mode to a no name brand UPS and it gets extremally hot working hard when recharging. I have heard stories of these blowing up due to getting hot.
 
WurnMizter said:
Your good reason you forgot is good enough for me.
I am going to amp up my batteries to truck batteries as well now! :D
(I want deep cycle for future solar installation, but they are almost double the price)
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LOL
Just keep an eye on the UPS as it does get a little warm after load shedding as the charger now needs to work longer to put back the juice into the batteries.
But this wasnt so bad last night as my batteries only dipped to 12.7 volts each after 2 and half hrs load shedding. Bigger is better :thumbsup:
 
WurnMizter said:
Idea: Why not pop a few airholes in the one side, and stick a fan on the other side? Might help with some of the heat generated over a period of time.

Maybe mod something like this onto the side, into the wall socket, so it starts as soon as electricity supply is restored.
https://www.takealot.com/icydock-mb...HzreYklU1N24RQlUHIgaArR-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Although we'll need a way to stop it after the charging cycle...
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Thats a great idea
I must then just make sure i get the grill type as i dont want to introduce dust into the enclosure.
Dust and electronics are never happy
Hence i feel nothing for my friends whose PC's sit on the floor eventually packup from overheating.
 
Nintendo Switch has been keeping me entertained during load shedding if we aren't braaing.
 
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