What do you do during load shedding?

I got back last evening. No power. The first thing was to open the garage door manually, then close it. Then went to bed ..........at 1945.
 
I’m sitting in the darkness enjoying the air after the rain. Got my headphones on listening to ATB and reminiscing of late 90s clubbing days.
 
newby_investor said:
Ten or fifteen minutes. The ups by itself isn't designed to keep things going for an extended period of time.

Check out this thread:
https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/router-battery-backup.993476/page-3#post-22566182
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marine1 said:
Thanks
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Newby investor is unwittingly misleading you here Marine, I have a feeling it is the Ellies inverter that Rakabos3 is talking about, I run a 200w hi fi, 120w tv, 60w subwoofer plus my dead battery for more than 4hrs, I am sure it can go slightly more than that but power usually comes back before it goes flat.

I also have a UPS that has been connected to two 102Ah batteries at 24v, it is more efficient than the inverter and also quieter. I tested it yesterday on the same load, I only put the power back on after 4hrs fearing that load shedding might struck, it has never given me at hassles.
 
I sit smiling in the Netherlands having a beer and a boerewors on behalf of all you back home.

But when I stayed there, we used to have either eskom or the local transformer kept popping.

So get a gas stove, and some matches as some idiots dont know if youre electric ignition is off, you can still use matches. Emergency energizer lights around the house makes you look like a christmas tree when everyone else is dark. worked well.

Then if youre clever and got a decent laptop, ie hp has ones with 8-10 hour battery lives, you can watch movies. or well if you have a dell led projector and battery pack you can watch a big screen movie as the battery pack gives you 2-3 hours of cinema. tie that with a bluetooth speaker, and ure gf or wife and you can have a romantic time while everyone else is screwed.
 
thechamp said:
Newby investor is unwittingly misleading you here Marine, I have a feeling it is the Ellies inverter that Rakabos3 is talking about, I run a 200w hi fi, 120w tv, 60w subwoofer plus my dead battery for more than 4hrs, I am sure it can go slightly more than that but power usually comes back before it goes flat.

I also have a UPS that has been connected to two 102Ah batteries at 24v, it is more efficient than the inverter and also quieter. I tested it yesterday on the same load, I only put the power back on after 4hrs fearing that load shedding might struck, it has never given me at hassles.
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Unwittingly misleading in what way?
 
thechamp said:
You think that anyone can be brave enough to come here and boast about a 15min back up UPS?
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A UPS isn't intended as backup power though, especially not for the original question. A standard consumer one like that will power something like like an ADSL modem for a couple of hours but not a whole computer / TV / whatever. It's meant to be used to prevent sudden power-offs so you don't lose data.

Sure, they can be modified with big, deep-cycle batteries, but they won't keep you gaming through load shedding out of the box, so to speak.
 
newby_investor said:
A UPS isn't intended as backup power though, especially not for the original question. A standard consumer one like that will power something like like an ADSL modem for a couple of hours but not a whole computer / TV / whatever. It's meant to be used to prevent sudden power-offs so you don't lose data.

Sure, they can be modified with big, deep-cycle batteries, but they won't keep you gaming through load shedding out of the box, so to speak.
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True, I understand.
 
Bored, in the dark & running out of mobile data.

Listening to podcasts & it is chowing my data.
 
Went to bed at 8 when the lights went out so that I can be up at this ungodly hour (2 am) to download stuff to watch tomorrow because the power will be off again in a few hours which means that I can't do my usual early morning download.

The problem with this plan is that I'm too early for the shows to be uploaded from the US.
 
Zoomzoom said:
Went to bed at 8 when the lights went out so that I can be up at this ungodly hour (2 am) to download stuff to watch tomorrow because the power will be off again in a few hours which means that I can't do my usual early morning download.

The problem with this plan is that I'm too early for the shows to be uploaded from the US.
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Why don’t you automate the process and sleep instead?
 
Zoomzoom said:
Went to bed at 8 when the lights went out so that I can be up at this ungodly hour (2 am) to download stuff to watch tomorrow because the power will be off again in a few hours which means that I can't do my usual early morning download.

The problem with this plan is that I'm too early for the shows to be uploaded from the US.
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Get a VCR and catch up on some oldies.
Oh wait, you need electricity for that machine
nevermind
 
Zoomzoom said:
Went to bed at 8 when the lights went out so that I can be up at this ungodly hour (2 am) to download stuff to watch tomorrow because the power will be off again in a few hours which means that I can't do my usual early morning download.

The problem with this plan is that I'm too early for the shows to be uploaded from the US.
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There are so many problems with this "plan"...I won't be able to explain it before the next loadshedding hits.
 
bwana said:
Why don’t you automate the process and sleep instead?
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Because the downloads conk out with monotonous regularity, links don't always end up with the right episode you need, blah blah. And if I'm waiting for last night's episode of The Resident, I can't automate what isn't there yet.
 
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