Why some areas never get load shedding

[grok]

/loves my proximity to SITA

 

[ellyally]

While I’m happy for everyone who isn’t affected by load shedding it is unfair that everyone isn’t contributing equally to reduce to load on the network.

Thats why I like this 'load limiting' thing(other than the possibly electronics failures), where they can turn off individual houses. An example was in dec, went to a friends kids birthday. Middle of summer, everyone is outside swimming, braai'ing etc. Inside, all pc's are on(4 kids, all need a pc each), no one using them, all tvs(4/5 through the rooms) are on, no one watching them, all aircons are on, doors and windows open and no one is inside. When conversation came up about load shedding, I pointed out he's one of the reasons its happening, he said he doesn't get affected by it. If power goes out, he has enough power from batteries/generators etc to keep everything on. So, this I'm guessing happens a lot. He is in a position to not be affected, so he has no incentive to 'save', he doesn't care that 200km away someone is sitting without electricity because of households like him just 'wasting'. Atleast with this smart meter/load limiting thing, he'll now be turned off, and not the guy 200km away.

 

[yebocan]

My area never used to get load shed. Someone bragged about it on a radio station and now we constantly get load shedding.

Not sure if it's just coincidence...

That is why, I remain silent about the fact, my area has only once been load shed.. did tweet the city about it...responds, well lucky you...-I did my part...

 

[Swa]

Thats why I like this 'load limiting' thing(other than the possibly electronics failures), where they can turn off individual houses. An example was in dec, went to a friends kids birthday. Middle of summer, everyone is outside swimming, braai'ing etc. Inside, all pc's are on(4 kids, all need a pc each), no one using them, all tvs(4/5 through the rooms) are on, no one watching them, all aircons are on, doors and windows open and no one is inside. When conversation came up about load shedding, I pointed out he's one of the reasons its happening, he said he doesn't get affected by it. If power goes out, he has enough power from batteries/generators etc to keep everything on. So, this I'm guessing happens a lot. He is in a position to not be affected, so he has no incentive to 'save', he doesn't care that 200km away someone is sitting without electricity because of households like him just 'wasting'. Atleast with this smart meter/load limiting thing, he'll now be turned off, and not the guy 200km away.

And how do you determine what should be turned off and when? The only fair solution still is an equitable one where everyone is affected equally.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Great lets bring attention to this :-(

Yes let's. It's bullschit that some of us suffer and others don't. In Oakdene we're usually among the first to be load shed, but in Winchester Hills right next door they're never load shed. Either we all suffer together or we all don't suffer. I'm sick of having to sacrifice so that others can continue to live comfortably...

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

My area never used to get load shed. Someone bragged about it on a radio station and now we constantly get load shedding.

Not sure if it's just coincidence...

No it is not coincidence. ESKOM have thousands of people monitoring radio shows, websites, forums and social media 24/7 to make sure there are no areas that they forget to load shed.................................

 

[ellyally]

And how do you determine what should be turned off and when? The only fair solution still is an equitable one where everyone is affected equally.

Granted there are problems with it and I don't know how it works exactly, but in theory power is cut for 30sec. He then needs to turn off excess load(geyser/stove/aircons/maybe have 2 tvs on instead of 5 etc, whatever), test happens again, after 5 30sec cuts if he still over limit or opts not to lower his usage he gets cut for 30min, not the guy 200km away only running one light.

 

[Priapus]

Dear Tander
Thank you for reporting that your electricity is not load-shed. We will send out a specialist load-shed team within the next few days to ensure you are not discriminated against, and henceforth your power will be load-shed more often until such time as you are as angry, cold, and as miserable as everyone else

Signed: Department of Electrical Incompetence aka Eskom

Dear Department of Electrical,

Stay the F- away from my house and area.

Thanking you for your understanding.

Regards
Warm, power driven consumer

Lol

 

[Swa]

Granted there are problems with it and I don't know how it works exactly, but in theory power is cut for 30sec. He then needs to turn off excess load(geyser/stove/aircons/maybe have 2 tvs on instead of 5 etc, whatever), test happens again, after 5 30sec cuts if he still over limit or opts not to lower his usage he gets cut for 30min, not the guy 200km away only running one light.

Actually the specific system for load limiting that's being considered is to turn off single items like geysers or stoves. Still not going to solve the issue with the specific case mentioned as power can be gathered at times when load is low and then used when it's high.

 

[ellyally]

Still not going to solve the issue with the specific case mentioned as power can be gathered at times when load is low and then used when it's high.

Sorry, not following...?

 

[bokdrol]

/keeps quiet

 

[Compton_effect]

That does it. I'm getting the impression that more areas are not being shed, then areas that are.

 

[zeb]

I live a stone's throw from one hospital and the second hospital in our town is on the same grid as the first.
We got shed all the time, even when the rest of the town was on. This latest bout of shedding has skipped us but I'm sure this oversight won't last too long

 

[rh1]

I have been complaining about this to City of Cape Town. My brother in law lives in the same suburb about a 1 kilometer away. He has never been load-shedded, ever! Meanwhile whenever load shedding is announce, we are affected. Half our suburb is dark and the other half brightly lit. City of Cape Town have yet to answer me. To my knowledge there are no "Critical" infrastructure in my suburb.

 

[Zewp]

Yes let's. It's bullschit that some of us suffer and others don't. In Oakdene we're usually among the first to be load shed, but in Winchester Hills right next door they're never load shed. Either we all suffer together or we all don't suffer. I'm sick of having to sacrifice so that others can continue to live comfortably...

Yeah, it's complete and utter horse-**** that I sit without power at 6 for 4 nights out of 5, yet load shedding always magically misses the 'previously disadvantaged' areas 2km away from me.

It's not even just the fact that some of us get loadshedding and others not. It's the fact that some of us get downright horrible timeslots every single time while others get to brag about how they never get loadshedding.

 

[Gordon_R]

I drove through two areas in CT that never seem to get load-shed this morning:
Claremont CBD (2 major hospitals)
Newlands (near VIP residences)

 

[yebocan]

I have been complaining about this to City of Cape Town. My brother in law lives in the same suburb about a 1 kilometer away. He has never been load-shedded, ever! Meanwhile whenever load shedding is announce, we are affected. Half our suburb is dark and the other half brightly lit. City of Cape Town have yet to answer me. To my knowledge there are no "Critical" infrastructure in my suburb.

So whom do you dislike more, your sister or brother in law?

 

[atomcrusher]

(near VIP residences)

That would also make me a VIP, i.e. a Very Indignant Person

 

[falcon786]

Meyerton had three consecutive nights of Stage 3 Load Shedding - where the power is out from 18:00 to around 22:00?

This is getting irritating,they better not try this tonight again,if they do I'm going to contact the municipality and they are not going to like what I'm going to tell them!

Thats the only free time I get in the day and then I cant even do the things I want to do because they screwed us over.:wtf:

It's the fact that some of us get downright horrible timeslots every single time while others get to brag about how they never get loadshedding.

This is exactly what irritates me why cant they just be bloody competent and have rolling time schedules for different areas so that the strain is not only placed on certain groups of people.Nobody really minds if you are load shed one day a week at peak times for a couple hours but when it becomes a daily occurrence to only certain areas at peak times only then they are simply incompetent.

 

[Nokkie]

only animals shed... see what I did there?