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Question of the Day: Do you think Bafana Bafana will win tonight?
Rolling Blackouts: Thursday 23 April 2015 [Stage 2: 6-10pm]
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labratza
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where do you get thtat?
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Again I'm stuck with Tshwane's non-rotational $%^&* schedule 
Being in the 18:00-20:30 slot sucks big time
Being in the 18:00-20:30 slot sucks big timeI presume that if your Stage 1 is scheduled from 4 - 6 pm, but they only switch off power at 5pm, they leave you alone ?
No, you'll go off from 5 to 6
MickeyD
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The slot is normally from 16h00 to 18h30 and you will be blacked out from 17h00 to 18h30.
Orihalcon
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Power will go off at 5 and come back online at 6. This was the case yesterday when I was in the 4-6 slot.
MickeyD
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BCR is in PE, our slots are 2,5 hours each.
No, chap at work was from 4-6pm and got cut off at 5pm, so they may still shed you.
MickZA
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We were back up promptly at 18:00 last night (group 5), I think that extra 0.5hr is CYA for when problems occur in restoring power on the hour.
heartbroken
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The municipalities are getting brutally efficient with turning power off - we now go off within 5 minutes of our scheduled slot.
MickeyD
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Yep, it's the time for the techie to rush to a sub-station in case something goes wrong and they have to manually flick the switch.
Here in pta its scheduled for 2.5 but its usually turned on before then.
Again I'm stuck with Tshwane's non-rotational $%^&* schedule
That's unfortunate. I am quite happy being in the 10:00-12:30 slot. Only time it becomes a problem is when stage 3 hits and I get the second slot at 18:00 - 20:30 as well.
The_Ogre
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The last half an hour overlaps with the next slot being shed.
During that period all the areas affected at the same time as yours are being turned on one by one, hence you'll find your power being restored at 5 past on one day and 25 past on the next.
MickeyD
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Stage 1 from 5-10pm
Hummercellc
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We might go to Stage 2 from 4pm today.... Just a rumor I heard....
But Stage 1 at 5pm seems right following this weeks pattern...