Fruity Posted December 10, 2019 Share . Long Wheel Base and Red Robin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted December 10, 2019 Share SA mines shut operations because of Eskom https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/mining/2019-12-09-petra-diamonds-other-companies-stop-sa-mines-because-of-eskom/ Vetplant and Steven Knoetze (sk27) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sias Posted December 10, 2019 Share And now the unions will burn down the mines because the people will have no jobs when the mines start scaling down... Fruity, Steven Knoetze (sk27) and Wannabe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted December 10, 2019 Share You know one can only play so much donkerkamertjie and Enzo keeps on giving me away when it is our turn to hide[emoji17] We are becoming experts at Monopoly.....  However what I find harder than load shedding currently is the constant rain and having children who are so used to being pretty much outside most of the day, swimming, playing football, softball, cricket, climbing trees etc.    So now I just let them go play in the rain if they want to. They are just not used to being cooped up.  Gen, Fruity and Steven Knoetze (sk27) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted December 10, 2019 Share Worst blackouts in South Africa's history https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/332110-worst-blackouts-in-south-africas-history.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted December 10, 2019 Share We are becoming experts at Monopoly.....  However what I find harder than load shedding currently is the constant rain and having children who are so used to being pretty much outside most of the day, swimming, playing football, softball, cricket, climbing trees etc.    So now I just let them go play in the rain if they want to. They are just not used to being cooped up.  Used to happen every year when I was young. It would rain for days on end. Whereas in recent years this has not been the case, or at least not in Pretoria. Which correlates with the general drought conditions we are seeing recently. When was the last time that they opened sluices at the Vaal Dam? This recent rain has not been as widespread as one would think, not too sure that the Vaal Dam catchment areas has had anywhere near as much rain as we have seen in GP: Check the recorded rainfall numbers in North Eastern Freestate and Southern Mpumalanga, which feeds the Vaal...https://sawx.co.za/rainfall-reenval/daily-recorded-rainfall-south-africa-historical/ Red Robin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted December 10, 2019 Share I hate the noise of generators during load shedding, or no mains . Fortunately where I live no one has one, except me, which I only use if I really have to. But please tell me, how the fook can a power station flood? Edited December 10, 2019 by kosmonooit gogo@ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted December 10, 2019 Share I have backup lights, I have gas to cook, but the worst part of load shedding for me is that the cell C network in my area goes down, so absolutely no comms.I bought a UPS last year to power my wifi and fibre, but I obviously under specced as it only runs for 20 minutes. Vetplant and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted December 10, 2019 Share I have backup lights, I have gas to cook, but the worst part of load shedding for me is that the cell C network in my area goes down, so absolutely no comms.I bought a UPS last year to power my wifi and fibre, but I obviously under specced as it only runs for 20 minutes.yeah, I have the same, but only for the last 30-45 min of the 2h15 load shedding cycle. Fokol. Their on-site gennie / battery backup must have enough juice for 1h45 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted December 10, 2019 Share I have backup lights, I have gas to cook, but the worst part of load shedding for me is that the cell C network in my area goes down, so absolutely no comms.I bought a UPS last year to power my wifi and fibre, but I obviously under specced as it only runs for 20 minutes.  yeah, I have the same, but only for the last 30-45 min of the 2h15 load shedding cycle. Fokol. Their on-site gennie / battery backup must have enough juice for 1h45 or so. Our UPS for Wifi+Fibre routers runs for about 3h45, which is longer than the exchange can hang on for, so makes no sense to go any larger. https://www.takealot.com/superchannel-700va-line-interactive-ups/PLID53646585 Escapee.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted December 10, 2019 Share UPS's are not a good idea to run for an extended period, they have small batteries, and running them to the point where they turn off will mean short battery life. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted December 10, 2019 Share yeah, I have the same, but only for the last 30-45 min of the 2h15 load shedding cycle. Fokol. Their on-site gennie / battery backup must have enough juice for 1h45 or so. ours goes out within minutes. Have logged numerous calls with CellC and they keep telling me they send out a technician, I keep telling them their technician is obviously doing F-all because it keeps happening. The one time I phoned on my way home as my wife was sitting at home and I could not get in touch with her due to no power. They told me my wife must log the call. Thats when I totally lost my marbles and used every word in the banned words list on them. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Our UPS for Wifi+Fibre routers runs for about 3h45, which is longer than the exchange can hang on for, so makes no sense to go any larger. https://www.takealot.com/superchannel-700va-line-interactive-ups/PLID53646585Ok I looked at this link, that UPS has a smaller capacity than what I bought, I'm going to have to relook at what the issue is, hopefully if its a battery issue they are still under warranty. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 10, 2019 Share .Yeah except I don't have a roof over my braai, so no braai at all this last week due to 7 days of non stop rain. SUCKS!!!!!! Fruity and scotty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted December 10, 2019 Share Hope it was a nice clear day and nice views up there.  https://www.traveller24.com/News/tourists-get-stuck-on-top-of-table-mountain-as-load-shedding-hits-africas-top-attraction-20191209 Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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