Lights out your all doomed

Social media and whatsapp etc have been a buzz with friends saying they have no power.

Being from the UK I can't imagine this happening, the occasional night during a storm but not on a regular basis like you guys seem to get

Sham it happens at all but on a weekend after working hard all week must sting

Lights out here in parts of Cape Town, luckily the pub has a generator though

because Municipal workers get paid double time on a Sunday to switch it on and off...
How many had power failures at time and a half.... :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

Lights out here in ficksburg in the Freestate. Sitting in the dark. Having candle light dinner with the family. Chow n sleep early.

makes you Thunk...duzzint it... :sick:

sanju wrote: Lights out here in ficksburg in the Freestate. Sitting in the dark. Having candle light dinner with the family. Chow n sleep early.

Yes yes power back on... :woohoo:

Our area in Durban, the electricity went off 2 minutes before the start of the 2nd race today and re-connected 2 hours later (16.10) - reason? - the coal is wet. I didn't know stockpiled coal was meant to be kept under cover - what a load of crap.

Load shedding in Pmb between 18.00 and 20.00.
Back on now

Power Cuts Across SA Announced

2 November 2014 | Posted By Dorette De Swart

Eskom will start rolling out blackouts countrywide on Sunday (02/11/14) due to a loss of capacity at its Majuba power station in Mpumalanga, it said.

A crack in a coal storage silo on Saturday afternoon caused the loss of 1800MW, it said in a statement.

The power shortage was expected to last the entire week and blackouts would happen between 8am and 10pm.

The silo, which stores over 10,000 tons of coal, cracked on Saturday afternoon. This affected coal supplies to all six units at the power station. It was generating 1300MW.

“Teams are in the process of dispatching mobile coal feeders to site. In the unlikely event that this contingency is unsuccessful, it may impact the full supply from the power station,” the organisation said.

Eskom engineers were investigating the cause of the crack. Power outage schedules were available on Eskom’s website.

Visit loadshedding.eskom.co.za/ and www.nelsonmandelabay.gov.za/ to download their load shedding schedule.

- SAPA

#Eskom will start rolling out #blackouts countrywide today due to a loss of capacity a power station in Mpumalanga t.co/Dp3IWuXq1S

— The Herald PE
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My question is still...
why NO power failures yesterday...and then much more than necessary today...all over the country...how many KW's did they require today...No Farking Answer...
WTF...

I bet there are less cuts during the week...But that's because I like big odds...

It was generating 1300MW and lost 1800MW...spelling mistake caused by Microsoft Word...