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Load Shedding something South Africans has become accustomed to
Load shedding has become a common practice of the power company Eskom in South Africa. That is what happens when there is not enough electricity available to meet the demand in a given area; this makes it necessary for Eskom to cut power to some of its customers. This...
Beating the Blackouts: Using a Generator during Load Shedding
Load shedding has become something that many South Africans have learnt to accept. As inconvenient as it is to lose electricity on a semi-regular basis, the fact that load shedding protects the grid from more severe failures means that blackouts are an unfortunate...
Load Shedding and Eskom
When there isn't enough electricity available for a company to meet the demand of the customers, many companies do things like alternating the places to which the power is sent. They do so in order to share the power. It is necessary that they interrupt the supply of...
Generators and ‘Dirty Power’
It’s early 2015, and many of us here in South Africa have suffered from the first round of rolling power outages, or ‘load shedding’ as Eskom likes to refer to the interruptions. Although most have grown to accept the reality of our electricity problems; high demand,...
Kevcor-Electrical problems and load shedding
A problem exists in South Africa with load shedding having to be used to try to keep abreast of the increased demand for electrical use in various local regions. The load shedding is also known as rolling blackouts and it occurs when the demand for electricity...
Overcoming Load Shedding with a Portable Generator
Just last week, Eskom announced that that they would be implementing another round of Stage 2 Load Shedding in some of South Africa’s main urban areas. Load Shedding has been a major issue in our country recently, and 2015 looks set to be characterized by more outages...
Load Shedding is Critical in South Africa
Currently, there isn’t enough electricity to meet the demands of Eskom customers in South Africa. While Eskom is doing what they can to boost their resources, there is a need to interrupt supply to customers during the day to avoid an overload. This reduction is known...
What to Consider when Purchasing an Electrical Generator
Considering the frequency and longevity of the “load shedding” blackouts, many of the members of the general public have begun looking into purchasing a generator. These periods of “load shedding” have been known to last 4-5 hours, being without power for a couple...
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