May 13, 20197 yr Author 1 hour ago, The Terrible Triplett said: And for those like myself, just install https://getadblock.com/ eish, i have it installed but somehow was forced to 'allow' some sites, will have to start revoking those privileges 😃
May 13, 20197 yr 5 minutes ago, Gabriël said: eish, i have it installed but somehow was forced to 'allow' some sites, will have to start revoking those privileges 😃 Only on sites I trust. 🙂
May 13, 20197 yr I like ads. It means someone else pays for my content. If people want me to subscribe to get content, I will do that too, if I deem it a good deal. The news24 deal, which throws in all sorts of extras including "Die Huisdemoon" is not a good deal IMHO. Hence I simply don't read their content. The end 🙂
May 13, 20197 yr Author 15 minutes ago, plonkster said: "Die Huisdemoon" now who might that refer to 🤣 elke huis het sy .... demoon hehehe Edited May 13, 20197 yr by Gabriël
May 14, 20197 yr Author the eskom woes just keep on rolling in... coal again https://www.ee.co.za/article/open-letter-on-the-boiler-and-mill-problems-at-medupi-and-kusile.html#.XNlswRaxWEd
May 14, 20197 yr hope this gets to someone with his finger not to far up his ass to realise there is skills in this country that is clearly willing to share their local experience to fix this f up. G
May 14, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, georgelza said: hope this gets to someone with his finger not to far up his ass to realise there is skills in this country that is clearly willing to share their local experience to fix this f up. G But we're already busy fixing it
May 14, 20197 yr ye, we brought in foreigners that don't have the local experience, like the foreigners that design the pulveriser, like thee foreigners that designed the boilers. it's more a case, use the foreigners, but blend their input with local, long term experience. G
May 14, 20197 yr 3 minutes ago, georgelza said: ye, we brought in foreigners that don't have the local experience, like the foreigners that design the pulveriser, like thee foreigners that designed the boilers. it's more a case, use the foreigners, but blend their input with local, long term experience. G I meant, us / we, those of us with solar systems
May 14, 20197 yr Nope, we not fixing anything, we just disconnecting as far as we can from the mess, The standard guy in the street, the consumer... is a drop in the bucket as far as load is concerned for Eskom (we're just an innocent by stander), the large business and commercial and industrial industries is the real load. The mines, the platinum smelters in Richardsbay. G
May 14, 20197 yr 47 minutes ago, georgelza said: Nope, we not fixing anything, we just disconnecting as far as we can from the mess, The standard guy in the street, the consumer... is a drop in the bucket as far as load is concerned for Eskom (we're just an innocent by stander), the large business and commercial and industrial industries is the real load. The mines, the platinum smelters in Richardsbay. Ditto. 50 minutes ago, SilverNodashi said: I meant, us / we, those of us with solar systems We only become something when there are 100's - 1000's of us connecting grid tied in suburbs, all over SA ... not off-grid ... that are all allowed to feed power back. Even then it is a temperamental solution i.e. dependent on how the sun shines, wiht the complications of early evenings / mornings of power needs that are to be met in SA. At some very small very minute level we are part of the solution - we reduce a teeny weeny fraction of the load daytime - but mostly we are not. Edited May 14, 20197 yr by Guest
May 14, 20197 yr this is more a case of us, helping ourself, enabling our families to function when the wheels come off. G
May 14, 20197 yr Author 1 hour ago, georgelza said: but blend their input ... ahaa, that's where the problem lies - the blending process 😎
May 14, 20197 yr 7 hours ago, Gabriël said: the eskom woes just keep on rolling in... coal again https://www.ee.co.za/article/open-letter-on-the-boiler-and-mill-problems-at-medupi-and-kusile.html#.XNlswRaxWEd This guy lives in Gordon's Bay now. I know someone who knows him... he knows what he is talking about. And he is published 🙂
May 14, 20197 yr Author 30 minutes ago, plonkster said: This guy lives in Gordon's Bay now. I know someone who knows him... he will be an asset to the forum! you have work to do 🤩
May 14, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, Gabriël said: he will be an asset to the forum! you have work to do 🤩 Gordon's bay is in the Overberg and I never go there... (No, it isn't really... but it might as well be! 😉 )
May 14, 20197 yr 52 minutes ago, plonkster said: Gordon's bay is in the Overberg and I never go there... (No, it isn't really... but it might as well be! 😉 ) That is such a Capetonian thing. I'm originally Jhb born bred. So you listen to Capetonians having an opinion on living in say Jhb / Pta. Deep discussion on why not. Till you ask, have you ever been there? 🙂 Same as people here in Bellville, ever been to S/West? Nope, too far. It is a Cape Town thing I tell you.
May 14, 20197 yr 17 minutes ago, The Terrible Triplett said: Same as people here in Bellville, ever been to S/West? Nope, too far. Anything on the other side of Worcester is Gauteng. Worcester itself is in the Free State. I'm kidding of course. BI'm from Namibia. 400km is considered close enough for a day trip. But then I must have a day to spare, and I can hardly make it down to the local solar place to buy fuses these days... Edited May 14, 20197 yr by plonkster
May 14, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, plonkster said: Anything on the other side of Worcester is Gauteng. Worcester itself is in the Free State. I've heard that before too!!! (cwl)
May 14, 20197 yr Author 6 minutes ago, plonkster said: Anything on the other side of Worcester is Gauteng. Worcester itself is in the Free State. nei man, now you throw a spanner in my whole citizenship thing.... i'll have to now regress to my locality of inception, if i can recall that must have been barrydale 🤔
May 14, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, Gabriël said: nei man, now you throw a spanner in my whole citizenship thing.... i'll have to now regress to my locality of inception, if i can recall that must have been barrydale 🤔 You live on the West Coast ... that is not even part of Western Cape. As a matter of fact, where is the West Coast? Crayfish and bokkoms do come to mind though. 🤣
May 14, 20197 yr Author 34 minutes ago, The Terrible Triplett said: You live on the West Coast ... that is not even part of Western Cape hehehe, some call it the bokkomvlakte, some call it home and having stayed here for nearly ten years i would say it sometimes smacks of the wild west where some dubious types try to hide from the [now paralyzed] long arms of the law 🤪
May 15, 20197 yr I don't have access to the article but this looks promising! 1MW to 10MW is a start. AND the attached for comment!! Lets hold thumbs we get some clear directions! 78328_consultation_paper.pdf Edited May 15, 20197 yr by Mark
May 15, 20197 yr Ok, deep breaths ... is this what I've been waiting on, the first step leading, in the end, towards the State buying power from home users too? Jeff Radebe opens electricity generation floodgates Energy minister Jeff Radebe has opened the way for businesses to generate their own electricity and feed this into the national grid. The move is a crucial development that will assist in alleviating electricity supply constraints and open the generation market to enable more private entities to provide power alongside Eskom.
May 15, 20197 yr That's some good news at least. The most recent bad news (last night) is that Anglo Gold is pulling out. So hopefully someone will buy them out and the 400 000 jobs will be retained (plus the 4 million people who depend on that), but it is rather a significant move. Apparently government threatened to cancel their mining license because of BEE. Apparently it's just not profitable for them anymore.
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