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Detal · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 1

I searched the schedule yesterday morning to see if Paarl would appear on it during the dat, but found none bar Agter-Paarl. However, at 4pm the lights were out. Did I miss something or do they change the schedule during the day?

Dave_Simpson · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: Load shedding schedule

City of Cape Town's new load shedding format is great. I like the map and the legend bar below. At least they now seem to be sticking to their published schedule, and I know more-or-less when to get the generator ready.

See:

http://www.capetown.gov.za/wcmsTemplates/Electricity.aspx?clusid=458&catparent=6086&IDpathString=5992-6086

Then click North, South, East for your area.

Unfortunately, Paarl is under the Eskom directly fed areas, and there still seems to be a bit of a problem with their (Eskom's) communications!

1976 · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 28

Could have been a local failure...? I. e. NOT loadshedding, but some local, typically unmaintained piece of equipment that failed?

Richard Weeden · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 10

The Eskom regular load shedding schedule can be found on the African Energy News Review section on the South African Electricity Crisis.

http://www.energynews.co.za/web_main/index.php?page=energynews_sacrisis
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