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zag · 22-01-2008, 19:37

South Africa is actually having systematic power cuts at the moment. We have a number of offices there and they have explained that over the last week or more the power grid has been switched off (or supply has been significantly lowered) for period of hours on end as the national grid tries to 'share out' the available power. Our offices have UPS facilities, but once they have been exhausted then the lights go out, the computers shut down and everyone just has to go home. The problem is 'grid wide' and not just related to a single transformer in a single location. To be honest it sounds like their infrastructure is going down the tubes. Can you imagine if Ireland was subject to random power outages like that for weeks at a time ?

z

22-01-2008, 19:37	#5
zag Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 199	South Africa South Africa is actually having systematic power cuts at the moment. We have a number of offices there and they have explained that over the last week or more the power grid has been switched off (or supply has been significantly lowered) for period of hours on end as the national grid tries to 'share out' the available power. Our offices have UPS facilities, but once they have been exhausted then the lights go out, the computers shut down and everyone just has to go home. The problem is 'grid wide' and not just related to a single transformer in a single location. To be honest it sounds like their infrastructure is going down the tubes. Can you imagine if Ireland was subject to random power outages like that for weeks at a time ? z