WATCH: Eishkom worker shares electrifying behind-the-scenes video of loadshedding
This worker really put the 'push' in Eskom se push!
With loadshedding being a daily nightmare, have you ever wondered who is responsible for turning the electricity on and off?
Here's what some users think: "Well whomever it is, they don't waste a second.", "must be an automated system", and "I assume it's a team of people."
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One Eskom employee took to social media to finally reveal the truth of how this procedure is implemented in his municipality.
Watch @mandisidyantyi's clip of him at work at an undisclosed location in Rustenburg...
@mandisidyantyi Load Shedding stage 4 operating 11000 volts without an arc flash suit, this is asking for trouble. It has become a norm to commit unsafe acts in the work place. #Rustenburg ♬ original sound - mandisidyantyi
And just like that, 11,000 volts switched off at the pull of a lever.
The specialist captions the video with some critical information: ‘’Load shedding stage 4 operating 11 000 volts without an arc flash suit, this is asking for trouble. It has become a norm to commit unsafe acts in the work place."
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Another user saw a humorous side to this video and replied with the following:
@mandisidyantyi Replying to @divena01 ♬ original sound - mandisidyantyi
So how does loadshedding actually work?
According to News24, implementing these power outages in South Africa requires the following steps:
- Eskom announces loadshedding.
- Municipalities will then split their areas into blocks, assigning each group a fixed period of power outage.
- Each block is assigned a unique code that specifies their loadshedding pattern.
- Municipal officials then make their tables public, letting people know when their lights will go out.
- These databases are periodically updated to ensure that no single block is permanently assigned to a single loadshedding slot.
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