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"We actually have a whole market of private large generators owners that sell you electricity to mitigate this." Do they use the existing municipal infrastruct

"We actually have a whole market of private large generators owners that sell you electricity to mitigate this." Do they use the existing municipal infrastructure or do they need to lay new cables ???. We have rotational 2 hourly load shedding on bad days here in South Africa as our state owned power company has no spare capacity and the power stations are old so they tend to break down often. Our local FTH internet provider discovered the first time that happened after fiber rollout in our area when all their ONT's went online at the same time asking for authentication. It was clear they never planned for this.

netsharc 7y ago
I'm guessing they put a generator per building, and if you pay them, they'll wire your unit up to the generator? Probably split the cabling after the meter (you wouldn't want the municipal meter to be counting power you're buying privately) and allow for a 2nd set of cables as input, with a big switch to toggle between the two.
- jek0 7y ago
  There's one privately owned generator in the neighborhood with cables running to each buildings. https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailystar.com.lb%2F%2Fdailystar%2FPictures%2F2019%2F03%2F16%2F734293_img650x420_img650x420_crop.jpg&sp=24d278f526e42ded4d077f122ebe032c&t=default https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&ra... The owner sells a fixed monthly fee per 5 amp, so there are individual breakers for each apartment. https://www.alamy.com/detail-from-a-wall-electric-cables-and-fuses-in-the-open-beirut-lebanon-image280512641.html https://www.alamy.com/detail-from-a-wall-electric-cables-and... Notice the "green light" in the picture. This is to inform people in the neighborhood that it's "generator's electricity", so they cannot use washing mashing and water heaters. The cable from the generator reaches the house after the meter, there's an automatic switch to take current from the generator only when there's no electricity from the government.
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netsharc 7y ago

I'm guessing they put a generator per building, and if you pay them, they'll wire your unit up to the generator? Probably split the cabling after the meter (you wouldn't want the municipal meter to be counting power you're buying privately) and allow for a 2nd set of cables as input, with a big switch to toggle between the two.

jek0 7y ago
There's one privately owned generator in the neighborhood with cables running to each buildings. https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailystar.com.lb%2F%2Fdailystar%2FPictures%2F2019%2F03%2F16%2F734293_img650x420_img650x420_crop.jpg&sp=24d278f526e42ded4d077f122ebe032c&t=default https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&ra... The owner sells a fixed monthly fee per 5 amp, so there are individual breakers for each apartment. https://www.alamy.com/detail-from-a-wall-electric-cables-and-fuses-in-the-open-beirut-lebanon-image280512641.html https://www.alamy.com/detail-from-a-wall-electric-cables-and... Notice the "green light" in the picture. This is to inform people in the neighborhood that it's "generator's electricity", so they cannot use washing mashing and water heaters. The cable from the generator reaches the house after the meter, there's an automatic switch to take current from the generator only when there's no electricity from the government.

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