Insane Dust Maker Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Just to let you know, I. can’t do any scroll saw work at the moment, because our corrupt government has not done maintenance on the power stations and they are now on the verge of collapse. We have been on Stage Six Load Shedding which means they switch the power off and you got to live with that. As I write this now it’s 8:00PM in South Africa our suburb has not had power since 12:00 PM today, nobody knows what’s going on. So tomorrow and the week end our schedule shows power will be off on these times: 00:00-2:30AM 04:00-6:30AM 12:00-16:30PM 20:00-00:30PM So survival ( keeping food from going off etc) is more important than Scroll Saw Cutting. lawson56, Gene Howe, new2woodwrk and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Prayers are with you, Don. It's unfortunate that our "Leaders" are causing so much havoc. danny and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Our Prayers are with you, I do know something about being without power, my Wife and I survived a flood in my hometown, and been through a hard winter freeze, I know it's not the same as your going through. I hope your situation clears up soon. danny and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 The exact same thing COULD here in the U.S. Our infrastructure is in sad shape too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 There are problems here also with the power but fortunately it has not been shut off yet. Stay safe and just do what you have too. Marg danny and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Can you get a medium size battery backup unit? I have one for my wifi router and internet system (wireless ISP). Both of my computers are laptops so I never lose internet or computer time to power outages. One of these units may not let you keep chugging away, but they should provide enough runtime that you wouldn't be caught in the middle of a cut. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Also, check Harbor Freight. They've got some very nice lightweight generators. They are very quiet and efficient to operate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 2 hours ago, OCtoolguy said: Also, check Harbor Freight. They've got some very nice lightweight generators. They are very quiet and efficient to operate. Ray, The OP is based in South Africa, so no HF. That's why I tried to keep my suggestion pretty generic. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, Wichman said: Ray, The OP is based in South Africa, so no HF. That's why I tried to keep my suggestion pretty generic. Oops! Maybe they have something similar. Let's hope so. Wichman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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