The Trustees have converted a small portion of the washing area into a purpose built generator bay. The base is 120 mm re-enforced concrete. The current intention is not to put a roof over this area, but this may change in the future, after assessing the noise.
The electricity crisis in South Africa is hard felt at Arnhem when the elevators are off, and residents need to climb up to 14 flights of stairs. Apparently significant national generation power will come on-stream during the course of the next 3 years. The national generation problem however will most likely be with us for…