4Racing steps up to help with Eskom Load shedding

KEEP THE TURF FLYING WHEN THE POWER’S DYING

Following the January launch of Racing240, South Africa’s 24/7 horseracing channel is practically bedded down and achieving its stated aim of taking racing to a whole new audience while providing serious punters with top notch tipster information.

Loadshedding, unfortunately, has also firmly established itself and there are predictions of over 100 days of outages this winter. While generators and other measures on site at the venues managed by 4Racing ensure little interruption to racing and betting trackside, how does the racing fan keep the hooves galloping and the turf flying when the power goes out at home?

Because it’s unlikely many local horseracing viewers will have back-up power for their TVs and satellite dishes, the simple answer is to switch from watching the action on DStv Channel 240 to streaming Racing240 via www.4Racing.tv .

Backing up a TV and dish with an inverter can be complicated and costly. It is far easier to continue watching the best SA and overseas Grade 1 races, magazine shows, and more by clicking on the above URL and subscribing to 4Racing Daily at R2, 4Racing Monthly at R39 and 4Racing Annually at R299.

Once your Eskom-proof subscription is sorted, a mini UPS backup from a brand like Vizia (available for delivery on Takealot) will keep your fibre-based Internet working during loadshedding. Be sure to select a UPS backup with a splitter cable to power both the fibre box on your wall and the router that delivers the web to your devices.

If you don’t have fibre, check during the next loadshedding event if your mobile network’s local base station is up and running during outages (some aren’t as they don’t have backup batteries). Then, decide if it’s affordable to buy mobile data on your banking app for use during loadshedding. The price of mobile data has plummeted of late so don’t automatically exclude this option.

If you’re going to stream racing from www.4Racing.tv on your mobile phone, laptop or tablet during outages, you’ll need to ensure you have a car charger to keep these battery-powered devices up and running. Portable USB power banks are all very well during emergencies but most of us forget to charge them before outages. There’s nothing easier than settling into the driver’s seat, inserting the car charger and turning the key one click.

Loadshedding is indeed a pain, but being flexible is a lesson we could all learn. Enjoy the racing!

ENDS

......Backing up a TV and dish with an inverter can be complicated and costly. It is far easier to continue watching the best SA and overseas Grade 1 races, magazine shows, and more by clicking on the above URL and subscribing to 4Racing Daily at R2, 4Racing Monthly at R39 and 4Racing Annually at R299.

......the only thing complicated and costly are the batteries.....the UPS that they recomend is R1600 yet for the same cost one can get a decent 800/1000w inverter and use your car battery as a power source.....better to invest and upgrade a car battery with higher amp hours as even newer SUVs and bakkies have poor/low amp/hr specs.....as one would need enough battery power to last at least 4 hours drawing the wattage for TV and decoder/s and even a fibre connection (350-600w average)....when the power comes back on be sure to start the vehicle to charge the battery again.....:blush:

......unbfortunately I have ditched fibre(it was problematic and over trafficed in our area) and gone 5G but unfortunately not enough power back up during load shedding ....so I have to chew LTE or 3 and 4G data on mobile devices when streaming....:S

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......well there is no solution with 4Qracing during load shedding as during load shedding earlier today their betting sites went down.....thank f@ck I am with an outfit that had no such problems.....:whistle: