POWER UP WHEN THE POWER’S OFF!
IT’S easy to see red when everything goes black but the bottom line is there’s precious little we can do about it.
Eskom is in big, big trouble and if there’s any hope of light at the end of a long, dark tunnel, we’re simply going to have to put up with loadshedding for the foreseeable future.
President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed as much during the State of the Nation Address, stressing that rolling blackouts were “unavoidable”.
So how can SA households be better equipped to deal with it and at least mitigate Eskom’s impact on our daily lives?
There’s been an increase in demand for products to keep lights and equipment on in the home when the power goes off.
But there’s so much out there, how do you know what to spend money on for back-up electricity for you and your family? What would suit your needs – and what should you be wary of?
We did some digging.
THREE MAIN OPTIONS
If you need many of your lights and appliances to stay on during load-shedding, you basically have a choice between a generator and an uninterrupted power supply (UPS). If you want to invest in greater energy security for the future, you could also opt for solar-hybrid systems
