With South Africa finally coming out of the Covid-19 Lockdown period and everyone finally getting back to work, our electricity demand will return to normal, and so will the strain on the national grid and subsequent load-shedding.
With this in mind, we have 2 systems that can assist in a low-cost “gap-filler” at your home or office.
You tell us what you require to run and for how long and we will supply you the appropriate size storage and inverter.
Firstly, a free-standing unit that plugs into a normal wall socket. This consists of a battery cabinet that houses as many batteries as required and a pure sine wave inverter/charger that stands on top of the battery cabinet.
This is a plug and play system. The inverter has 2 x plug sockets at the back and you plug in whatever you need to run. These units are rated from 1000w to 2000w. They work well for running entertainment systems, internet routers, phone chargers and maybe a few LED lights to get you through the 4 or so hours of which load-shedding normally lasts. It then has a powerful charger that will recharge your battery before the next session of load-shedding commences.
Secondly, we supply and install systems that are run directly from your DB board.
They work on the same principal, but are more convenient as you don’t have to do anything. The inverter just takes over as the power drops from Eskom. An “essential circuit load” is created and the required light and plug circuits are connected to the inverter. When power returns, the inverter then charges the battery. This is uninterrupted process, so many customers don’t even realise that there is load-shedding!
All the inverter/chargers are “smart” so once the battery reaches 100%, they will stop the charging process and just keep it maintained for the next time it is needed.
Once again, this is just an introduction to back-up systems and there is much more of a detailed discussion to be had.
Please feel free to contact me for further in-depth questions.
(Copyright) John Airth (2020)
