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ADVERTORIAL

WHAT YOUR SECURITY ESTATE

CAN'T PROTECT YOU FROM

he lifestyle of many South Africans is While Eskom is keeping you in the dark, Households that wish to use a higher
centred on privatisation. Take Silver you need to find a way to lighten things up, essential load (perhaps a pump, additional
TLakes residents, for example: You especially mood-wise. We understand that plugs, hairdryers, the electric stove, the
live in a secure estate protected by private load shedding makes you angry. It ruins microwave, kettles, etc.) may require an
security guards and you probably work your day, your way of living, family time, 8kW system.
really hard to get your kids into private eating time, WiFi connectivity, your child’s
schools. If you aren’t driving your own car, ability to study, etc. It’s time to take action We discharge a 5kWh battery down to 80%
you’ve probably chosen a company like since Eskom won’t. in order to ensure it has a 6 000 cycle, 10
Uber to get around. year warranty. This means that for every
By now, most of us have heard some of 5kWh battery we make 4kWh's available.
There is one last thing you need to pay our friends or colleagues bragging about
for in your personal capacity that your their 5kW or 8kW systems. So, what are A house will consume between 400 and
estate can’t provide: kilowatts (kW) – or, kilowatts and how many do you need? 1 000 watts per hour, which means a 5kWh
as some people call them, “killer watts”. battery could last you anywhere from four
You need them when you’re preparing a Most households have a conservative to eight hours.
meal, entertaining friends, enjoying family essential load – in other words, they
time or watching TV and the lights go out. require the workability of WiFi, lighting, A modern fridge motor uses 150 watts to
Your TV turns dark, and your mood turns some plugs, the fridge, the electric fence run, so if it ran continuously, it would take
even darker. There is no better time than and the TV during load shedding. That, over 20 hours to drain a 5kWh battery. Even
now to go solar, or at the very least, install a or if your average electricity bill does not better news is that your fridge only runs
backup system that is ready for solar panels exceed R2 500, you can get away with a intermittently, so over an hour it hardly
at a later stage. 5kW system. makes a dent in your storage.

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