Yes, we will keep on losing in every which way direction in this country and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it - just move to another country where there are more drama and other issues. So just best to hush and accept what is happening currently.
Yes. Basically we are now forced to pay to run the municipalities meters over and above what they are smoking us for with the prepaid rates as well.
I know I know ... it is minuscule - but still. Lose-lose for the consumer
I know but this is kind of the point I am trying to make, why is it setup to use units to run itself - so if you have zero units left, it will still stay on. Like @ajax worked out in a previous reply, its about 2 units a month basically to "run the prepaid meter".
On the current scales/rates (R...
It doesn't really matter - there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. Even if all the non ANC parties stand together and reject the budget, it will still pass somehow.
For two days now we have our mains breaker switched off.
We have a Conlog wCIU prepaid meter.
We live in City of Tshwane Municipality.
Date & Time
Units (kWh)
11-03-2025 18:42
275.89 kWh (Switched mains off)
12-03-2025 00:18
275.88 kWh
12-03-2025 08:45
275.86 kWh
12-03-2025 16:18...
My family and I now have had a couple of Axpert inverters (different "brands").
They don't read voltages correctly, they don't charge correctly, overall not reliable.
My dad, father-in-law and I each have dead 5.5kw Axperts lying around.
At first they seem perfect and wow - you get a lot for...
Actually runs really quiet. Don't know the exact models but now almost two years in, haven't had any issues and still runs super quiet. We use it every single night. During this winter we use it on heating mode at 23 degrees - during the summer it will go back to cooling mode at 23 degrees as...