uninterruptible power supply (ups)

  1. Jan

    UPS manufacturer roundup - March 2023

    Best UPS manufacturers in South Africa Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are valuable tools to prevent loss of work and damage to electronics due to load-shedding, and the best brands include Mecer, RCT, and Eaton. Each brand offers a range of UPS sizes that give users time to save work and...
  2. Jan

    We tested a DIY mini UPS for a Wi-Fi router

    We built our own Wi-Fi router UPS for R785 that can survive Stage 6 load-shedding MyBroadband tested building a do-it-yourself uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a Wi-Fi router, and it easily survived a 4-hour power outage. Although there are initiatives afoot to end load-shedding in South...
  3. Jan

    Cheap backup batteries to stay online during load-shedding

    Keep your router on during load-shedding with these cheap backup batteries For as little as R595, South Africans can get a small uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to provide backup power to their wireless Internet connection during load-shedding. Fortunately, you don't need a large or...
  4. Jan

    Inverter trolleys that could last through 4.5 hours of Stage 6 load-shedding

    Backup power systems to get through Stage 6 load-shedding South Africa has been plunged into stage 6 load-shedding from 16:00 on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, increasing the frequency and length of rotational power cuts. Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said they did not decide to...
  5. Jan

    Affordable backup power options to tackle load-shedding

    Cheapest backup power for load-shedding South Africa's electricity crunch could have many residents looking for backup power systems to provide light in their homes, power their Internet equipment, watch TV, or use certain appliances. MyBroadband looked at some of the cheapest backup power...
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Telkom data centre power outage

    Telkom data centre power outage A Telkom data centre in Centurion experienced a “power incident” on Thursday morning
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