Eskom backup needed - Cape Town area

[Paul_S]

That's to go offgrid, and not need Eskom at all. To be load shedding proof, all you need is a few hours of battery backup and an inverter. You use Eskom power to charge it (when they're up) and you can keep going through the load shedding without a problem.

Did you check the OP's requirements?
Dbl storey large house, but just need basics running during load shedding (lights, tv, couple of fridges, server, pc, coffee machine etc)

That's probably 2-3 kW alone without the "etc" devices.
Now go price a 5kVA sine wave inverter and batteries and post the price here for comparison.
The inverter alone is going to be in the R20K to R30K range regardless if he used a single battery which lasts for 5 minutes or a bank of batteries which last for 4 hours.

 

[Colin62]

Did you check the OP's requirements?
Dbl storey large house, but just need basics running during load shedding (lights, tv, couple of fridges, server, pc, coffee machine etc)

That's probably 2-3 kW alone without the "etc" devices.
Now go price a 5kVA sine wave inverter and batteries and post the price here for comparison.
The inverter alone is going to be in the R20K to R30K range regardless if he used a single battery which lasts for 5 minutes or a bank of batteries which last for 4 hours.

Ok. There are a few ranges being trotted out. The OP said between 5K and 15K. The post I replied to said between 10 and 20 times that amount. So in my head was a price of R150K - R300K, but upon reflection see that it is actually R50k - 300K. Yeah, I can see it cost R50K to get a decent bank of batteries and an invertor.