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Mustek's inverter trollies flying off shelves in South Africa

South Africa's worst year of load-shedding has seen many more people buy backup power systems to keep some of their appliances and gadgets online during the rotational power cuts.

The power trolley is one of the more cost-effective solutions for households that can't afford to install large solar-and-battery systems.
 
How would I be able to figure out what this could power?

Ideally I'd like power for my ONT and Router and maybe a TV.

I know none of these options would power a kettle or microwave unfortunately.

That would be ideal. A few devices and a microwave for example.
 
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I bought one in June and it was a life-saver, I work from home and need my pc's and fibre to stay up during loadshedding and the inverter trolley did it's job when things went to stage 6 and 5 recently
 
Really try to avoid lead-acid batteries as current load shedding will require replacement in 2 to 3 years. LiFePO4 is the way to go with way longer life and greater depth of charge. I still regret my last lead-acid batteries purchase and had to replace all 12 batteries at a very hefty cost. My daughter got a small Victron inverter/charger and replaced it's lead-acid battery with only an 80Ah LiFePO4 battery, and it is running the TV, router, internet, some lights, etc for a good 4+ hours at a time.
 
How would I be able to figure out what this could power?

Ideally I'd like power for my ONT and Router and maybe a TV.

I know none of these options would power a kettle or microwave unfortunately.

That would be ideal. A few devices and a microwave for example.
You'd need this one
It would just about cover a microwave, but just about.
 
Really try to avoid lead-acid batteries as current load shedding will require replacement in 2 to 3 years. LiFePO4 is the way to go with way longer life and greater depth of charge. I still regret my last lead-acid batteries purchase and had to replace all 12 batteries at a very hefty cost. My daughter got a small Victron inverter/charger and replaced it's lead-acid battery with only an 80Ah LiFePO4 battery, and it is running the TV, router, internet, some lights, etc for a good 4+ hours at a time.
Lead acid, more like 6 months.
 
I've bought 3 from them over the last 4 years. Still going strong, one battery is showing its age though. Great service, although the latest ones I have I built myself for a slight saving.

They must be rolling in money at the moment.
 
They really need to stop selling lead-acid battery systems and only sell lithium ones. Lead-acid only leads to disappointment and frustration.
But more and more sales! And once peeps go to rehab and finally get off the acid, they will get their lithium love from them too, because they saved their credit card number with them.
 
They really need to stop selling lead-acid battery systems and only sell lithium ones. Lead-acid only leads to disappointment and frustration.
Still have my Vision lead-acids. (Pc Linkshop). Still going strong, for now. It's only been two years, though.

One day when I'm rich... I'll rule the world - and get some Lithium batteries.
 
Still have my Vision lead-acids. (Pc Linkshop). Still going strong, for now. It's only been two years, though.

One day when I'm rich... I'll rule the world - and get some Lithium batteries.

Depends how you discharge them though. Most people I know who have lead-acid battery power trolleys run the things into the ground and have never heard that you shouldn't discharge them past 50%. Then they're surprised when they need new batteries after 6 months.
 
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