Price reductions expected in backup power market

Daniel Puchert

Daniel Puchert

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Good news for backup power prices

The continued suspension of load-shedding could drive the prices of already much-reduced backup power products even lower.

In addition, a continued break power cuts could see retailers switching their marketing to focus on selling these products as potential cost savers rather than backup power solutions.
 
Blankmastermind said:
So we were getting ripped off with excessively high prices when there was load shedding and now everyone has to sell at a lower cost so they not sitting with aged stock but they still make a hefty profit
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I can't complain, I would have paid double what I did for my backup solution at the time, and if they'd put price controls in place you can bet there would have been no supply at all. There had to be an incentive for the suppliers to bring in stock and the opportunity to sell at a nice margin is what it took.

What I think people are going to regret is overcapitalising, especially as dust builds up in their inverters and they have the first out of warranty repairs to do...
 
Hemi300c said:
Ummmm there's an additional 10% tax being added recently on panels .........................................?
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For some reason the media likes to downplay that, probably because they're taking their cue from suppliers not customers, and suppliers don't want us to worry... they'll absorb it in their margins... or something.
 
Death said:
Those ecoflow's are still pretty pricey in comparison to what you can get from geewiz and the likes.
But I've also only heard good things thus far about them.
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Yeah, R10k for a 400W solar panel!
 
Death said:
Those ecoflow's are still pretty pricey in comparison to what you can get from geewiz and the likes.
But I've also only heard good things thus far about them.
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The baby Geewiz is modified sine wave. Not good for induction motors.

Youtube reviews of the Bluetti units show very poor frequency regulation. Even the EB70 swings wildly from 50 to 62Hz which is pretty poor for a 50Hz inverter.

The Ecoflows held a stable 50 or 60Hz (depending on country) regardless of load condition all the way until they tripped due to overload. That indicates a better electrical design than the Geewiz and Bluetti units.

Most people wouldn't care about frequency but I do since I need to run syncronous clock motors which depend on accurate frequency to drive a geared output at very specific RPMs.

The solar panels are nuts. I'd spec an alternative. Just need to make sure the voltages are within range.
 
Blankmastermind said:
So we were getting ripped off with excessively high prices when there was load shedding and now everyone has to sell at a lower cost so they not sitting with aged stock but they still make a hefty profit
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When are we ever not ripped off...
But yes, the stock, she be sitting now that LS is suspended
 
The retailers are just exposing themselves as scalpers with each week that rolls by.

Tomorrow, they'll groan for business rescue and blame the consumer.

Where are the CPA in all this? Are they complicit?
 
LCBXX said:
The retailers are just exposing themselves as scalpers with each week that rolls by.

Tomorrow, they'll groan for business rescue and blame the consumer.
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Here's looking at ECOFLOW yes...
Tomorrow they'll blame the consumer indeed, and the weak RAND
 
Takealot pricing reminds me of BoB:

So I want to buy this item:

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Indicative market pricing for a secondhand one is R1199

Takealot has the item brand new for R1239:

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How does a seller get to R1199 for secondhand as an indicative price?
 
Who’s a reputable Solar panel and battery seller that has the best prices?
 
Paul_S said:
Pretty much that. Price gouging like crazy.
Check the drop in these prices:

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Don't be fooled by those "Price Drops". The people who list stuff like that, increase the "Listing Price" at the same time they decrease the "Current Price". So it looks more appealing than it actually is.

I prefer to check the value of batteries based on their Price/Watt hour. R4-5 per Wh seems to be decent, but that 720Wh is R9.72
Sure the power station has extra electronics and sometimes an inverter, but the inverter and electronics only cost so much, the rest is the battery, so you are probably being overcharged if they scale the price according to size/Wh.

EcoFlow DELTA MAX 2016Wh (Actual Special):​


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Tomtomtom said:
I can't complain, I would have paid double what I did for my backup solution at the time, and if they'd put price controls in place you can bet there would have been no supply at all. There had to be an incentive for the suppliers to bring in stock and the opportunity to sell at a nice margin is what it took.

What I think people are going to regret is overcapitalising, especially as dust builds up in their inverters and they have the first out of warranty repairs to do...
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As long as/hopefully the break happens after roi
 
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