Jan
Articles, Life Hacks, Lifestyle
Load shedding hacks to help save your appliances 💡
With our country moving to stage 6 load shedding for what seems like the foreseeable future. Many South African’s find themselves in quite a predicament working around the rolling blackouts.
Not only that but many have mentioned their struggle with their electric appliances due to power surges caused by the ongoing outages.
And we’ll top it by saying most insurance companies are refusing to cover the damages caused by load shedding. So how do we save our appliances and our pockets from the power surges.
We’ve got just the tips for you:
Uninterrupted power supply
This is a devise with a battery backup system that can supply power to your device for a matter of minutes or hours. Even if your UPS only runs for a few minutes, it still buys you enough time to power down your devices safely and correctly.
Unplug your devices
If you can, try keep your computer cables and telephone cables linked to modems and other sensitive equipment unplugged during load shedding.
Back-up batteries or solar power
Security systems are often compromised during load shedding by installing back up battery systems for electric gates and solar security lights you can help ensure your home stays protected during load shedding.
Gents let us know in the comments below how you keep your electric appliances safe during load shedding?
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Loadshedding is making our life very difficult.
I always try to keep my electrical appliances unplugged before and during load shedding hit.
Thanks for the article!
what an awesome article, this will definitely save me loads of money as loadshedding has us all ducking and diving for hacks and ways to save us