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As this is an ongoing Eskom process.Switch off the Eskom mains from today to ascertain if what you have is enough to sustain your household and apply this across a few months.Try not to be too conscious of saving electricity because you want to get thru the days but rather live normally until Spring and you will get a reasonable idea of what you require to get off the grid.
I applied this process from April- November 2024 and now i am busy plugging all the gaps and pitfalls so that i can move off the grid next year.
Note that you will get the estimated billing from your grid supplier for sometime until they correct it.
Another suggestion is to consider using the option of a heat pump instead of the geyser or reliance on gas for any heating as that adds up to your gas cost.The heat pump uses a quarter of energy to heat up the same amount of water when compared to a geyser.Your geyser simply becomes a storage facility for the heat pump.
if you have a pool,covering the pool allows your pool pump to run less in a day.I actually got away with 2 hours a day in Winter and 4 hours a day in Summer.My pool was sparkling clean despite being around trees.
With this experiment,you will be able to have a reliable data specific to your household to work with so you can safely go off the grid.

As this is an ongoing Eskom process.Switch off the Eskom mains from today to ascertain if what you have is enough to sustain your household and apply this across a few months.Try not to be too conscious of saving electricity because you want to get thru the days but rather live normally until Spring and you will get a reasonable idea of what you require to get off the grid.
I applied this process from April- November 2024 and now i am busy plugging all the gaps and pitfalls so that i can move off the grid next year.
Note that you will get the estimated billing from your grid supplier for sometime until they correct it.
Another suggestion is to consider using the option of a heat pump instead of the geyser or reliance on gas for any heating as that adds up to your gas cost.The heat pump uses a quarter of energy to heat up the same amount of water when compared to a geyser.Your geyser simply becomes a storage facility for the heat pump.
if you have a pool,covering the pool allows your pool pump to run less in a day.I actually got away with 2 hours a day in Winter and 4 hours a day in Summer.My pool was sparkling clean despite being around trees.
With this experiment,you will be able to have a reliable data specific to your household to work with so you can safely go off the grid.