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A timer on the geyser will obviously mitigate the following issue, but personally i would be vary cautious with connection lead acid batteries to a geyser, you element is small yes, but with cold enough temperatures and long enough running cycle you can easily put those batteries in a precarious position... Speaking out of experience here, generally not the timed runs that are a issue, but rather...someone in the family is screaming for hot water and you forget to switch it off again scenarios...which happen

Ok i need to ask Mr Coetzee from melkbos, what are you selling here? Could you also keep your story stright...as now suddenly all this is achieved with 30 panels and some additional inverters popped up magically? Saw a article on mybroadband from today with a very suspiciously similar values. Great for you, but as already pointed out...these savings and benefits don't apply to all of us.

From my understanding this is based on how profitable your business is, the rebate gets deducted from the tax on your profit. I know a few small business owners which essentially do not qualify as their business showed little to no profit

Very cool competition

You will need to check if you can get a shading analysis done on your roof, as it's pretty hard to base this off a drawing especially if things like trees are excluded. But looking at the pitch on the roof i would be worried about shading in your proposed red area, i would personally suggest the section above the x, but I'm not a pro here only a guy trying to escape eskom.

The one ring...uhh i mean...inverter to rule them all... Don't think that exists mate, but you can checkout geewiz's trolley options. https://www.geewiz.co.za/2464-geewiz-inverter-trolleys Without knowing the usage of the TV (router/modem/OTN should be less than 10watts each), you would need to check the required watts per hour times the number of hours plus check which one falls in your budget. But fairly sure most of the offerings there should cover the requirement

You can check out solar advice, they do a rent to own option as well. Not sure how their rent to own contract is structured though Ps...personal experience with getting a quote and almost a system from Hohm energy...be very very careful, i was attracted by their "low deposit" advertising but they hide a lot in legalese, which ended up in them essentially requiring 100% payment upfront before installation starts which this 22k "management" fee was part of...which i did not like. I realize a lot of installers require a big deposits to cover the cost of the equipment, but be upfront about it and don't hide it in contract t & c's.

Calculate your daily usage and try to ascertain whether most of your load is during the day or night. If it is possible to shift more load to during the day, your savings could be massive.

I can only assume I84RiS meant when it gets shutdown mid heating rather than a controlled timer shutting it down. To be fair though, i cannot see that getting variable spikes between 230V and 250V could be good for any electrical device's life span

About 30 to 60 years ago i guess it was mandatory, not really sure now. I do remember hearing the ripple switch turn on and off in my first place back when loadshedding just started. My concern is, having moved now, that i do not know whether this place has a ripple switch or whether the previous owners removed/disabled it, so i would see it very unfair if they expect us to carry the cost directly

I kind of agree with the people that say they can manage their own consumption better than COJ, if the most recent debacles with COJ loadshedding schedules is anything to go by. But then again i understand the need also as so many people just have such a wasteful attitude of "i pay for electricity so i will use electricity" type of thing. Personally i just think it will be an exercise of futility, people will pretend not to be home or actually not being home when they do come by, some will argue with the municipality staff and others will just out right refuse them entry. Not too mention all the delays that will be caused by people like me that will want to verify whether they are actual employees. Side question, did they indicate who would be carrying the costs of these devices if it is found that none are installed or that they have possibly been disabled?

You will need to provide some more detail on the entire quote. As the number of panels that are required as well as number of batteries and such affect the total price. Most installers price increases with each panel added. You can check comparisons online with solar advice/hohm energy/alumo energy to get a relative idea. But from my research 2300 for a 550watt panel are in the ball park of good to decent pricing. Longi is one of the best brands you can get, so no worries there. For the rest as i said we need to know more detail

You can, recent randburg water issues proved that....well it was 10L...just not a great way of washing dishes. So yes, its one of those it depends things, i found that the more people you are in a house, the dishwasher turns out to be a better option, or if you are less people and only put it on once it is full. But for our 2 people in the house usage scenario the once a day washing dishes works out great. But all of this doesn't matter if you have your dishwasher running off solar

Not have data points, just personal experience from a few years back and the electricity bills. Dish washer alone will be more efficient as it takes less energy to warm up a smaller amount of water, regardless of how inefficient your dishwasher is. The issue with drawing water from the geyser is that the temperature will not be a guaranteed say 50C (50C is my dishwashers eco mode) as you will be hard pressed to time your dishwashing for exactly after you geyser completed heating. So what will happen in most cases is you will be drawing water from your geyser which will be heated again by the dishwasher and will result in your geyser needing to heat up sooner to replace the lost heat. All in all better just to let the dishwasher heat it up on its own, or better yet...although for most a big no no, handwash you can save between 1kw and 2kw a day by doing so.

Has anyone bought the longi solar panels from leroy merlin, they are a fair amount cheaper than anywhere else at R1999 a panel, trying to figure out if this is a bargain or a possible scam https://leroymerlin.co.za/longi-solar-panel-mono-555w-81482623