October 18, 20214 yr Can anyone help me. My dad has 3 phase power at his plot - his usage in total is about R800 a month, but his bill is about 4-4.5k a month. How do I get him off 3 phase - Eskom refused to help in anyway to find a solution. We asked them to remove the power completely, they wont He doesnt have an income, so the cost is killing us. We want to try put in a small solar system, but no point if we cant get him off Any suggestions
October 18, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Mandy said: Can anyone help me. My dad has 3 phase power at his plot - his usage in total is about R800 a month, but his bill is about 4-4.5k a month. How do I get him off 3 phase - Eskom refused to help in anyway to find a solution. We asked them to remove the power completely, they wont He doesnt have an income, so the cost is killing us. We want to try put in a small solar system, but no point if we cant get him off Any suggestions Where is he located? Which Municipality?
October 18, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Mandy said: Can anyone help me. My dad has 3 phase power at his plot - his usage in total is about R800 a month, but his bill is about 4-4.5k a month. How do I get him off 3 phase - Eskom refused to help in anyway to find a solution. We asked them to remove the power completely, they wont He doesnt have an income, so the cost is killing us. We want to try put in a small solar system, but no point if we cant get him off Any suggestions Could you please tell us who his electricity supplier is?
October 20, 20214 yr On 2021/10/18 at 6:24 PM, Basil Katakuzinos said: Could you please tell us who his electricity supplier is? If it’s on a plot, it’s most probably eskom directly. And they will bill you for line/pole rental as well.
October 20, 20214 yr Why wont they remove the power? I guess he can just stop paying and they will eventually disconnect him anyway. Get the offgrid solar and then stop paying haha. I would also try to keep on getting them to disconnect the power the legit way.
October 20, 20214 yr On 2021/10/18 at 4:02 PM, Mandy said: Can anyone help me. My dad has 3 phase power at his plot - his usage in total is about R800 a month, but his bill is about 4-4.5k a month. How do I get him off 3 phase - Eskom refused to help in anyway to find a solution. We asked them to remove the power completely, they wont He doesnt have an income, so the cost is killing us. We want to try put in a small solar system, but no point if we cant get him off Any suggestions Start off by taking an inventory. What does he have on each phase? Of that is there anything that he doesn't use or can do without? A solar system will need to be sized to meet with peak demand if he's going all the way off grid. So first put a number to that, then see if you can reduce it (EG turning down the thermostats on the geysers). Three phase inverters are available. You can get him off the grid, but it won't be cheap. Because what happens if you get a run of cloudy days? To go all the way off grid you are going to need something to fall back onto when there isn't a lot of solar. In urban areas where the cost for a connection is much lower you can retain the grid connection to fall back onto, but on a plot this likely mean a generator - or an oversized solar system with lots of batteries to get through the overcast times. You need to quantify his usage in terms of kw/h. Tariffs vary across the country, so an amount of money doesn't really tell us how much he is consuming. Why won't Eskom disconnect? Is there a contract in force? If there is then you may be stuck with that. Edited October 20, 20214 yr by Bobster
October 20, 20214 yr Neighbour of mine wanted to drop 3phase. Eskom were happy to do it if they went 1phase PRE-PAID. But they sold the plot so it is moot whether that would actually have happened.
October 20, 20214 yr I am on 3-phase prepaid on City Power, no network connection fee at the moment. The network connection fee and all the extra service charges they add on are the killer. Eskom charge a connection fee on pre-paid as well If he is only using R800 a month, I would try and get him converted to single phase prepaid as the connection fee is much lower.
October 20, 20214 yr Get a copy of the bill so you can see what the charges are for and take it form there.
October 26, 20214 yr Each house must have a "main breaker" in the house. Therefore if you switch that off then you use no electricity and then I would recommend settle the account. Keep your proof that you have requested a full disconnect. Thus what you have to do is to take an account with a letter one for the supplier and one for you as proof. Take it to the "nearest depo" let them stamp the date of reception or sign on your copy. Take a newspaper with and take a photo on your phone email all of this to: [email protected] If you do not use electricity the meter wont "turn" and you have sufficient proof. Use power after this date and you have to pay again ...
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