October 12, 20232 yr Just having completed a SANS training seminar presented by our distributor. For drilling some holes and pulling some wire you require now electrical engineers, municipal permission to provide yourself with what they can not provide. We are in business for 20 years, probably being forced to close down. Never mind many more unemployed and killing off small businesses. Our eclectically contractor is very good and solar proficient - not a single system blown in over 8 years. We try to follow all regulations which becomes impossible. For the client, who is going to CARRY THE COST FOR ALL THESE ENGINEERS - according to SANS, the client? Our electrical contractor checks the systems and issues a COC when all is in order. In my 20 years in business I spend 6 1/2 years in the factories in the far east in RD&QC - I even have done the OLYMPIC Games in Sydney installing systems worth millions of US$ (not Rand). What did our electrical contractor train for all these years if his expertise is now worth nothing? Correct connection YES, Standards YES - but can any one answer what this is??? Why must the normal person on the street pay for ESKOM (state) failure? Has common sense left SA for good? Why are "distributors" are still allowed to sell solar equipment - or is this simple monopolization again?
October 12, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, Wolfie said: Why are "distributors" are still allowed to sell solar equipment - or is this simple monopolization again? This.........
October 12, 20232 yr Two people I know who used to install solar systems in Cape Town have abandoned the work One is installing irrigation systems and the other is sub-contracted to ADT for commercial alarm installation and maintenance Between them, they let 9 employees go Their order books went from 14 to 20 a month to 2
October 12, 20232 yr Result: More people will simply start disconnecting from the grid or do their damnedest to get as close to off-grid as possible. For many many many years cities all over SA have relied on the sale of electricity ( and the big profits that came with it )to balance their extravagant budgets. Now they are scrambling to find ways to retain what's left of their electricity sales while they figure out ( creatively )where to find the next way to extract revenues from citizens. One of the easy avenues for them is to over-regulate... Pretty much what all the politicians have been doing to all spheres of business and we all see the results.
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