A few simple solutions to make life with load shedding a little more bearable | YouMagazine
There are a number of budget-friendly lighting and back-up power solutions available to make sure we’re not completely left in the dark during power cuts.
To say our patience is constantly being tested would be an understatement, given that we’ve had loadshedding practically every day this year. Rescheduling plans, spending more on buying food, sitting in darkness for hours on end – it’s a reality with which South Africans are all too familiar. Although there are constant talks from government about plans to get us out of the dark, they have yet to shed light on actual solutions. Meanwhile, with no end in sight to the country’s energy malaise, consumers are having to adjust to living with loadshedding.
While not many people can afford to cough up hundreds of thousands for solar panels and inverters to take themselves off the grid entirely, there are a number of options available to help you avoid being left in the dark for hours on end. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.