Hi 'Load shedding'– This has got to be the latest buzz word in SA at the moment. Power solutions are offered in abundance, providing most of us with even more confusion than anything else. Our advice is: Be informed. Make your decisions wisely, and think long and hard before taking out your hard-earned money and rushing out to the nearest discount store to buy a generator offered at bargain prices. We offer sound advice by ensuring that we, as well as you yourself, understand your power requirements and help you look to the future, thus making wiser long term decisions. Amongst the many back-up power solutions we have designed, one that is very popular is an inverter and charger combination unit with seamless automatic transfer from mains supply to battery. This system allows one to utilize a generator to substitute power from mains and will naturally form part of a solar power based system in the future. The size and number of batteries in your system will dictate the total number of hours back up time you have available in event of a power failure. You can start off small with a minimum amount of batteries and add to them as your budget allows, thereby adding additional hours of back up. An inverter/charger system that will provide you with power for 4 x 12W lights, 1 x 72cm TV, DSTV, and a laptop for 3hrs will cost you around R 7300.00 To extend that time to 6hrs will cost you an extra R1360.00 Recovery time after a six hour power failure will be approximately 8hrs. Plan My Power is situated in Randburg (Johannesburg) in South Africa. Our client base is global and we currently export to more than 8 counties outside of Africa, and to more than 10 countries in Africa. If you would like to tell your friends about us, please use the 'Forward' button found at the bottom of this email. Contact us on Tel :+27 11 678 9184 or email our marketing director Steve Parry on steve@planmypower.co.za We offer consultation, assessment, and installation of power systems.