My friend lives in Simonstown. First thing she & her husband did was install a commercial grade automatic generator. Their power goes off every evening.
Here on our Greek island we get occasional power cuts - especially in lightning season. So I spent a little under 2000 Euros on the bits to install a minimal solar power system. When new, it could keep my computers and a few lights running for up to ten hours. Now, 11 years later, I need to spend 1000 on new batteries.
If we had frequent, lengthy power cuts, I'd definitely expand the system. Luckily we don't (so far).
My friend lives in Simonstown. First thing she & her husband did was install a commercial grade automatic generator. Their power goes off every evening.
Here on our Greek island we get occasional power cuts - especially in lightning season. So I spent a little under 2000 Euros on the bits to install a minimal solar power system. When new, it could keep my computers and a few lights running for up to ten hours. Now, 11 years later, I need to spend 1000 on new batteries.
If we had frequent, lengthy power cuts, I'd definitely expand the system. Luckily we don't (so far).