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Many families in South Africa have to find new and affordable ways of powering their homes in 2022. With the ongoing setbacks of load shedding, coupled with maintenance outages and power failures, alternative means of powering your home have become more important than ever.
Generators provide a cheap and convenient means of quickly restoring power to your home during both scheduled load shedding and unforeseen power failures. To this end, Africa Power Equipment provides a wide range of affordable, high quality generators for sale.
In this article, we take a closer look at the two primary benefits of using a back-up generator, namely convenience and affordability.
Generators are easy to install
A generator does not require professional installation and can be easily and quickly setup to power your house immediately. The process of switching your generator on and off is also safe and fast, giving immediate power when you need it most.
The reliability of a generator gives you instant peace of mind
Generators are designed to provide electricity instantly, and there are a wide variety of options from which you can select depending on your needs.
Generators can be used to power certain parts of your home to keep vital appliances running, such as your refrigerator or pump, or you can choose to buy a generator which will power your entire house during a power outage.
No matter what design or function you choose to use, generators are highly dependable alternative sources of power that provide you with the peace of mind in knowing that you and your family wonβt be left without electricity.
In this way, your frozen and refrigerated foods can be preserved, water can be pumped through your house, computers and laptops can be run for your home office needs, and heaters or electric blankets can be used during the icy winter months.
Generators ensure that your family is kept fed, safe, and warm during any type of power failure.
Generators are an affordable power source for your family
Generators are a more affordable investment than some other alternative power sources, such as solar panels. The initial cost of buying a generator soon provides a return on investment, as it prevents the unnecessary financial losses that are typically incurred during power outages.
As already mentioned, your food and frozen goods will be preserved, and precious work hours will not be lost during power outages.
Added to this, the variety of generators available from suppliers like Africa Power Equipment means that you can choose a generator that best suits your financial needs, whether itβs standby or whole house generator, petrol or diesel options, or single to three phase generators.
There is even the option to hire a generator, allowing you to cover your power requirements during important events, last-minute work deadlines, or during any other circumstance in which you need to generate power safely, cheaply and conveniently.
As such, generators are an excellent investment for families in 2022, allowing them to continue to work, play, and enjoy a safe and comfortable home.
Read more: How to prepare yourself for load-shedding