Power Inverters

Always Ensure You Install Power Inverters Correctly

All AC equipment that can be found in retail stores has been specially designed to run off a pure sinewave wave form – this includes equipment such as motors, computers as well as certain lights, not to mention the numerous other sensitive electrical paraphernalia.

The standard AC mains that we get from Eskom is of an untainted sinewave nature – this means that these waves experience very little distortion to any outside interference which includes lightning and massive AC loads.

 

 

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UPS Systems

Connecting Your Expensive appliances To Your UPS Systems

If you are considering selecting surge protection for your expensive appliances, you need to ensure that you don’t make any vital errors when connecting your expensive appliances to your UPS Systems.

The wrong selection of UPS Systems could impact negatively on the daily running of your personal life and also of your business, and in this economic climate it is important to ensure that every single cent is accounted for.

 

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Home Solar Systems

There are many Questions Asked Regarding Home Solar Systems

For those looking for an alternative way of powering their homes in South Africa, the answer is easy – home solar systems!

Thing is, how exactly does a home solar system work?

  • A PV – otherwise known as a Photovoltaic Solar System, consists of solar panels, racks for placing the panels onto your roof, an inverter and wiring.
  • From sun-up to sun-down the solar panels generate electricity which is transmitted to an inverter.
  • The inverter in turn then converts this DC power into AC (Alternating Current) which is the standard used in most households.
  • AC power is then delivered directly to the main electrical service panel of your home.

 

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The Need for Solar Batteries

If you believe in all things green or have decided to go off the grid due to convenience, care and cost – whichever way you view the situation you are going to need a little knowledge on how solar batteries will work for you and your solar system.

Many home owners that are planning on installing a solar panel system don’t usually concern themselves with the many choices of solar batteries that are available. But there are many home owners as well as other solar energy users who are planning on installing a solar energy system that will be 100% off the grid or that at the very least, have emergency backup power. If this is the case you will most certainly need to learn a little about solar and be able to navigate your way around solar battery systems.

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Surge Protection

Nine Things You Should Know When Choosing Surge Protection

Because surge protection is an inexpensive way to protect your electrical equipment against power surges and dips, brown-outs and blackouts, everyone should think about being protected.

As their name implies, surge protection prevents voltage spikes from entering a device such as a computer or other electrical equipment and applications.

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UPS Sytems South Africa

UPS systems are useful tools for ensuring that there will always be a proper, continuous power supply performance at all times.

An uninterruptible power supply, also referred to as an uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery/flywheel backup, is an electrical device that offers alternative power to a load when the input power source or mains power goes pear-shaped.

Because UPS Systems in South Africa come in a variety of shapes, arrangements and sizes, you need to ensure that you choose the one that is just right for you and your electrical equipment.

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Voltage Stabilizers

What Exactly Is A Voltage Stabiliser And How Does It Work?

A Voltage Stabiliser is also referred to as an Automatic Voltage Stabiliser, AC Voltage Stabiliser or Voltage Regulator.

An Automatic Voltage Stabiliser has been created to automatically maintain a constant level of voltage so that your electrical equipment would be protected at all times against over-voltage, under-voltage as well as surges, leveling impulsive noise.

 

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Solar Batteries

Important Stuff You Need to Know About Battery Backup Systems

 

Granted an inexpensive power strip might do the job quite adequately to protect your computer or other equipment from power dips and hikes but it will not help when it comes to power outages and when your systems come to a halting crash.

There is important stuff you need to know about battery backup systems – something that everyone should know if they have experienced power dips and spikes or rolling blackouts.

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Avoid Data Centre Catastrophes With State-of-the-Art UPS Systems

DevelopmentUPSYou will now be able to avoid data centre catastrophes with state-of-the-art UPS systems. A UPS system – uninterruptible power supply, is a device that enables a computer to keep up and running for a period of time when the main power source goes down. It also offers protection from power dips and surges.

Your uninterruptible power supply contains a battery that kicks in when the device picks up a loss of power from the main power source.

For example, if you are using your computer when the UPS notifies you that there is a dip or a surge of power, you have sufficient time to save all your data you are working on and to exit safely before the secondary power source from the battery runs out. Read more

How Do Solar Batteries Work

deep cycle solar UPS batteriesSolar power is the future – but the question is how do solar batteries work and why is solar the power of the future?

Solar power it is unquestionably an alternative power option to replace electricity, fossil fuels and gas, and best of all, for those that use solar power instead of electricity, the results will soon be evident in utility bills, especially in home solar system solutions

For solar power to work solar batteries need to be used. Solar panels absorb the energy from the sun and the solar batteries store the power that is to be utilised as needed. Read more