Eskom wants consumers to delay charging inverters

JOHANNESBURG - Eskom is urging households to delay the recharging of their backup power supplies after power cuts have ended.

This is to prevent potential trips and power supply interruptions.

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Some models may face challenges during severe blackouts, leading to longer recharging times.

But energy expert Mohamed Madhi says the power utility disregards the fact that businesses and consumers have invested a lot of money to keep lights on during power cuts.

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"The problem is that most people have used or invested in the system for their businesses, in particular so that they have a fully charged system when there is load-shedding," he said.

"Provided we are not in a Stage 5 or Stage 6 load-shedding, there is enough time between loadshedding intervals to charge your batteries.

"But the more load-shedding we have in the 24-hour intervals, the less time to charge your batteries."