The month of July solar figures are actually better than expected and kind of encouraging. June and July are normally the worst performing months due to us here in South Africa being in the middle of winter.

This last week I finally received the solar geyser quote which came in at the price I expected of around R40K or $2.5K. The price does not include labor and will discuss that with my solar installer this

This morning I was given a utility bill for the Durban house which we rent out and this is absolutely absurd. The balance bought forward is what is being questioned as our normal monthly utility bill is

This message came through our community WhatsApp group this morning posted by one of the City of Johannesburg local Councilors. There has been no information directly from the City of Johannesburg because

source Living in Johannesburg we have according to this image 8.4 hours of sunshine per day (3066 hours) which is fine especially when even on cloudy days the solar system works just as well. We are adding

The roof will look a whole lot different next week when another 8 solar panels are installed. Last week I had my solar installer come over and discuss what we need to do this month to take another step

source This story is kind of crazy and you have to wonder was this done on purpose or are certain individuals being paid a back hander to make these errors. Nothing is ever just black and white when so

Finally some progress and at the same time just happy to get my solar battery back which I fetched this morning. Apparently they said they had emailed me and that was not true as the first email I received

Here are the solar figures for May and not much difference from April as we are still waiting on the one battery that was sent back to the suppliers in March. All they have to do is check that the battery

As you ca see lookin at the March figures not much has changed except these days I do not touch anything and the house is being run 100% through the solar power system. A switch was installed that will

Over the last few months we have seen some negative press coming from South Africa's SOE electricity supplier called Eskom. They are scared and rightly so as the customers that pay the bills are slowly

I kind of knew where the water meter was located, but it still took 40 minutes of careful digging to uncover it. This shows how often they come and take readings which is like never. Today I spent the

For some reason images are not reflecting when posting from inleo so I will be using Peakd for the time being. Today I have a team on the roof still preparing for the rubberized paint that will be the

Greetings, In this video I talk about a disconcerting post I saw on social media the other day. A lady commented that she had become unable to keep up with her utility bills and had to take some actions

source You can be penalised by up to 1000% if you need to use the grid for top ups once you have installed solar power. This is what is being contemplated currently and makes no sense to the normal person.