Phoning around Johannesburg for the right unit at a fair price takes time. Send one request instead, with what it must run and how many you need, and we pass it to auto electrical and power suppliers who supply Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Power Inverters (12V to 230V) in Johannesburg
Shopping for a power inverter in Johannesburg? Suppliers and auto electricians in Johannesburg and around Gauteng can quote 12 V and 24 V pure sine inverters for bakkies, caravans, boats and camping, with the right cable, fuse and second battery setup. Tell them what you want to run.
Want to know more first? Our power inverters guide covers the options, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Johannesburg
Students in Braamfontein and Auckland Park, and people renting flats in Hillbrow and Yeoville, ask most for a router UPS that keeps the fibre box and router alive, or a mid-size power station for a laptop and a lamp. Small shops along Bree Street and in the Fashion District put tills and card machines on a line-interactive UPS. Emergency lights for stairwells in older blocks are another regular request.
Backing up in Johannesburg
Most of Johannesburg is supplied by City Power, while Eskom supplies parts of Soweto and a few outlying areas directly, so households a few streets apart can live with quite different outage patterns. Cable theft in the south and along rail lines, ageing underground cables in the inner city and overloaded local substations cause many of the longer interruptions, and Highveld summer storms add their share. In Melville, Parkhurst and Kensington, owners of older houses usually want an inverter and lithium battery for the lights, wifi, fridge and gate. Tenants in Braamfontein and Berea lean on router UPS units and power stations instead. Old wiring is common, so expect an electrician to look at the DB board before quoting.
Typical power inverters requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a pure sine inverter and deep cycle battery for the TV and lights in a pinch
- Offices and home offices: an inverter in a company car or bakkie for laptops and site equipment
- Shops, restaurants and salons: an inverter in a food truck or market bakkie for a card machine and lights
Local tips for Johannesburg
Backup installs, batteries and UPS units in Johannesburg mostly come from here: electricians and battery shops in Booysens, Selby, Ormonde and along Main Reef Road. The requests that come up most: inverters with lithium batteries for older houses, router UPS units for flats. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the old DB board needs work and whether that is in the quote.
Around Johannesburg the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a pure sine inverter and deep cycle battery for the TV and lights in a pinch. Before you agree to anything: fuse at the battery; never wire into a house. The supply here: city Power, Eskom direct in parts of Soweto; cable theft and tired substations.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Requests from Johannesburg go to installers and suppliers who already work in Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville and the rest of the area. Mention an estate with access rules, a double storey or a long cable run from the DB board, because they change the job.