Phoning around Western Cape 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 towns and cities across Western Cape.
Power Inverters (12V to 230V) in Western Cape
Shopping for a power inverter in Western Cape? Suppliers and auto electricians in Western Cape and around Western Cape 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 Western Cape
Remote workers in Observatory, Woodstock and Sea Point keep fibre boxes on router UPS units. Offices in the Cape Town CBD, Century City and Tyger Valley put desktops and server racks on line-interactive or online UPS units. Campers on the N7 to the Cederberg buy power stations and solar generators, and security companies in Milnerton and Kuils River fit battery backed supplies for cameras and alarm panels.
Western Cape: the supply, the weather and the buildings
Western Cape owners often think about backup in winter, when cold fronts bring gale force wind, heavy rain and toppled lines. The City of Cape Town supplies much of the metro, Eskom supplies other parts of it and many rural areas directly, and towns such as Stellenbosch, George and Hermanus run their own networks. Storm damage, cable theft and substation faults are the usual causes of outages today. Homes want wifi, lights, the fridge and the gate covered; wine farms want cellars and cold rooms protected; offices and clinics need computers running. Many municipalities here ask owners to register inverters connected to the supply, so check with yours. Salt air near the sea is hard on metal cabinets.
The requests we see from Western Cape usually come from:
- Homeowners: a pure sine inverter and deep cycle battery for the TV and lights in a pinch
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: an inverter in the security patrol vehicle for radios, chargers and a spotlight
- Offices and home offices: an inverter in a company car or bakkie for laptops and site equipment
Local tips for Western Cape
Backup installs, batteries and UPS units in Western Cape mostly come from here: installers and battery shops in Cape Town's northern and southern suburbs and Paarl. The requests that come up most: home and complex backup in Cape Town, wine farm cellars and coastal holiday homes. When you ask for quotes, ask the installer to handle the municipal inverter registration paperwork.
Around Western Cape 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 of Cape Town, municipal and Eskom supply; storms and cable theft cut it.
Service area: Western Cape and surrounds
Across Western Cape our network reaches Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Worcester and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether an installer charges travel per kilometre or a fixed call out.