Phoning around Gauteng 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 backup power suppliers who supply towns and cities across Gauteng.
Solar Generators in Gauteng
After a solar generator in Gauteng? Suppliers serving Gauteng and the wider Gauteng area can quote a power station with folding panels sized for camping, a cottage or outage backup. Ask about panel watts, the station's solar input limit and the cables needed to connect them.
The main solar generators page explains the equipment, the safety points and the costs in more detail.
Gauteng notes on ups & portable power
Home offices in Northcliff, Edenvale and Garsfontein lean on router UPS units and small power stations for video calls when the fibre box drops. IT dealers around Sandton, Rosebank and Hatfield supply line-interactive UPS units for desktops and rack UPS units for server cupboards. Security companies in Alberton and Boksburg fit battery backed 12 V supplies so cameras, alarm panels and electric fences stay up when the street goes dark.
Power in Gauteng
Electricity in Gauteng reaches most homes through the metros: City Power in Johannesburg, the City of Tshwane and the City of Ekurhuleni, while Eskom supplies Soweto, parts of Sandton and Midrand and many townships directly. Load shedding is quieter than it was, yet cable theft, overloaded mini substations and violent Highveld thunderstorms still black out whole suburbs, sometimes for days while a fault is traced. Most households want the wifi, lights, TV, fridge, gate and alarm kept going, usually with a 5 kVA hybrid inverter and a 48V lithium module. Estates, offices and small server rooms ask for larger 3 phase systems. Summer lightning is the biggest danger to electronics here, so make surge protection part of every quote.
The requests we see from Gauteng usually come from:
- Homeowners: a kit for lights, wifi and phones that recharges on the stoep during long outages
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a kit charging beside the guard hut for the radio, lights and the intercom
- Offices and home offices: a kit for a small office or home office to keep laptops and wifi going
Local tips for Gauteng
Backup installs, batteries and UPS units in Gauteng mostly come from here: installers and battery shops in Midrand, Randburg, Centurion, Kempton Park and Germiston. The requests that come up most: hybrid inverters with 48V lithium modules for houses, estates and home offices. When you ask for quotes, ask for surge protection on both the supply and the solar side, listed on the quote.
Requests range widely: 100 W to 400 W panels, 300 Wh to 2 kWh. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a kit for lights, wifi and phones that recharges on the stoep during long outages. One local point to raise: metro and Eskom supply; outages from cable theft, substation faults and storms.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
Across Gauteng our network reaches Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether an installer charges travel per kilometre or a fixed call out.