Posted by Echardt on January 28th, 2014
Everyone occasionally finds themselves in a situation where there is a burst water mains or similar in the area where you reside in which causes one’s residence to be without a water supply for some time. The repair time entirely depends on the situation, area and country one resides in. However, the damage this may cause to the water heater / […]
Posted by Echardt on January 23rd, 2014
During summer we normally experience a lot of thunder and lightning storms here in South Africa. I suppose it is the same all over the world. There are a few things one can do to limit or prevent damage to our electrical equipment at home or at the office. Firstly, it is wise to ensure that […]
Posted by Echardt on February 26th, 2013
I have good news for those that do not want to call out an electrician to install a timer!!! Most larger hardware or electrical supply stores now do stock a new type of plug-in and go socket that already has a timer built in. Plug it into a normal wall socket, set the time/s then […]
Posted by Echardt on April 26th, 2012
A few points to take note of (and ponder) should you be supplied with water by UGU District Municipality. Meters are NOT being read monthly, irrespective of what you may be told. Many residential meters are not being read for lengthy periods of time due to the fact that the meters are either not located, […]
Posted by Echardt on March 21st, 2012
Most of us that do have electronic equipment at home or at the office must have had some experience with power surges causing damage to or destroying these pieces of equipment. Worst of all, sometimes only to find out that your insurance does not cover you in such an event if you do not have surge protection […]
Posted by Echardt on February 18th, 2012
I have noticed that most of the bigger shopping malls in South Africa seem to have done little about assisting their tenants in lowering electricity bills by introducing the use of energy saver lamps. If you are an owner of a commercial venture somewhere in such a shopping mall /center in South Africa (i.e Gateway in Durban, Westville Mall, […]
Posted by Echardt on February 9th, 2012
To enable you to do this test you have to have access to your electricity meter (from the utility/body corporate/landlord). In other words you must be able to take down readings from this meter yourself on a daily basis over the test period. Remember, you first need to determine what is the average daily usage of kWh […]
Posted by Echardt on February 8th, 2012
Lets have a quick look at energy usage for space heating. It amazes me to still find people in this modern era that do not understand the fact that anything using electrically driven elements are high users of electricity. It does not matter whether it is a normal bar type heater, a fan driven one, an oil (finned) heater or […]
Posted by Echardt on January 13th, 2012
In order to successfully attempt reducing one’s electricity usage (and energy cost) at home or in your business, one needs to have a better understanding of a few related factors of influence. Firstly, here in South Africa we have to deal with a variety of electricity tariffs across the country. These tariffs vary not only in […]
