ENERGY
DIYer ditches grid for less than Rk170
I
t is absolutely possible,
with no special electrical
knowledge, to take one's
house off the Eskom grid and
go solar. That's the word from
a Smallholder reader named
Stephen, from Randfontein,
who prefers to remain
anonymous.
Pointing out that he is neither
an electrician nor an electrical
specialist Stephen says “my
wife and I decided to go
totally off the electrical grid
system when we moved to a
plot south of Randfontein
after Eskom informed us, two
days before we moved in,
'that they don't have the
capacity to supply us with
electr