The current state of load shedding and power outages in South Africa has caused many problems for many people and especially for those people who work from home.  We have received numerous questions to the site from folk wanting to know what they should be looking out for when choosing a generator for their home and/or small business they run from home. 

Considering that this might go on for the next seven years or so, being prepared and equipping your home and home office to continue running smoothly during these power outages and load shedding may well add value to your property. 

The following article was written by and published with the kind permission of Tim Jackson who is a fount of knowledge when it comes to these weird and wonderful things that some of us don't know the first thing about. Thanks Tim, this is absolutely invaluable!