Load shedding tip for small businesses

Small company owners are not happy. This is because of Eskom’s load shedding. Making it harder for them to run money-making businesses.

Leaving them with little choice but to try other ways as result. Such as matching their working hours with the load shedding times. Another is having inverters, generators, charging equipment, or even cooking with fire.

Invest in other ways of power during load shedding

Owner of the immune booster maker, Mtswako in Odendaalsrus, Free State, Keketso Mokgothu suggests business owners to think about buying other power supplies, like an inverter or generator.
“Never forget to get a generator or inverter, when you apply for that money and get approved,” Mokgothu advises Business Insider South Africa.

I can use an inverter or a generator when there is no electricity. A fridge also helps keep my items fresh at all times.

Use chargeable tools

The owner of the Silverton nail salon Glamour Bar said that she had charged things in her stock. These keep her business open during load shedding.

When there is load shedding, “I have equipment that I charge and I have a good two hours of electricity to work with,” she said.
These include a rechargeable electric E-filer, a desk clamp ring light, and a UV/LED nail-curing light. All of them can be charged using a USB cable.

Nomfundo Nhleko, owner of Nubian Native, a nail salon. It is located in Braamfontein and Roodepoort. She said that working around load shedding altogether saves a lot of trouble.

If your work needs electricity and you don’t have a backup power supply, know your schedule ahead of time, let clients know, and turn down meetings. “Invest in a portable battery that can power up the tools that need electricity that sillage sure you to keep working,” she advised.

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