Solutions
Three ways to do this. One right answer.
Which system you should buy depends almost entirely on how much load-shedding you're willing to live with — and how fast you want the thing to pay for itself.
System types
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On-Grid
Lowest cost, biggest saving
Tied to the grid with net billing. No batteries to buy or replace — but it switches off during load-shedding.
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Best for
- Homes and businesses with a reasonably reliable grid supply
- Premises where most consumption happens during daylight
- Anyone whose priority is payback rather than backup
- Buildings with roof space but a limited budget
Hybrid
What most people should buy
Net billing plus battery backup. Saves like on-grid, and keeps running through outages. Our most-installed system.
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Best for
- Anywhere load-shedding is a regular fact of life
- Homes with children, elderly family, or medical equipment
- Businesses where an outage means lost trade or spoiled stock
- Anyone replacing a UPS or cutting generator hours
Off-Grid
Independent of the grid entirely
Panels, batteries and inverter only. For sites where there is no net billing worth having.
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Best for
- Farms, tube wells and irrigation with no usable grid supply
- Remote sites where net billing is impractical or expensive
- Locations where supply exists but is unusable in practice
- Applications where energy independence matters more than payback
Side by side
The honest comparison.
The same rows for all three, so you can weigh the trade-offs rather than read three sales pitches.
| Feature | On-Grid | Hybrid | Off-Grid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net billing / export credit | Yes | Yes | Not applicable |
| Runs during load-shedding | No | Yes | Yes |
| Batteries required | No | Yes | Yes, sized larger |
| Relative upfront cost | Lowest | Medium | Highest |
| Relative payback speed | Fastest | Moderate | Not the objective |
| Grid-tied system | Yes | Yes | No |
| Maintenance load | Lowest | Moderate | Highest |
Still deciding?
Tell us your bill and your load-shedding hours.
Those two numbers are usually enough for us to tell you which system actually makes sense for your building.