POSITIVE FEEDBACK
THE POWER OF LIFE LIVED OFF THE GRID BY SHAUN FERREIRA
Simply Green article sparks a REVOV(lution) for sustainable living couple
M This Revov battery bank ensures there is no shedding. It runs all the couple’s household appliances.
Y PARTNER Donna and I live on a remote 4 hectare piece of land in the Free Stare. We have been living off the grid as regards power and water for over a year now. We have been fortunate enough to be able to build our own home and put in a borehole and our own solar set-up. Being enthusiasts of living as self-sufficiently and sustainably as possible, we looked at, and researched, a lot on solar power. After months of investigation, we purchased our own solar gear and set it up ourselves. Our system consists of 9 x 330watt solar panels 1 x 5kW Synapse 5k+ hybrid off2 0
grid inverter/charge controller 2 x 24v 2nd Life battery bank with BMS by Revov This gives us 10.2kWh of storage power We are part of a Facebook group called Self Sufficiency and Sustainability South Africa where we get plenty of information and have been posting and sharing our journey to self-sufficiency and sustainability. Our story was picked up by Simply Green Magazine, which did a article on our energy journey published in their April edition. It was also published in an Independent Media newspaper. The Revov storage-energy company picked up on the
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article and, through Simply Green Magazine, made contact with us wanting to gift us more energy-storage equipment. On June 1, a team from Revov arrived at our homestead. They gave us one of their new R100 51v 100ah 5.1kW batteries. In addition, they gave us two new storage cabinets and installed everything for us. We were bowled over! It just goes to show what is possible and we are forever grateful for this amazing gift and experience. We want to thank the Facebook group Self Sufficiency and Sustainability South Africa, Simply Green Magazine and, most of all, the team and managing director of Revov for all you have done for us.
