Solar and inverter backup in Kenya
An inverter is silent, instant and needs no fuel, and it cannot start a borehole pump or run for longer than its battery. A generator does both and costs money every hour it runs. For many Nairobi homes the right answer is one of each, and we will say which.
- Inverters & Battery Backup Battery inverter systems for silent, instant backup, with a straight account of where they beat a generator and where they cannot replace one.
- Solar Generators & Solar Backup Solar backup and the portable battery units marketed as solar generators, with the terminology untangled and a straight account of what each will and will not run.