Insurance company Dialdirect highlighted how load shedding damages cellphones, geysers, decoders, modems, gate motors and other devices.
It also provided tips on how to protect your possessions:
What you should know:
Batteries are vulnerable to load shedding. If a battery runs down completely, its lifespan is shortened. More charging cycles caused by load shedding reduces battery life.
Pure resistance devices such as stoves, geysers, kettles and heaters are unaffected when the power is switched on and off.
Devices such as fridges, tumble dryers, lawnmowers, dishwashers, washing machines, hair dryers and gate motors normally have an electric motor that is exposed to surges when the power is interrupted. Protective measures are normally built in, to protect electronic components against surges, so damage rarely occurs.
Devices like cellphone chargers, decoders, computers, radios…