@ Clement and Brainiac, I use the pre paid meters.
Cost is the same. Fuel levy is still double the consumption.
I have no problem getting airtime. Uchumi hyper Ngong road sorts me out just nicely.
I have used Mpesa to load electricity so if need be, you can always use it (you can load sh 500 electricity when things are thick!).The big advantage for me is that you can monitor your consumption easily and take necessary action. All in all I prefer prepaid to post paid.
Is it possible that your cousin's postpaid bill was deducted from his prepaid 'electime' hence creating the impression of higher consumption. If you have an outstanding postpaid bill before consumption, your prepaid purchase is used to offset this. Don't know what rate they use though.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM, [ Brainiac ]
<arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
the problem with the new meters from what i hear has to do with availability of air time. Plus the fact that you load airtime today for use beginning tomorrow.
wind is very versatile, and if you are located somewhere with good speeds (over 5m/s avg), youre into something real good. An inverter/charger, a battery bank and you're ready to go.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Clement Ongera
<cnongera@gmail.com> wrote:
My Neighbour generates his own electricity using wind. I don't know
what he tells the KPLC/KENGEN guys. But its enough to supply to his
massive house and a few homes he owns in in compound.
My cousin installed these new prepaying electricity meters, only to
revert again to the "old" meters. I don't know why but I guess cost
was the contributing factor. Question is, are you charged "fuel Costs"
for these new meters?
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