You don't always need to use less electricity to pay less — sometimes you just need to use it at the right time. Here's how smart timing trims your bill and eases load-shedding.
The geyser: time it, don't run it 24/7
The biggest win. Heat the geyser only before you need hot water — a block in the morning and early evening — instead of keeping it hot around the clock. A GeyserWise controller automates this and typically saves 25–35%. This is the highest-impact timing change, with or without solar.
With solar: shift loads to daylight
If you have solar, run heavy appliances — pool pump, washing machine, dishwasher, geyser heating — during the day so they use your free solar production instead of grid power or battery. Self-use is worth far more than exporting.
Automate it
Timers, smart plugs and smart geyser controllers schedule heavy loads for the cheapest, smartest times automatically — see smart home automation. Combined with solar, that's where the real savings live.
Put it together
Geyser control + daytime load-shifting + efficiency basics meaningfully cut a Joburg bill. We set up the geyser control and smart switching — ask us how.