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Unstoppable force that kills solar inverters and batteries in South Africa
There is very little South African households can do to protect their solar power systems against lightning strikes, apart from ensuring their system is properly certified and insured.
According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS), about 25 million lightning strikes occur each year, making South Africa one of the world’s top countries for lightning activity.