" Se fue la luz,se fue la luz!"
These "outages" follow no "rhyme or reason".I can only say one thing,when you go to rent an apt.,the person renting the apt.will swear that the lights "Never" go out in that area,or the water!I have an apt. in "La FE"near my work,where I go to "relax".After 2 years,I got tired of going there only to find the lights out.Even worse to start watching a movie and have the lights go out half way through! So I spend 16,000 pesos for a 2.4 kilo inverter with 4 batteries(Recomended by AZB,de Santiago,Fantastic price and service) and now the lights never "go out!" Go figure. When you have the pesos to do "something" about the lack of "energy" where you live,you need to consider many factors. Price,inverter vs. electric generator.Noise,generator,lots of noise,inverter none.Conveniance,carry gas for the generator(La Planta),add distilled water to the batteriec every week or two.Go "start" the generator every time the lights go out,inverter you might not even know that the lights went out! Generator=engine "fumes",invertor nothing. Your energy needs,do you have large use of electricity. You do have to replace your invertor batteries every 3 years or so,at 1000 pesos each.I have 4 batteries in my apt.,and 8 in my house.When the time comes for you to make a choice,there are 1500 "experts" on DR1 ready to voice their opinions.With luck your "barrio" will soon be receiving "luz",22,or 23,7!Criss Colon