Power cuts fuel sale of inverters

CHANDIGARH: Frequent power cuts in the Tricity have led to a spurt in sale of inverters by 25-30 % in the last two weeks with supply being snapped at odd hours.
“Till three years ago, people wouldn’t even buy uninterrupted power supply (UPS) for their computers in the city as Chandigarh was known for having no power trouble. But now you cannot do without an inverter,” said Mohit Sareen, a lawyer.
Dealers in the city are expecting the sale of inverters to go up 10 folds in the coming month due to rising temperature. “In the past decade, inverters were used only in offices to avoid interruption in work, but now the condition has changed. Due to long hours of power cuts inverters are a must have at home nowadays," says R K Bedi, a businessman.
"People are not only coming in to buy new inverters, but also to get their old ones repaired with longer lasting batteries as cuts are much longer these days," says Vijay Singh Rana, a dealer in Sector 40. Ekta Manchanda, who owns an inverter agency in Sector 26, said she has earned a profit of more than Rs 50,000 by selling inverters in the past one month.
“We have registered an increase in sale of inverters from about 25-30% in the past 10 days. With June being the peak season, the sale will only go up,” said Raj Bhinder, an agency owner in Sector 45.
"We also can’t do without inverters in our shops due to frequent power cuts," added Vikram Hans, an electronics dealer from Sector 17.