Unipin Electricity Outlets
Jonelle Rycroft
Prepaid and Smart Metering (OAMI) customers
Prepaid and OAMI clients can purchase a voucher with their credit card online at our website:
Legacy Prepaid meters (Meters with a keypad): Click HERE to make a payment
OAMI/ Smart Meters: Click HERE to make a payment
With a debit order your payable amount will be withdrawn from your account automatically each month. Debit Order authorisation also gives access to the SMS top-up functionality to Prepaid and OAMI/Smart Metering customers. Please DOWNLOAD and complete a debit order authorisation form and send it through to us. (Contact Details)
Prepaid electricity token can be purchased at Unipin points which include national outlets of Engen, Shell, Sasol, BP, Spar, Nedbank ATMs and Cash Express ATMs.
Your Meter Number must be presented at the vending outlet.
Collect receipt from teller and follow the steps in the slip to retrieve your 20 digit code.
Dial *120*41589*pin number*meter number# (now press call)
Your request will be processed and you will receive a 20 digit voucher via sms
nce the token number is punched into the prepaid meter the electricity is automatically loaded or if you have a Smart Meter (meters without keypads) will have the tokens delivered to the meter automatically, without any human interaction.
After the eThekwini Municipality introduced a new system whereby landlords, rather than tenants, are responsible for the payment of electricity and water usage, the KwaZulu-Natal property industry has been aflutter with activity with some landlords insisting on double rentals to cover the possibility of unpaid utilities.
To counter such kneejerk reactions, Just Letting, a division of Just Property Group, has become the first company to implement the netVendor solution throughout its network, starting in KwaZulu-Natal, as landlords are anxious about the impact the new system is going to have on their rental properties.
The netVendor solution is an internet-based, prepaid electricity and water revenue management and vending solution that manages the financial switching of funds, the distribution of top up vouchers and meter related information.
End-users, in this case the tenants, can now buy prepaid water and electricity tokens through a variety of avenues: on their cell phone, via the internet, through FNB, or physically at Easypay outlets like Pick n Pay, Shoprite Checkers as well as Unipin outlets such as Nedbank and Spar.
Tenants, on the other hand, can be assured that they are not being overcharged for electricity as they are able to monitor their consumption by checking the easy-to-read monitor and adjusting their consumption accordingly.
No. A normal sub-meter can often cost nearly as much as our prepaid meters depending on where you buy it and who you get to install it for you. If you are at the stage where you do not already have a seperate electrical board and are still going to be installing one then getting a Meter Mate Prepaid Meter with an integrated earth leakage can actually cost you less than buying an earth leakage and meter seperately.
If your meter is on the voucher system you need to buy vouchers from your landlord or managing agent. If your meter is registered you can buy from Easy Pay outlets (Pick 'n Pay, Checkers, Shoprite ect) aswell as any shops that sells unipin vouchers (Spar, Garages, Spaza Shops). You can check if your meter is registered by clicking "supported meters" on the Easy Pay website.
No. There are some inbuilt and external tamper proof measures. The Prepaid Meter is sealed when it is installed. If at any stage the prepaid meter is opened it will become disabled until a unique reset code is entered.
NB! It is also important to regularly read you council meter, submit meter readings and check that the amount of units that you are selling to your tenant add up to the amount of units you are paying the council for. In this way, if you see that your bill from the council is much higher than amount of money you are being reimbursed from your tenant you will know that there is either a problem. Either prepaid meter has been tampered with or you have a problem with your council meter. It is also important to regularly inspect your property and check the meter itself for evidence of tampering.
The tenant should be billed the rate that you are paying to the council, which can vary according to the tariff structure you are on. It is therefore important to ensure that you know what rate you are paying the council. This way you will not be under or overbilling. See Tips and tools making sure you are on the best tarrif for you.
If you have an existing tenant they may have reservations about the new meters. We feel that if you point out the benefits of how prepaid meters can work best for both parties they will be happy to have one installed.
We feel that these meters offer great advantages to both tenants and owners and that if you discuss this with your owner they will also see the advantages and will be willing to install a prepaid meter. The cost of installation is not that high the owner may be willing to pay the full cost. You may be asked to contribute to the cost either with a once off fee or by charging you a slightly higher rate for each KWH that you consume.
We suggest that if you are going away for a short period ie a month or less, that you make sure that you have recharged your meter with enough electricity to last this amount of time (bare in mind your average consumption for this period) For longer periods and possibly even in the case above you should make sure that everything that is not essential is turned off and unplugged, thus minimzing any useage. You will still need to ensure that you have sufficient electricity to keep you meter going for anything that you can't turn off (e.g. alarm, gate, pool etc) We suggest that you have a friend or family member check you property once a week as this is the best way to ensure that your property will be safe from crime, water damage or any other disaster.
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