THE ECA’S LOADSHEDDING TIPS AND GUIDELINES FOR GATVOL SOUTH AFRICANS
The ECA’s Technical Adviser, Anthony Schewitz chatted to Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwe on his breakfast show last week about how loadshedding affects consumers and what […]
Category: Technical
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DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE FOR FREE: ISOLATORS AND COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
In his article about the common misconceptions around isolators, especially when discussing motors, ECA(SA) Technical Adviser, Anthony Schewitz, concludes that there are many ways one […]
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THE ELECTRICAL AND DIMMING BEHAVIOUR OF LED FILAMENT LAMPS
By Dr Marthinus Smit, Shuttle Lighting LED lamps were initially introduced as solid-state lighting (SSL) to provide significant energy saving combined with an increased lamp […]
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SANS 10142-1 EDITION 3 AND THE NEW REVISED BONDING TEST
By Anthony Schewitz, ECA(SA) Technical Adviser One of the significant changes in SANS 10142-1 Edition 3 is the bonding test (clause 8.6.2), however many electricians […]
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THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF POTENTIALLY ‘BULLETPROOF’ COC DOCUMENTATION
By Anthony Schewitz, ECA Technical Adviser All too often in our industry, we see contractors issue the bare minimum required when it comes to Certificates […]
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ADDITIONAL TEST REPORTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE ECA(SA)
Additional test reports for Certificates of Compliance are now available from ECA regional offices. The additional test reports are intended to assist electrical contractors with […]
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LOOK! HERE ARE SOME ESSENTIAL APPS TO AID SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRICIANS
By Anthony Schewitz, ECA Technical Adviser We live in the information age, and it’s called that because when we need information, we can usually find […]
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ECA(SA)’S NEW ELECTRONIC COC FOR SANS 10142-1 EDITION 3 NOW UP AND RUNNING FOR MEMBERS
ECA(SA) members can now access the electronic CoC (e-CoC), which is live and available at https://ecoc.ecasa.co.za/ The Edition 2 e-CoC documents are saved and these […]
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FREE DOWNLOAD: WHEN DO YOU NEED A SEPARATE DB FOR A GARAGE, GRANNY FLAT OR COMMUNE?
Why some houses have a separate distribution board (DB) in the garage or ‘granny flat’ and others don’t has become a contentious issue recently, judging […]
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VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FORMATS
For many years, the ECA(SA) has been providing the electrical contracting industry with legal blank Certificate of Compliance (CoC) forms combined with the test report […]
