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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The wiring code, also known as SANS 10142-1, has been the topic of many discussions over the past 99 years of its existence with most […]
