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 […]
Category: Technical
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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 […]
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THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF POTENTIALLY ‘BULLETPROOF’ COC DOCUMENTATION
By Anthony Schewitz, ECA Regional Director, Highveld All too often in our industry, we see contractors issue the bare minimum […]
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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 […]
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LOOK! HERE ARE SOME ESSENTIAL APPS TO AID SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRICIANS
By Anthony Schewitz, ECA Regional Director, Highveld We live in the information age, and it’s called that because when we […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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ELECTRICAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE – ARE YOU AN EXPERT?
The wiring code, also known as SANS 10142-1, has been the topic of many discussions over the past 99 years […]
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UNDERSTANDING THE NEW NEUTRAL LOOP IMPEDANCE TEST IN SANS 10142-1 EDITION 3
Anthony Schewitz, the ECA’s Technical Adviser’s article on the neutral loop impedance test in Edition 3 of SANS 10142-1 covers […]
