The ECA’s Technical Adviser, Anthony Schewitz chatted to Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwe on his breakfast show recently about how loadshedding affects consumers and what they can do to mitigate the risks that come with losing power frequently. There wasn’t enough time on the show to go into detail so, to help South Africans protect their expensive appliances and equipment and offer advice on alternative solutions, the ECA has compiled some loadshedding tips and guidelines. Read More .....

By Roelf Nel (Director) and Carin van Wyk (Associate Attorney) The widely accepted international definition of e-waste is “waste that is generated from anything that runs on electricity” and includes waste generated from both electronic and electrical equipment, devices and materials. Read More .....

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) places the onus on “every user or lessor” of a property, to ensure that the property’s electrical installation does not pose a threat to you, your family, any other person or animal, or the property. It also places the responsibility on the user or lessor to prevent any hazardous situations that may trigger an electrical incident. Read More .....

The ECA regularly receives queries about the relationship between the ECA(SA) and the Electrical Conformance Board (ECB) formerly known as the Electrical Contracting Board. There is currently no formal relationship between the two organisations. Up to 2012, the ECA acted as an agent for the Electrical Contracting Board (ECB) to register electrical contractors in South Africa and to provide those contractors with Certificates of Compliance. Read More .....

According to legislation enacted in December 2020, only certain buildings need to have EPCs by December 2022. These are buildings classified as offices, places of entertainment and public assembly, theatrical and indoor sport, and places of instruction. Within these categories, it is noteworthy that buildings owned, operated, or occupied by an organ of state greater than 1 000 m² require a certificate where other buildings only require a certificate where the floor area is greater than 2 000 m². Read More .....

We live in the information age, and it’s called that because when we need information, we can usually find an app for anything and everything we need or want on the internet. Ask someone a question, and you often hear them say “there is an app for that”! Read More .....

About two years ago, when I considered the possibility of expanding my company’s operations to include PV installations, I did some investigation to find out what qualifications I needed and what training would I have to undergo to design and install PV. Read More .....