Metro “working hard” on back-feeding power after substation explosion
Although the Tshwane metro was using a back-feed mechanism to restore power, the estimated time for repair remained unclear.
The Tshwane metro had shifted its focus to back-feeding power supply to areas which were left without power when an isolator between the Njala 132 KW substation and Waltloo exploded on Monday morning.
“While some of the technicians focus on back-feeding power supply, others are working towards establishing where the fault is,” spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said.
Presently, the metro was said to be “working hard” to back-feed power to Mamelodi and other nearby areas.
Mashigo said additional parts of Tshwane which had been back-fed successfully included Faerie Glen, Garsfontein and Silver Lakes.
Earlier on Monday he told Rekord that power had also been successfully back-fed to a few neighbourhoods in the southern parts of Tshwane such as Centurion, Zwartkops, Die Hoewes and Claudius.
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It, however, still remained unclear when power was expected to be fully restored instead of back-fed to the areas which were affected by the explosion.
“We will disclose the estimated time of restoration during the course of the day as we believe that will be possible once we have identified the fault,” Mashigo said, adding artisans were still isolating the fault in all affected areas.
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