Solution to wiring problems in RDP houses found
Guideline for the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) to be implemented.
The poor wiring system in RDP houses and bond houses is now a thing of the past after the implementation of a guideline for the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP).
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in partnership with the Department of Human Settlement has come out with the guideline to be implemented nationally.
Now even community members have a right to stop anyone electrifying a house and to check whether they keep to the guidelines.
This will come as a relief to many communities as most houses, especially RDP houses, are wrongly electrified.
According to the programme, no house will be allowed to be electrified without an inspector to make sure that the correct implementation is followed.
The housing implementation guidelines apply to all housing development projects, incorporating fully subsidised houses which are built within Eskom areas of supply and are funded by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS).
The programme will ensure that internal wiring and the minimum level of service that is provided in electrification have to keep up with the current trends and meet the needs of the people.
All electrification connections made through and funded through INEP will be counted as INEP achieved connections.
All materials used in the internal wiring of the houses built should comply with specific requirements, and those are empty enclosures for low-voltage switchgear and control gear assemblies are non-flammable materials and non-rusting materials.
All materials that are installed shall have the following certificates: SABS (South African Bureau of Standards), LOA (Letter of Authority), RCC (Regulatory Compliance Certificate) and NRCS (National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications).
They are also products that must comply according to the requirements of the material.
The approved cable, together with the proposed wiring method, will reduce the time spent on site and thereby assisting the government in realising cutting the cost per household wired; and with the proposed wiring method as outlined in these guidelines, it is easy to see the beginning and end of the wires.
The guidelines also state the disadvantage of using conduct tubing with GP wire, the monitoring of the electrical installations, the national regulator for compulsory specifications and compulsory standards.
It is hoped that with this guideline, problems will be avoided in the future and the safety of the people will be ensured.
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