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Best practices in distribution transformer maintenance and replacement 4
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Eskom faces nuclear fuel supply issues 5 Cell: 076 410 6909
Weather and climate risks to electricity networks must be monitored 6 Email: katias@nowmedia.co.za
Eskom launches tender for the second phase of land lease parcels for RE producers 7
Last chance to book your Africa Energy Indaba exhibition stand 8 Mark Yelland
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Brand new condition monitoring laboratories opened 9
Local transformer manufacturer secures multi million-dollar order for US utility market 9 COORDINATION
Marking 75 years of innovation 10 Charmaine Manicom
Consulting company appoints new MD 11 Email: charmainem@nowmedia.co.za
Detecting power quality issues 11
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VIEWS AND OPINION Adéle Gouws
How to help your business survive spiralling electricity costs 12 Email: adele@dezignhq.co.za
Can SA’s load shedding problem really be solved within a year? 13
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Condition-based assessment of on-load tap changers 15 32 Fricker Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Copper cable theft prevention 18
Understanding the basics of earth ground testing 21 PUBLISHER
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Effective asset management extends the
operating life of electrical infrastructure
equipment. However, cost control
measures sometimes result in distribution
power network users and owners applying
strategies that don’t produce good results
and ultimately lead to unplanned costs for
corrective maintenance or replacement of
Cable theft Earth ground Surviving rising
prevention testing electricity costs the distribution transformer (see page 4).
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