Beurtkrag is reeds \u2019n frustrasie, maar wanneer dit boonop deur \u2019n onbeplande kragonderbreking gevolg word, raak inwoners erg moedeloos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is juis weens beurtkrag dat die dorpe van die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit (SBM) deesdae baie meer onbeplande kragonderbrekings ondervind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Ethne Lawrence, \u2019n woordvoerder van die SBM, is die gebied se elektriese netwerke nie ontwerp om gereeld aan- en afgeskakel te word nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeurtkrag het dus \u2019n groot invloed op die betroubaarheid van die netwerk omdat dit elke keer, met beurtkrag, onder abnormale stres geplaas word. Dit lei tot foute waaroor ons nie beheer het nie,\u201d het Lawrence verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGewone instandhouding help ook nie om dit te verminder nie. Onder gewone omstandighede sou die kragtoevoer stelselmatig aangeskakel word, maar dit is nie moontlik met beurtkrag nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verder sukkel die SBM geweldig met misdadigers wat toeslaan sodra die beurtkrag begin. Baie van die gebied se netwerke word gedurende beurtkrag gevandaliseer. Noodsaaklike komponente word gebreek en gesteel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer die krag dan n\u00e1 beurtkrag weer aankom, en daar nie krag is nie, moet die fout op gevandaliseerde toerusting eers herstel word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit lei tot groot skade vir die munisipaliteit en verg baie tyd waarin die spesifieke fout of skade opgespoor en herstel moet word voordat die elektrisiteit weer aangeskakel kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar wie is nou eintlik verantwoordelik vir herstel en probleemoplossing wanneer foute opduik \u2013 Eskom of die SBM?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Lawrence kan dit ges\u00ea word dat indien iemand \u2019n elektrisiteitsrekening van Eskom ontvang of deur een van Eskom se verkoopstelsels kitskrag koop, dit in die Eskom-voorsieningsgebied val. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer \u2019n verbruiker \u2019n elektrisiteitsrekening van die munisipaliteit ontvang en deur di\u00e9 se stelsels kitskrag koop, is dit die SBM se jurisdiksie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gevalle waar Eskom-foute ook munisipale verbruikers be\u00efnvloed, kom egter voor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMet foute en geleier-diefstal op sommige van Eskom se lyne, het dit al gebeur dat Hopefield en Langebaan lank sonder krag was terwyl Eskom eers die toevoer na die munisipaliteit moes herstel,\u201d het Lawrence ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer iemand met die munisipale infrastruktuur peuter, moet dit dadelik by die polisie aangemeld word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndien ons as die munisipaliteit dit agterna aanmeld, is dit hoors\u00ea en kan die polisie nie proaktief optree nie. Die bystand-elektrisi\u00ebn is ook nie \u2019n veiligheidsbeampte om daarop te reageer nie. Hulle kan slegs na afloop van die voorval die foute probeer regmaak.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Lawrence ervaar bystandelektrisi\u00ebns soms uitdagings wanneer hulle buite werksure in sekere gebiede moet werk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVan hulle is al deur ongewenste karakters aangeval en beroof waar hulle probeer het om herstelwerk aan foutiewe of gevandaliseerde toerusting te doen. Van hulle moes selfs berading hiervoor ontvang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns besef dat mense ongeduldig raak wanneer die krag af is, maar ons kan almal seker maak om alles binne ons vermo\u00eb te doen om die krag so gou as moontlik te laat herstel. Waar ons alternatiewe toevoerroetes het, probeer ons om eers die kragtoevoer aan te sit voordat ons met herstelwerk begin. Dit kan egter op sommige plekke nie gedoen word nie, en dan moet die herstelwerk eers gedoen word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Lawrence is dit in die meeste gevalle nie moontlik om \u2019n aanduiding te gee van hoe lank die krag af sal wees nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die fout moet eers opgespoor word. Dit moet dan ondersoek word om te bepaal wat gedoen moet word om dit te herstel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eers dan kan bepaal word hoe lank die herstelwerk gaan neem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die geval van vandalisme gebeur dit dikwels dat die elektrisi\u00ebns \u2019n tweede of derde plek kry waar die netwerk beskadig is nadat die eerste deel reeds reggemaak is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipale infrastruktuur is in wese die gemeenskap s\u2019n wat deur die SBM bedryf word. Elke keer as dit gevandaliseer word, is dit die gemeenskap wat daaronder ly omdat die vervanging en herstelwerk geld kos wat eerder gebruik kon word om infrastruktuur tot voordeel van die gemeenskap te verbeter,\u201d het Lawrence ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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