Use quality cables for installations - ECG


GHANAIANS have been urged to endeavour to use only certified and standard cables when extending electricity to their apartments and other buildings.

A Technical Engineer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Benjamin Ebo, said adhering to such an advice would save the public inconvenience and cost of frequently replacing electricity cables simply because they were sub-standard.

“Considering the cost of wiring a building, it would be a great damage for one to allow inferior cables to ruin his/her investment. If you are a contractor, I believe you can avoid lawsuit by using quality cable to work,” he said at a public education programme by Nexans Kabelmetal (Ghana) Limited.

The programme was part of GEREU 2012 Fair which ended on Thursday, September 27, at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra.

The GEREU Fair is an annual industrial fair organised by the Ghanaian-German Economic Association (GGEA) for businesses within and outside the country.

This year’s event ran from September 25-27 and was attended by businesses from various sectors of the economy in and around the country.

It featured public education programmes which included the one by Nexans Kabelmetal, a manufacturer of various kinds of cables in the country.

Mr Ebo said Nexans had earned a name in the cable business as a result of its strict adherence to quality, and thus stressed the need for the company to do all it could to preserve the image.

The Commercial Manager of Nexans, Mr Aaron Sagoe, said at the forum that the company periodically embarked on outreach programmes following complaints of fake and sub-standard cables on the market, as well as reports of fire outbreaks.

“We recognise the need to use quality cables to save lives and property and so we see it as a duty to let the public know the distinction between quality and inferior cables,” he said.

Nexans Kabelmetal (GH) Ltd has over 40 years experience in the cable business, having been the first in the market in Ghana and West Africa at large.

A Senior Quality Control Supervisor of Nexans, Mr Seth Mensah, said electric products were high-risk products and as such consumers did not have to take chances but consider value for money.

“Our comparative test shows that some of the cables on the market are in poor quality (in terms of conductor insulation). They can cause fire outbreaks because the conductor is steel coated with copper,” he said.

About 70 companies exhibited industrial products and technology, including automotive parts and automobiles, financial services, water, sanitation and environment technologies, pharmaceuticals, oil, gas and mining, logistics and information and communications technology.

Other companies came from the telecommunications, building and construction, printing, plant installation and chemicals sectors.



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