WATCH: City Power completes repairs on Eikenhof substation – testing feeder boards
City Power is confident that all power supply will be restored tonight has planned.
A statement released by City Power confirmed they have completed repairs and testing on one of the two feeder boards affected by last night’s flashover.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena stated the feeder board has successfully energised, allowing City Power to restore 50% of the power supply to Rand Water.
• Read the initial article here: LISTEN: Water supply to the West Rand affected due to flashover at Eikenhof
“This allows them to start pumping water at half their capacity to feed their customers that were affected,” said Mangena.
• Rakefa Makgoro, the general manager of Reuven Service Delivery Centre, spoke about the events:
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General Manager for the Reuven SDC, Mr Rakefa Makgoro providing updates on the work done so far at Eikenhof Substation. ^TM pic.twitter.com/OChY0NSYgb
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He added they are continuing to repair the second feeder board, which bore most of the impact of the unfortunate incident.
“The work will involve replacing the damaged insulators and replacing one of the faulty breakers, we are still confident of restoring 100% power supply by this evening as initially planned,” he concluded.
