Residents’ appliances go up in smoke after sloppy work by ‘tenderpreneur’
By Reid More - 01 April 2021
A rogue electrical pulse from recently installed mini transformers causes such severe overload that fizzy drinks in refrigerators have been exploding.
Image: Werner Hills
A rogue electrical pulse that causes such a severe overload on homes that fizzy drinks in refrigerators have been exploding, has put the city at the centre of yet another scandal.
Ratepayers’ associations were up in arms this week over what they called “sloppy and dangerous” wiring work being carried out by a “tenderpreneur”, who won a R25 million deal to install new mini-transformers damaged by the recent on-off impact of load-shedding. ....