Straight answers, before you pay anyone.
Everything below is written by me, Danie, in the words I use at your DB board. Real regulation numbers, real municipal phone numbers, and a straight explanation of what decides the price of a job. If a guide saves you a callout, it has done its job.
Pick your question.
What decides the price of a CoC
What you are actually paying for, the four things that move the price, and why the cheapest quote is the one to worry about. Mine is R3 000 for the first DB board.
Compliance · the two-year mythDoes a CoC expire after two years?
No. The law stops a property changing ownership on a certificate older than two years. That is a different thing.
Compliance · electric fencesDo I need an electric fence certificate?
Yes, if you have a fence and the property changes hands after 1 October 2012. Separate certificate, separate registration.
Faults · the most common callWhy does my earth leakage keep tripping?
The Vaal's usual culprits, and the three things to write down before you phone anyone. It cuts the hunting time in half.
Outages · what to check firstPower off: is it your house or the supply?
A four-step check with the numbers to phone, what your BXC smart meter is doing, and why letting anyone bypass it is a fine and a criminal charge.
Insurance · surge damageWill insurance pay for surge damage?
The grid-interruption exclusion in plain words, why an unplanned outage falls outside the load-shedding carve-out, and what a decent device has to do. Fitting one at the board is my own work.
Geysers · whose job is itGeyser: element, thermostat or plumber?
How to tell an electrical fault from a plumbing one in two minutes, how the job gets priced before anyone drives out, and when a geyser is past saving.
Compliance · fraud warningThe R500 CoC and what it really costs
What the Department of Employment and Labour and the ECA(SA) warn about, what a genuine certificate must contain, and how to verify anyone — me included.
Or go straight to the work.
Certificate of Compliance
Physical inspection of every circuit, test report, certificate. Additional boards quoted.
priced on siteFault-finding
Tripping, dead circuits, flickering, burning smells.
quoted after I have lookedDB boards & surge
Old boards rebuilt and labelled, and surge protection fitted at the board.
priced on WhatsAppGeysers
Elements, thermostats, isolators, timers.
priced per metre on WhatsAppElectric fencing
Install and repair. The fence certificate is separate, and it gets sorted out too.
sized and quotedBackup power
Gate, fence and alarm backup for unplanned outages.
priced on WhatsAppSub-metering & plugs
Prepaid sub-meters for a cottage, plus plugs and lights.
Tell me what's happening.
It costs nothing to ask, and you get a straight answer back.