ECG acquires modern cable test van

THE Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has inaugurated a new cable test van from Megger Limited of Germany.
The van, which cost €597,733, will enable the ECG to easily locate underground cable faults and test the insulation levels of transformers, switch gears and overhead networks.
The acquisition of the special-purpose vehicle, according to the Managing Director of the ECG, Mr Jude Adu-Amankwah, was an indication of the company’s desire to invest more in new technologies to enhance its service delivery.
The van, he disclosed, would facilitate the easy tracking of routes and detection of cables wherever they had been laid and noted that in the past the ECG had to resort to the crude method and inconvenience of randomly digging out buried cables to locate and repair suspected faults.
“Presently, we have only one roadworthy cable test van which we deploy when the need arises for us to locate faults on our high and medium voltage underground cables,” he said, and pointed out that because the single van had to move from one location to another across ECG’s operational areas in the country, the company often encountered delays in locating faults.
Mr Adu-Amankwah said the van had arrived at a time when the ECG was geared up to improve upon its service delivery to its customers nation-wide.
The International Sales Representative for Megger Limited, Mr Damon Mount, said his company considered it essential to provide quality service and delivery for its customers so that they in turn could replicate that quality service to their customers.
“We feel that the purchase of this new cable test van actively shows ECG’s commitment to provide a reliable and efficient power system for years to come,” he stated.