Esinye sezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu okufanele uzicabangele uma kuziwa ekuqinisekiseni ukuphepha nokusebenza kahle kohlelo lukagesi lwekhaya lakho yimishini yabathengi. Eyaziwa nangokuthi ibhokisi le-fuse noma i-switchboard, iyunithi yabathengi empeleni iyisikhungo sokulawula izifunda zikagesi zekhaya. Inesibopho sokusabalalisa ugesi kusuka kumapayipi amakhulu kuya kumasekethe ahlukene futhi ihlinzeka ngesivikelo emaphutheni kagesi kanye nokulayisha ngokweqile.
Ukukhetha okulungileiyunithi yabathengiekhaya lakho kubalulekile ngezizathu eziningana. Okokuqala, lokhu kuyinkinga yokuphepha. Ukufakwa nokugcinwa kahle kwezinto zikagesi ezisetshenziswa ngabathengi kungasiza ekuvimbeleni imililo kagesi, ukushaqeka kukagesi, nezinye izingozi ezingaba khona. Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinto zakho zikagesi zifakwe ama-circuit breaker afanele, ama-RCD (amadivayisi wamanje asele) kanye namanye amadivayisi okuvikela kunganciphisa kakhulu ingozi yengozi kagesi ekhaya lakho.
Ngaphezu kokuphepha, imishini kagesi idlala indima ebalulekile ekusebenzeni kahle kanye nokusebenza kahle kwesistimu yakho kagesi. Njengoba ubuchwepheshe kanye nezinto zikagesi ziqhubeka nokuthuthuka, nesidingo sikagesi emakhaya siyakhula. Imishini yabathengi esiphelelwe yisikhathi noma engaphansi kwezinga ingase ingakwazi ukusingatha umthwalo kagesi, okuholela ekuhambeni njalo kwesekethe, ukucima kukagesi kanye nomonakalo ongaba khona emishinini kagesi.
Kunezici ezibalulekile okufanele uzikhumbule lapho ucabangela iyunithi entsha yabathengi ekhaya lakho. Eyokuqala ubukhulu kanye nomthamo weyunithi. Iyunithi kufanele ikwazi ukwamukela inani lamasekethe ikhaya lakho eliwadingayo, kanye nendawo yokwandiswa kwesikhathi esizayo uma kudingeka. Uhlobo lokuvikelwa kwesekethe olunikezwa yidivayisi kumele lucatshangelwe. Isibonelo, amadivayisi abathengi besimanje avame ukuhlonyiswa ngokuvikelwa kwe-RCD, okunikeza ukuphepha okwengeziwe ekushayweni ugesi kanye nomlilo.
Okunye okubalulekile okufanele kucatshangelwe yikhwalithi nokuthembeka kwemishini. Ukutshala imali emishinini yabathengi esezingeni eliphezulu evela kubakhiqizi abadumile kungakunikeza ukuthula kwengqondo nokuthembeka kwesikhathi eside. Kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imishini ihambisana nezindinganiso nemithethonqubo efanele yemboni, njengeMithethonqubo ye-IET Cabling yase-UK (BS 7671).
Kwezinye izimo, abanikazi bezindlu bangase bacabangele nokuthuthukisa amayunithi abo abathengi njengengxenye yephrojekthi enkulu yokuvuselela ugesi noma yokuthuthukisa ikhaya. Lokhu kungaba yithuba elihle lokuthuthukisa uhlelo lwakho lukagesi, ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha, nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ikhaya lakho lihlonyiswe kahle ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zikagesi zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo.
Ekugcineni, ukukhetha idivayisi efanele yabathengi ekhaya lakho kudinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela ukuphepha, umthamo, ikhwalithi, kanye nokuhambisana nezidingo zakho zikagesi. Ukubonisana nochwepheshe kagesi noma usonkontileka kagesi oqeqeshiwe kungakusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wenza isinqumo esinolwazi futhi uthola izinsizakalo zokufaka nokulungisa zobungcweti.
Ngokufigqiwe,amadivayisi wabathengiziyingxenye ebalulekile yesistimu kagesi yekhaya, futhi ukukhetha ezifanele kubalulekile ekuphepheni, ekusebenzeni kahle, kanye nokuthula kwengqondo okuphelele. Ngezinto zikagesi ezifanele, ungajabulela amandla athembekile, ukuvikelwa ezingozini zikagesi, kanye nokuguquguquka kokuhlangabezana nezidingo zikagesi zekhaya lakho manje nasesikhathini esizayo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba 12-2023