Business News of Monday, 6 November 2017Source: Graphic.com.gh70% of electrical cable brands in Ghana substandard – GSA2 out of 22 electrical cable brands passed the critical safety requirement testIn a scheme to rake in profits, several importers of electrical cables are flooding the market with fake products that do not meet critical safety requirements. A nationwide surveillance conducted by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) last Friday revealed that more than 70 per cent of all imported electrical cable brands on the market were substandard and could cause fires. Out of 22 electrical cable brands sampled for laboratory testing, only two, which were manufactured locally, passed the critical safety requirement test for conductor resistance at the GSA Cable Laboratory in Accra. He said an alarming 80 per cent of all domestic fires in the country resulted from the use of substandard electrical cables to wire buildings. “Substandard electrical cables are the major cause of domestic fires in the country.

Source: GhanaWeb November 06, 2017 08:37 UTC