Short circuits or wrong wiring?

Short circuits or wrong wiring?

From Suara Karya

An increasing number of buildings have caught fire in the city
lately, which are widely believed to have been caused by short
circuits.

In the 1970s, I saw a film, Towering Inferno, depicting a big
fire that consumes a high-rise building due to the wrong use of
cables.

The installation of cables of inappropriate diameters causes
overloading of electricity and thus the conflagration. The
building contractor, therefore, is to blame in the movie.

In Indonesia, in my view, the blame goes to two parties.
First, the so-called quality control by building contractors
leads to poor quality wiring, in connection with the culture of
corruption, collusion and nepotism.

Second, consumers commit electricity theft by changing fuses.
For instance, state electricity company PLN has installed 10-
ampere fuses and consumers use 20-ampere fuses instead. In the
long run, the power consumed will go beyond the limits of cable
tolerance and fires are inevitable.

While a giant water tank is exploded to extinguish the fire in
the film, in Indonesia a bill is being worked out to deal with
and surmount such huge blazes.

H. IMAM NAWAWI
Serang, Banten