Can someone please help me with the requirements in South Africa for correct wiring of Socket Outlets and Lighting Circuits.

Are we supposed to use the British Closed Ring Circuit wiring for sockets Ring Open Circuit or allowed to use other methods?

E.g. A star configuration, where one central feed for the circuit comes from the DB CB to a junction box in the ceiling and a separate cable runs from there to each socket?

Or one central feed for the circuit comes from the DB CB and goes along the ceiling, then via multiple junction boxes gets spliced to each socket outlet?

Are there any other restriction, than not exceeding 5kW on each socket circuit?


What are the requirements and standards for for Lighting Circuits as well?



The is tons of information on the net for the other countries but very little regarding the latest SA standards.