Director General Of Gatrik Suggests Using RCBO To Prevent Fire

Jisman P Hutajulu (Maria/VOI)

JAKARTA - Director General of Electricity (Gatrix) Jisman P Hutajulu advised electricity customers to use a Residual Current Breaker with Overcurrent (RCBO).

According to him, using RCBO is very effective in cutting off electricity when a leak is detected which is one of the causes of the fire.

"Recently, there have been many fires due to leaking electricity, and we continue to think about how we can safely use this electricity and prevent leaky currents because this power leak is one of the causes of the fire," said Jisman in his complaint to the media, Saturday, October 5.

According to Jisman, even though it uses equipment that meets national standards, the risk of fire remains high if there are no stricter preventive measures, especially in dealing with the potential leaky flow.

"One of the security measures is the installation of direct-related electricity to the community which can be used to prevent the danger of being electrocuted and RCBO fires or the Remaining Current Protection Device (GPAS). This tool can provide protection against the dangers of leaky currents that can cause electrical accidents or damage to electrical equipment and cause fires," explained Jisman.

For this reason, mitigation is needed to prevent dangerous incidents in public facilities.

Jisman also said that the government would carry out thorough leakage current measurements at public facilities assisted by the Low Voltage Engineering Inspection Institute (LIT-TR).

LIT-7 TR during inspection and installation testing must have equipment to test leaky flow or earth leaker tester.

"So, by obtaining field data related to the leakage flow, it can be taken into consideration to the government in making policies to use the amount of limatation value of the GPAS leak flow which must be applied to the installation of electricity utilization, especially in public facilities," said Jisman.

Jisman emphasized that this electricity safety policy has been implemented in many developed countries including Singapore and Japan. He encouraged this policy to be also implemented in Indonesia to ensure that every aspect of the electricity system operates safely and reliably, so as to protect the public from possible risks.