Tender No.: 465S/2011/12 - City of Cape Town

Tender No.: 465S/2011/12
3.10.3.14 After the inspection of the spray paint is finished, the installation of rope lights and fairy
lights can be commenced.
3.10.3.15 The old rope lights and fairy lights need to be tested and inspected to see if it can be reused.
If rope lights or fairy lights are damaged, they need to be replaced with new ones.
3.10.3.16 Rope lights and fairy lights must be installed on the frames according to design.
3.10.3.17 Make sure that end caps are placed on the ends of the rope lights. These end caps need to
be glued using PVC glue.
3.10.3.18 Where rope lights are jointed, splice connectors must be made use of. These joints need to
be covered with a heat shrink tube.
3.10.3.19 Power leads and leads of the controller must be installed and insulated.
3.10.3.20 Wires must be connected to each other using transparent wire connectors.
3.10.3.21 Circuitry of the rope lights and fairy lights must be done according to the design.
3.10.3.22 Where light needs darkening out, black heat shrinks and insulation tape must be used.
3.10.3.23 All rope lights, fairy lights and wiring will be fixed to the set-piece frames by means of cable
ties. No loose hanging wires will be allowed.
3.10.3.24 The controller/flasher unit and dinky connectors for connecting the electrical power supply
cable to the set-pieces will be placed in an outdoor utility box, which will be placed on the
one bottom corner of the set-pieces.
3.10.3.25 Once the rope lights and fairy lights have been fitted and is ready for installation, the setpieces
must be tested. The City of Cape Town Electricity Services must be present while
testing the set-pieces.
3.10.3.26 Any defects or concerns raised by the City of Cape Town Electricity Services must be
rectified before those set-pieces may be installed.
3.10.4 SET-PIECE INSTALLATION SPECIFICATION (Catenary Mounted)
3.10.4.1 For crossings 1 and 3 in Adderley Str the design changes every year. For the other
crossings, the old set-pieces are used, but placed in other locations as the previous year.
3.10.4.2 Make sure that the site is safe before commencement of installation works.
3.10.4.3 Place out cones and the relative signage.
3.10.4.4 Set-pieces must be installed at the catenary crossings over the road.
3.10.4.5 Set-pieces must be placed directly next to each other.
3.10.4.6 In the case where a sequence or a specific set of set-pieces need to be installed, that
installation order must be followed according to the designer’s specification.
3.10.4.7 Remove the nuts from the set-piece brackets (line tap).
3.10.4.8 Set-pieces must be placed so that the catenary wire goes in the bracket (line tap).
3.10.4.9 Ensure that the catenary wire is placed in all nine (9) of the brackets (line taps).
3.10.4.10 Set-pieces must be installed so that the 2.1m side of the set-piece are in a vertical position.
3.10.4.11 Replace the nuts of the brackets, ensuring that the catenary wire is in tacked inside the
bracket.
3.10.4.12 All wiring of set-pieces must be finished and it must be ensured that the City of Cape Town
Electricity Services can do the termination of the set-piece at the dinky connectors, to the
existing electrical supply network.
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