Numbering of SABS Specifications

In designing and producing cables, CBI-electric: african cables always subscribes to the latest version of the applicable specifications. The new numbering approach adopted by the SABS in 2000 is potentially confusing and this bulletin serves to clarify the matter.                          

Minutes or the TENTH meeting of SABS Technical Committee 66, held at 9:30 on 20 July 2001 in Committee Room M140, SABS, Groenkloof, Pretoria:

Minute 43.5.1

The Chairman informed members that the SABS now had a print–on-demand facility. One of the benefits of this system was that amendments to local standards no longer needed to be produced separately, but could be incorporated directly into the standard. These so-called consolidated documents could be identified by the edition number on the list of published standards, i.e. edition 2.01 referred to edition 2, into which amendment 1 had been incorporated.

Specification	Year	Edition	Equivalent
SABS 97	2001	6.01	SABS 97:1999 including amendment
SABS 1339	2001	3.0	SABS 1339:2001 no amendments
SABS 141 8-1	1986	1.0	SABS 1418:1986 no amendments
SABS 1418-2	2001	1.03	SABS 1418:1986 including 3 amendments
SABS 1507	2001	1.10	SABS 1507:1990 including 10 amendments
SABS 1713	2001	1.01	SABS 1713:1998 including 1 amendment

Minute 43.5.4

The Chairman explained that SABS 1507:2001 (consolidated edition 1.10) was exactly the same as the 1990 edition, with the addition of the 10 amendments and a new date to reflect the date of issue

The above effectively means that as of the date of this bulletin the following is applicable.

Methods are in place to ensure that CBI-electric: african cables is always aware of any new amendments and that the specifications in our possession are up to date.