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CONSULTATION VERSION 0.1
The
 Electricity WiringRegulations
Issued by:The Regulation and Supervision Bureaufor the Water and Electricity Sector in theEmirate of Abu Dhabi
www.rsb.gov.ae
November 2006 
Consultation Version 0.1
 
CONSULTATION VERSION 0.1
The Electricity Wiring Regulations (2007) Page 2 of 40 
List of Revisions
RevisionNumber Date Prepared by: Checked by: Issued to:
0.1 Dec 2005 T Khan L HillM Al SattariDistribution CodeReview Panel0.2 June 2006 T Khan Distribution CodeReview Panel0.3 Sept 2006 T Khan L HillG Lewin0.4 Oct 2006 T Khan N Carter Consultation v0.1 Nov 2006 T Khan L Hill PublicConsultation
 
CONSULTATION VERSION 0.1
The Electricity Wiring Regulations (2007) Page 3 of 40 
C o n t e n t s
1.
 
Introduction..........................................................................................................5
 
1.1
 
Citation and Commencement...............................................................5
 
1.2
 
Purpose................................................................................................5
 
1.3
 
Scope and Enforcement.......................................................................5
 
2.
 
Definitions............................................................................................................7
 
2.1
 
Interpretation........................................................................................7
 
3.
 
General Requirements......................................................................................13
 
3.1
 
Technical Standards, Materials and Workmanship............................13
 
3.2
 
Licensed Contractors..........................................................................13
 
3.3
 
Requirements for Safety.....................................................................13
 
3.4
 
Environmental Conditions...................................................................15
 
4.
 
Electricity Supply Parameters...........................................................................16
 
4.2
 
Declared Voltage and Frequency.......................................................16
 
4.3
 
Harmonics and Voltage Disturbances................................................16
 
4.4
 
Prospective Fault Current...................................................................16
 
5.
 
Electricity Supply Intake....................................................................................17
 
5.1
 
Supply Intake Rooms.........................................................................17
 
5.2
 
The Customer Connection Point........................................................17
 
5.3
 
Multiple Occupancy Premises............................................................18
 
5.4
 
Metering Requirements......................................................................18
 
5.5
 
Application for Supply and Load Estimates........................................18
 
6.
 
Protection..........................................................................................................19
 
6.1
 
General Principles..............................................................................19
 
6.2
 
Overload and Short Circuit Protection................................................19
 
6.3
 
Electric Shock Protection....................................................................20
 
6.4
 
Earth Leakage Protective Devices.....................................................20
 
6.5
 
Isolation..............................................................................................21
 
6.6
 
Insulation............................................................................................22
 
7.
 
Earthing.............................................................................................................23
 
7.1
 
General Principles..............................................................................23
 
7.2
 
Systems of Earthing...........................................................................23
 
7.3
 
Earth Electrodes.................................................................................24
 
7.4
 
Earth Conductors................................................................................24
 
7.5
 
Exposed Metallic Parts.......................................................................25
 
7.6
 
Equipotential Bonding Conductors.....................................................26
 
7.7
 
Earth Loop Impedance.......................................................................26
 
7.8
 
Lightning Protection............................................................................27
 
7.9
 
Functional Earthing.............................................................................27
 
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