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AS/NZS 7000
Electrical Clearances (Sect. 3)
Tony Gillespie
Power Engineering Consultant
Gillespie Power Consultancy
Australian Panel B2 Overhead Lines
Seminar Management of Overhead Lines
Sydney 4 5 March 2008
Topics
Insulator swing and
structure top clearances
Attached & unattached
crossings clearances
Mid span clearance
Ground clearance
Building clearances
Waterways
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New Things
Hand reach clearance
Limit state insulator swing
Electrical learances
Minimum standards !or safe & reliable
operation
onsider inspection & maintenance methods
onsider li"e line methods
Bare hand
#tic$s
Helicopters
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Electrical learance #er"icea%ility #tates
&#ect' ('(')'*+
Based on IG,E TB -./ Tower top geometry &
mid span clearances0 1une (22/
Insulator swing states %ased on relia%ility
Insulator #wing #tates
a+ Low3still wind 4 Maintenance
& li"e line clearance at )225a &
min *25a +
%+ Moderate wind 6 Lightning
impulse & switching
o"er"oltage at -225a &min
)225a+
c+ High wind 6 power !re7uency
clearance at *225a
C on d u c t o r d ef l e c t i o ns

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Insulator #wing alculation &App' ,+
Insulator #wing alculation &App' ,+
89ygen conductor & (-'/mm diameter0
2':(*$g3m +
Wind span (22m
Weight span )(2m
)2 only ;2$N discs & .')$g each0 2'2((m
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each+
(2$N hori<ontal tension !or *225a & edt o! (2= +
No de"iation angle
*225a wind
alculated swing angle is >-?

Earthed structure
Minimum phase/ground
clearance
Wind loading FT
Weight loading Fv
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Insulator #wing alculation &App' ,+
@or !lat ground0 weight span e7ual to wind
span0 swing is *)?
I! designed !or *)? swing then insu!!icient
clearances in rolling terrain & re7uire >-? +
Limit state swing angles
()? !or low wind )225a
*)? !or moderate wind -225a
>-? !or high wind *225a
Impulse & 5ower @re7uency learances
&Ta%le -'.+
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Maintenance Approach
Aistances
ENA NEN# 6 2.
NBE5-. 6 note 6 co"ers all
clearances0 not Cust maintenance
EEA #M4EI
NEN#42. MAA
Nominal Phase to Phase ac Voltage (kV) Safe Approach Distance (mm)
Low voltage Instructed Person
no contact
Authorised Person insulated contact only
11 700
22 700
33 700
50 750
66 1000
110 1000
132 1200
220 1800
275 2300
330 3000
400 3300
500 3900
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Hand ,each learance &#ect' -'*'-+
Accident in Dictoria
Li"e access clearance
anEt li"e clim% poles
))2$D & %elow
Towers );22mm
5oles )-22mm
Li"e Line learances &Ta%le -'*+
A# */2. HD Li"e Wor$
replaces the ENA documents
E5.>')F Glo"e
and Barrier
E5.>'(F
Barehand
E5.>'-F #tic$
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Li"e Line learances &Ta%le -'*+
lim%ing & Access &#ect' )-0 App' M+
Refer to Handbook
,is$ assessment
Ground access
Height & type o! structure
@re7uency o! access
#$ill set o! personnel
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Access Methods
EW5
lim%ing with !all protection
Helicopters
)-($D 5ole Top learance E9ample
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8ther learance #tates &#ect' -'*'.+
Ma9imum operating temperature
Ice
om%ined wind and snow3ice
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Mid #pan learance &#ect' -';'-+
Empirical !ormula !or
minimum midspan
separation to a"oid
clashing
Mid #pan learance alculation
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Mid #pan learance alculation
))$D line post trident & insulator length G 2m +
)*2m span
5luto .m sag at *2
entre phase height o!!set H G 2'*m
I G 2'.
J G 2'>/m
Mid #pan learance alculation
))$D line post trident & insulator length G 2m +
)*2m span
5luto .m sag at *2
entre phase height o!!set H G 2m &incorrect
sagging+
I G 2'.
J G 2'/;m
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Bush @ire 5rone Location
@ire 5rone Mid #pan learance
))$D line post trident & insulator length
G 2m +
)*2m span
5luto .m sag at *2
entre phase height o!!set H G 2'2m
I G 2'> !or !ire prone area0 tur%ulent
winds or K>$A !ault current
J G )'(;m
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Lnattached rossings &#ect' -';')+
Ta%le -')
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Aynamic Load learance
Attached rossings &#ect' -';'(+
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Ta%le -'-
Ground learance Ta%le -'>
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Ground learance Ta%le -';
Inter #pan 5oles
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Building learances
Building learances Ta%le -'/
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Waterways
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EEA3Maritime #a!ety Authority
Guide to #a!ety Management o!
5ower Line Waterway rossings
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Australian Panel B2 Overhead Lines
Seminar Management of Overhead Lines
Sydney 4 5 March 2008