Technical Specifications and Performance Requirements

For Standby Generators

3. 1
3. 2

General Description of Standby Generator Set

Introduction
This specification covers the Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Standby
Generator Sets together with all necessary equipment/accessories. The delivery shall be
effected at the specific site as per Section V Schedule of Requirements 1. List of Goods and
Delivery Schedule. The generator set, control panel, changeover panel and auxiliary
equipment shall be installed in the existing generator rooms at the different sites.
Item

Location

Generator Capacity
(kVA)

Qty

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2
3. 3

Regulations, Standards and Workmanship

Installation works shall be carried out to good standards of workmanship and all equipment,
materials and fittings shall be new and according to specifications.
All standards to be used to ensure conformity of mechanical equipment and its installation
are as follows:
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BS EN 60034-1:2010 Rotating electrical machines. Rating and performance.

BS 5000-3:2006 Rotating electrical machines of particular types or for particular
applications. Generators to be driven by reciprocating internal combustion engines.
Requirements for resistance to vibration.
BS EN 60085:2008 - Electrical insulation. Thermal evaluation and designation.
BS 7889:2012. Electric cables. Thermosetting insulated, non-armoured cables with a
voltage of 600/1 000 V, for fixed installations.
BS ISO 3046-4:2009 - Reciprocating internal combustion engines. Performance
speed governing.
BS EN 12285-2:2005 - Workshop fabricated steel tanks horizontal cylindrical single
skin and double skin tanks for the aboveground storage of flammable and nonflammable water polluting liquids.
BS EN 10255:2004 - Non-alloy steel tubes suitable for welding and threading.
Technical delivery conditions.

viii).
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BS EN 60898-1:2003+A13:2012. Electrical accessories Circuit breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations. Circuit-breakers for a.c.
operation
BS EN 60947-2:2006+A2:2013. Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear. Circuitbreakers
BS EN 60947-8:2003+A2:2012. Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear. Control
units for built-in thermal protection (PTC) for rotating electrical machines
BS EN 60947-1:2007+A1:2011. Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear. General
rules
BS 7671:2008+A1:2011 - Requirements for electrical installations. IET Wiring
Regulations. Seventeenth edition.