SUBSTATION SAMPLE PHOTOS

HANDBOOK

Version: May 2015

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Table of Content
1.0 Switchgear Room
Removable Stainless Steel Hand Railings..3
Switchgear Louvred Door5
HT Openings & Floor Frame....12
Opening for Marshaling Box, Pilot Box & Battery Charger.15
Equipment Dimension.......................16
LT Openings...17
DB Box19
Trap Door...20
Lightings.24
Isolator25
2.0 Cable Basement
Cable Basement Door26
Red Luminous Paint..27
Cable Ramp And Entry Pipes...29
3.0 Transformer Room
Transformer Room Door...31
Transformer Plinth32
4.0 Substation w/o cable basement.34
5.0 Temporary Substation...35
6.0 Earthing for s/s Lighting...40

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7.0 Fencing41
8.0 Draw Pit..42
9.0 Substation Main Gate44
Butterfly Lock.44
10.0 Others
10.1 Signage46
10.2 MCT47
10.3 Cable Lugs..48
10.4 Hot Gland...51
11.0 Arrangement of single core cable..52
12.0 Backfill of sand at trench (for substation w/o cable basement)53
13.0 Things to include in Handover Letter..54

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Switchgear Room
Removable Stainless Steel Hand Railings
Reference: Appendix 11, Railings

100mm

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Reference: Appendix 11, Railings

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Switchgear Louvred Door

Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear Louvred Door

50mm

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Hasp & Staple

Reference: Appendix 12

55mm

150mm
55mm

40mm
18mm
65mm
20mm

15mm

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Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear & Cable Chamber Exit Door

30mm

Shoot bolt housing

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Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear Louvred Door

1m

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Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear & Cable Chamber Exit Door

All doors must latched at the internal floor level

Use Spacer if required

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Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear & Transformer Louvred Door

All doors to be fitted with good quality door hook and must be able to open fully.

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HT Openings & Floor Frame

Screed the floor 5mm below the floor frame, after the floor frame had been fixed

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600mm x 150mm checker plate / metal grating

Checker Plate (Back View)

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30mm gap

Grating width must not more than 300mm

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Opening for Marshaling Box, Pilot Box & Battery Charger

Reference: Appendix 11, Floor Plan

IDS
RTU
Marshalling
Pilot
Battery
Tools & Key Cabinet

Charger

Box

Box

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Equipment Dimension
Item

DIMENSION
(L X B X H)mm

BATTERY CHARGER

960 x 390 x 1300

RTU

600 x 300 x 600

MARSHALLING BOX

790 x 300 x 1300

PILOT BOX

800 x 250 x 1300

IDS

390 x 240 x 500

TOOLS & KEY

CABINET

800 x 360 x 1110

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LT Openings

To provide (2x25mm2)+16mm2 cu cable with 1m of flexi hose and hot gland from DB box to
right side of the LT opening.

LT Board 2200mm x 600mm x 1850mm

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Distribution Box
Reference: Appendix 15, Electrical Installation

Single Line Diagram

Must be endorsed by LEW

All MCB must be Label

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Trap Door
Reference: Appendix 11, Aluminum Trap Door & Cat Ladder

860mm x 860mm
Alum Trap Door

760mm x 760mm
opening
250mm

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Reference: Appendix 11, Aluminum Trap Door & Cat Ladder

1500mm

375mm

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Reference: Appendix 11, Aluminum Trap Door & Cat Ladder

Non slip type

200mm

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300mm

200mm

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Lightings
Reference: Appendix 15, Electrical Installation

Wall Lighting
2.4m

Ceiling Lighting 3m

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Isolator

Isolator

1.5m

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Cable Basement
Cable Basement Door
Reference: Appendix 12, Switchgear & Cable Chamber Exit Door

5 x 12mm Steel Bolts

Shoot Bolt Housing

30mm

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Red Luminous Paint

Reference: Appendix 15, Cable Chamber Basement

To paint front and back of all beam with 50mm Red Luminous Paint

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Cable Ramp & Entry Pipes

Reference: Appendix 11, Cable Ramp & Entry Pipes

All entry pipes must be smoothed and flush to the wall

200mm

150mm

Less or equal to 30 degrees

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For Earthing Cable

200mm

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Transformer Room Door

Reference: Appendix 12, Transformer Room Louvred Door with Hasp & Staple

2x50mm

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Transformer Plinth
Appendix 11, Layout Plan

75mm x 25mm
Deep Grove

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Angled-iron to be
solidly welded
across the trench

All cable trenches to be covered by removable hot-dipped galvanized mild steel gratings

Angled-iron to be
solidly welded
across the trench

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Substation w/o cable basement

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Temporary Substation

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LT Opening (OGB)

200mm

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5-WAY OGB 830 X 320 X 1300

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Trap Door

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Earthing for s/s Lighting

To DB Box

From Earth Pit

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Fencing
Reference: Appendix 15, Fencing (where required)

600mm wide concrete apron to surround the fence externally

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Draw Pit

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Substation Main Gate

Reference: Appendix 13, Gate Details

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Butterfly Lock
Reference: Appendix 13, Gate Details

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Signage

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MCT

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Cable Lugs

1000mm2 4 holes cable lugs

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500mm2 2 holes cable lugs

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500mm2 1 holes cable lugs

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Hot Gland

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Arrangement of 500mm2 or 1000mm2 Cu single core cables

Arrangement of 500mm2 or 1000mm2 Cu single core cables is carried out as shown below so
that the current in each phase is evenly distributed between the cables for that phase.
Arrangement 1

L3

L2

L1

L1

L2

L3

Width For S/C 500mm 2

280mm

Width For S/C 1000mm 2

380mm

Width For S/C 500mm 2

200mm

Width For S/C 1000mm 2

280mm

Arrangement 2

L3
L2

L3
L1

L1

L2

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Things to include in Handing Over letter

**All the 7 item below need to be done by the main contractor after the substation work had
been completed
1) Seal all cable entry pipes.
2) Backfill all trench with wash dry sand
3) Apply thin layer of cement

4) Touch-up paint work

5) Cover all excess opening with checker plate or grating
6) Any other minor defect work
7) 24/7 security access
For handover of substation, kindly liaise with the Project Officer of the respective section using
Appendix 5 form extracted from the How to Apply for Electricity Connection handbook.