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 Door……………………………………………………………5

 HT Openings & Floor Frame……………………………………………………....12

 Opening for Marshaling Box, Pilot Box & Battery Charger…………………….15

 Equipment Dimension……………………………………………….......................16

 LT Openings………………………………………………………………………...17

 DB Box………………………………………………………………………………19

 Trap Door…………………………………………………………………………...20

 Lightings…………………………………………………………………………….24

 Isolator………………………………………………………………………………25

2.0 Cable Basement

 Cable Basement Door………………………………………………………………26

 Red Luminous Paint………………………………………………………………..27

 Cable Ramp And Entry Pipes……………………………………………………...29

3.0 Transformer Room

 Transformer Room Door…………………………………………………………...31

 Transformer Plinth…………………………………………………………………32

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 Fencing………………………………………………………………………………………41

8.0 Draw Pit……………………………………………………………………………………..42

9.0 Substation Main Gate………………………………………………………………………44

 Butterfly Lock………………………………………………………………………….44

10.0 Others

10.1 Signage……………………………………………………………………………46

10.2 MCT………………………………………………………………………………47

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

40mm 55mm
18mm
65mm
15mm
20mm
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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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Grating width must not more than 300mm

30mm gap
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Opening for Marshaling Box, Pilot Box & Battery Charger

Reference: Appendix 11, Floor Plan

IDS

RTU

Marshalling

Pilot Box
Battery
Box
Charger
Tools & Key Cabinet
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Equipment Dimension

DIMENSION
Item
(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

800 x 360 x 1110
CABINET
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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

375mm
1500mm
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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
Less or equal to 30 degrees

150mm
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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 N L1 L2 L3

Width For S/C 500mm 2 - 280mm

Width For S/C 1000mm 2 - 380mm

Arrangement 2

L3 L3

L2 L1 N L1 L2

Width For S/C 500mm 2 - 200mm

Width For S/C 1000mm 2 - 280mm

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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.