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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
ABSTRACT ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii
LIST OF FIGURES vi
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF SYMBOLS viii
CHAPTER TITLE
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Introduction to Electrical Installation 1
1.2. Aim and Objectives 1
1.3. Scope of the Thesis 2
1.4. Outlines of the Thesis 2
2 ELECTRICAL WIRING AND LIGHTING 3
2.1. Electrical Wiring 3
2.2. Types of Wiring System 3
2.2.1. Cleated System 4
2.2.2. Wooden Casing and Capping System 4
2.2.3. Tough Rubber Sheathed Wiring or Batten Wiring 5
2.2.4. Lead Sheath or Metal Sheathed Wiring 5
2.3. Types of Lighting 6
2.3.1. Ambient Lighting 6
2.3.2. Task Lighting 7
2.3.3. Accent Lighting 8
2.4. The Nature of Light 9
2.5. Type of Lighting Scheme 9
2.5.1. Direct Lighting 9
2.5.2. Indirect Lighting 10
2.5.3. Semi-direct Lighting 10
2.5.4. Semi-indirect Lighting 10
2.5.5. General diffuse Lighting 11
2.6. The Function of Light 11
2.6.1. Luminous Intensity 11
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2.6.2. Luminous Flux 11

2.6.3. Illuminance 12
2.6.4. Luminance 12
2.7. Lighting Characteristics 12
2.7.1. Illumination 12
2.7.2. Spatial Distribution of the Light 13
2.7.3. The Color of the Light and Color Rendition 13
2.7.4. Choice of Light Source and Fitting 13
2.8. Inverse Square Law 14
2.9. Artificial Light Sources 15
2.10. Fluorescent Lamp 15
2.11. Distribution Board 16
2.12. Green for Earth 18
2.11.1. Connecting to a Two-pin Plug 19
2.11.2. Connecting to a Thee-pin Plug 19
3 ELECTRICAL ESTIMATE AND ELECTRICAL PLAN 20
3.1. Electrical Estimate 20
3.2. Estimating of Electrical Work 21
3.3. Quotes of Electrical Work 22
3.4. Electrical Plan 22
3.4.1. Lighting Plan 23
3.4.1.1. Illumination level 24
3.4.1.2. Uniformity of illumination 24
3.4.1.3. Color of light 25
3.4.1.4. Shadows 25
3.4.1.5. Directed and reflected glare 25
3.4.1.6. Mounting height 25
3.4.1.7. Spacing of luminaries 25
3.4.1.8. Color of surrounding walls 26
3.4.2. Power Plan 26
3.4.3. Single Line Diagram 26
3.4.4. Lightning 27
3.4.5. Earthing 27
4 ELECTRICAL CALCULATION FOR TWO-STOREY
BUILDING 28
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4.1. Design of Two-storey Building 28

4.2. Ground Floor of Lighting Plan and Calculation 28
4.3. First Floor of Lighting Plan and Calculation 33
4.4. Choosing Circuit Breaker Sizes and Cable Sizes
for Ground Floor Lighting 37
4.5. Choosing Circuit Breaker Sizes and Cable Sizes
for First Floor Lighting 41
4.6. Power Plan of 13A Multi Socket for First Floor 45
4.7. Power Plan of 10A Multi Socket for Ground Floor 46
4.8. Power Plan of 10A Multi Socket for First Floor 46
4.9. Circuit Breaker Sizes 49
4.9.1. Moulded Case Circuit Breaker 49
4.9.2. Maniature Circuit Breaker 49
4.9.3. Residual Circuit Breaker 49
4.10. Cable Sizes and Wire Sizes 50
4.11. Utilization Factor 51
4.12. Maintenance Factor 51
4.13. Lux Format 51
4.14. Township Development of Committee Two-Storey RCC
Building (222' X 68') for Electrical Work Estimation 52
5 DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSION 58
5.1. Discussions 58
5.2. Conclusion 58
REFERENCES 60