TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES PHILIPPINE ELECTRICAL CODE PEC1 1. Receptacle outlets in dwelling unit shall be installed so that no pint along the floor line in any wall space is more than ___—smm measured horizontally from an outlet in that space. 1,800 mm 2. Receptacle outlets in floors shall not be counted as part of the required number of receptacle outlets in dwelling units unless locate within mm of the wall. 450 mm 3. In dwelling units, receptacle outlets shall be located above but not more than ss mm. above the countertop. 500 mm 4. For a one family dwelling unit and each unit of a two family dwelling unit, that is at grade level, at least one receptacle outlet accessible at grade level and not more than mm above grade shall be installed at the back and front of the dwelling. 2000 mm 5. In dwelling units, hallways of mmor more in length shall have at least one receptacle outlet. 3000 mm 6. In show windows at least one receptacle outlet shall be installed directly above a show window for each lineal meters of major fraction thereof of show window area measured horizontally at its maximum length. 3.6 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 "ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES "7. Appliance receptacle outlets installed in a dwelling unit for specific appliances such as. laundry equipment shall be installed within mm of the intended location of the appliance. 1800 mm 8. In dwelling units and guest rooms of hotels or motels the voltage shall not exceed V. nominal between conductors that supply the lighting fixtures, cord and plug connected load, 1,440 VA nominal or less than +4 hp. 230 V 9. An electrocution caused by accident or equipment malfunction can be prevented by installing an electrical device called to the circuit. ground fault circuit interrupter 10.Branch circuits larger than Ashall supply only non-lighting loads SOA 11.The minimum size for lighting branch circuit conductors shall be mm’, 35 12.Service drop andservice lateral conductors shall not be smaller than mm’ copper. 8.0 13.Service drop conductor shall not be less than mm over residential property and driveways and those commercial areas not subject to truck traffic where the voltage does not exceed 300 V to ground. 3,600 14.A fuse is a device. ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 1 phase protective 15.A concrete encased electrode consisting at least mm zinc galvanized coated steel reinforced or other electrically conductive rods not less than mm in diameter shall be permitted to be bounded together with other grounding electrodes. 6000, 13 16.About grounding, what is the reason to connect metal enclosures for electrical conductors to the grounding system? current path continuity 17.A ground ring encircling the building or structure in direct contact with the earth at a depth below the earth's surface of not less than mm consisting of at least mm of bare copper conductor not smaller than 30 mm’ shall be permitted to be bounded with other grounding electrodes. 750, 6000 18. Electrodes of rods of iron or steel shalll be at least mm in diameter. 16 19,Plate electrodes shall be installed not less than mm below the surface of the earth. 750 20.In conduit wiring, the maximum number of quarter bends in one run shall be 4 21.Bends in service entrance cables shall be made so that the radius of the inner edge of any bend shall not be less than times the diameter of the circle. 5 25 TERN AGADENIC YEAR BOR ENGR. WARCELO CAST. GONTNAS SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 22.The total load on any over current device located in a panel board shall not exceed % of its rating when in normal operation, the load will continue for hours or more (continuous load). 80%, 3 23.In dwelling units, at least one receptacle outlet shall be installed in the bathroom within mm of the outside edge of each basin, such outlet shall be located on the wall that is adjacent to the basin location. 900 mm 24, The following are types of lighting fixtures permitted to be installed in a closet * Recessed fluorescent lamp fixture Pendant or open lamp holder ¢ Surface mounted fluorescent lamp fixture 25.Branch circuit conductors to one or more units of a data processing system shall have an ampacity of percent of total connected load. 125 26.What is the minimum ampacity of branch circuit conductors for a window type air conditioning unit with 8 A rated current with other load supplied? 20A 27.Feeder supplying several motor loads shall have an ampacity equal to the sum of the full load current ratings of all motors plus percent of the highest rated current in the group 25 28.What is the minimum ampacity of conductors for room air conditioner with 12 A rated current? 25 TERN AGADENIC YEAR BOR ENGR. WARCELO CAST. GONTINAS SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 15A 29.A hermetic motor compressor has a rated current of 25 A. What is the minimum ampere rating of the motor branch disconnecting means? 28.75 30.For continuous duty, the conductors connecting the secondary of a wound rotor ac motor to its controller shall have an ampacity not less than percent of the full load secondary current of the motor. 125 31.The disconnecting means for motor circuits rated 600 V or less shall have an ampere rating at least percent of the full load current rating of the motor. 115 32.The motor compressor branch circuit short circuit and ground fault protection shall be set at not more than percent of the motor compressor rated load current, provided that where the protection specified is not sufficient to carry the starting current of the motor the setting shall be increased up to 225 percent of the motor compressor rated load current, 175 33.The walls and roofs of a transformer vaults shall be constructed of materials that have adequate strength for the conditions with a minimum fire resistance of hours. 1 34.The ampacity of capacitor circuit conductors shall not be less than percent of the rated current of the capacitor. 135 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20202027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTRIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES wound rotor and de motors shall not exceed ____ percent of the full load current rating of the motor if it is a non-time delay fuse or __ percent of the full load current of the motor if itis an inverse time circuit breaker. 300, 250 36.A continuous duty motor more than 1 hp automatically started motor of 1 hp or less shall have overload protection set at not more than __% of motor nameplate full load current rating where the motor is marked with a service factor of 1.15 or marked temperature rise of 49 degrees C. 125 37.A general purpose of continuous duty motor more than 1 hp or automatically started motor of 1 hp or less shall have overload protection set at not more than ____ percent of motor nameplate full load current rating 115 38.Conductors supplying several motors or a motor(s) and other load(s) shall have an ampacity at least equal to the full load current of all the motors plus ___ percent of the full load current of the highest rated motor in the group plus the computed currents of the other loads. 25 39.For continuous duty, the conductors connecting the secondary of a wound rotor ac motor to its controller shall have an ampacity not less than ___ percent of the full load secondary current of the motor 125 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES shall have an ampacity of not less than ___ percent of the full load current of the monitor. 125 41.Heating elements of cables shall be separated at least ___ mm from the edge of outlet boxes and junction boxes used for mounting lightning fixtures. 200 42.Wiring located above heated ceilings shall be spaced not less than __ mm above the heated ceiling shall be considered as operating with an ambient temperature of 50 degrees c. 50 43.For permanently connected appliances rated more than ____ VA or 1/8 hp branch circuit switch or circuit breaker shall be permitted to serve as the disconnecting means provided the circuit breaker or switch is within sight of the appliance. 300 44.Ceiling suspended fans that exceed ___ kg in weight with or without accessories shall be supported independently of the outlet boxes. 16 45.What is the minimum ampacity of conductors for room air conditioner with 12 A rated current? 15 46.What is the minimum ampacity of branch circuit conductors for a window type air conditioning unit with 8 A rated current with other load supplied? 20 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES ~— 47.Branch circuit conductors to one or more units of a data processing system shall have an ampacity of ___ percent of the total connected load. 125 48.A recessed fixture that is not identified to be in contact with insulation shall have all recessed parts spaced at least__mm from combustible materials. 13 49.Pendant conductors longer than __mm shall be twisted together where not cabled in a listed assembly. 900 50.Unless part of a listed decorative assembly, pendant conductors shall not be smaller than ____mm‘2 for mogul or medium base screw shell lamp holders. 2.0 51.In dwelling units at last one receptacle outlet shall be installed in the bathroom within ___mm of the outside edge of each basin such outlet shall be located on the wall that is adjacent to the basin location. 900 52.No parts of cord connected fixture, pendants or ceiling suspended fans shall be located within a zone measured 900 mm horizontally and __ mm vertically from the top of the cath tub rim or shower stall threshold. 2,400 53. Flexible cords and fixture wires shall not be smaller than __ mm*2. 0.75 54.Panelboards equipped with snap switches rated at 30 A or less shall have overcurrent protection not in excess of ___ A. ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 200 55. The total load on any overcurrent device located in a panelboard shall not exceed 80% of its rating when in normal operation, the load will continue for ___ hours or more (continuous load) 3 56.Not more than ____ overcurrent devices, other than those provided for in the mains of a lightning and appliance branch circuit panelboard shall be installed in any one cabinet. 42 57.A power panelboard is one having ___ percent or fewer of its overcurrent devices protecting lightning and appliance branch circuits 10 58.A lightning and appliance branch circuit panelboard is one having more than ____ percent of its overcurrent devices protecting lightning and appliance branch circuits. 10 59.For other than a totally enclosed switchboard a space not less than ___ mm shall be provided between the top of the switchboard and any combustible coiling 900 60.Knife switches rated at over__ A. t 250 Vor less and atover__ A. t 251 to 600 V shall be used only as isolating switches and shall not be opened under load. 1,200 , 600 61.Snap switches used with open wiring on insulators shall be mounted on insulating material that will separate the conductors at least___ mm from the surface wired over. 2B ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 "ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTRIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 62.There shall be an aitspace of at least __ mm between any live metal part including live metal parts of enclosed fuses and the door of the enclosing box. 25 63. Other than at points of supports, there shall be an airspace of at least___ mm between the base of the devices and wall of any metal cabinet or cut-out box in which the device is mounted. 2 64.No box shall have an interval depth of less than 13 mm and if intended to enclose flush devices shall have an internal depth of not less that__ mm. 24 65.In walls or ceilings of concrete tile or other non-combustible material, boxes shall be installed so that the front edge of the box will not be set back of the finished surface more than mm. 6 66.Cable bus conductors shall not be smaller than __mm*2 and individual conductors shall be supported at intervals not exceeding 900 mm for horizontal runs and 460 mm for vertical runs. 50 67.Busways shall be securely supported at intervals not exceeding__ mm. 1,500 68.Flat cable assemblies shall consist of either two, three or four conductors and each conductor shall be __mm/2 special stranded copper wire. 5.5 69.Flat cable assembly branch circuit shall not exceed __A. ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 30 70. Metallic wireways shall not contain more than ___ current carrying conductors at any cross section. 30 71.Rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit and electrical metallic tubing shall be supported and securely fastened at least every ___ and within __ mm of every box, cabinet, conduit body or fitting. 3,000 , 900 72.Metal clad cables, type MC shall be supported and secured at intervals not exceeding __ mm and cables containing 4 or fewer conductors sized larger than 5.5 mm‘2 shall be secured within 300 mm of every box, cabinet or fitting, 1,600 73.Type AC cables, flexible metal conduit and liquidtight flexible metal conduit used in wiring shall be supported, at intervals not exceeding __ mm and within _ mm of every outlet box, junction box, cabinet or fitting, 1,400 , 300 74.In concealed knob and tube wiring, a clearance of not less than ___ mm shall be maintained between conductors and a clearance of not less than ___ mm between the conductor and the surface over which they pass. 75, 25 75.In open wiring on insulators, open conductors shall be separated at least mm from metal raceways and any exposed power or signaling conductors. 50 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES ~76.In open wiring on insulators __mm2 of larger conductors supported on solid knobs shall. be securely tied thereto by tie wires having an insulation equivalent to that of the conductor. 8.0 77.In open wiring on insulators and concealed knob and tube wiring conductors smaller than 8.0 ,,42 shall be supported rigidly on non-combustible and non-absorbent insulating materials and shall not be in contact with any other objects within any other objects within ____mm from a splice or tap and at intervals not exceeding __ mm. 150 , 1,400 78.Conductors of ____mm"2 and larger comprising each phase shall be permitted to be connected in parallel to form a single conductor. 50 79.Where installed in raceways, conductors of size__ mm/2 or larger shall be stranded. 8.0 80. Temporary electrical power and lightning installations shall be permitted for a period of __ days for Christmas lightning. 90 81.For circuits of over 600 V the conductor shall not be bent to a radius less than __ times the overall diameter for non-shielded or lead covered conductors. 8 82.Atleast___mm of free conductor, measured from the pount in the box where it emerges form its raceway shall be left at each outlet junctions and switch point for splices or connection of fixtures or devices. 150 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20002027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTAIS, ee SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES ~~ 83.For circuit of more than 1 KV, the conductor between arrester and line shall not be smaller than___ mm/2 copper or aluminum. 14 84.For services of 1 KV, the surge arrester grounding conductor shall not be smaller than ___ mm*2 copper. 2.0 85.In systems of 1 KV or more, the minimum insulation level for neutral conductors of solidly grounded circuits shall be __V. 600 86.The grounding conductor for secondary circuits of instrument transformers and for instrument cases shall not be smaller than _ mm*2 copper. 35 87.Secondary circuits and potential transformers shall be grounded where the primary winding is connected to circuits of ___ V or more to ground and where on switchboards shall be grounded irrespective of the voltage. 300 88. The minimum size of equipment bonding jumpers or equipment grounding conductors shall be mm’2 2.0 89.Where installed in the outside, the length of the equipment bonding jumper shall not exceed ___ mm and shall be routed with the raceway or enclosure. 1,800 90.The minimum size of grounding electrode conductor shall be _ mm 2 copper. 8.0 ‘FOTERMAGADENIG YEAR ODODE ENGR. WARCELO CASIL GONTIAS, te SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES ~91.Where used outside, aluminum or copper clad aluminum grounding conductors shall not. be installed within__ mm of the earth. 450 92.A single electrode consisting of a rod or pipe or plate that does not have a resistance to ground of ___ ohms or less shall be augmented by one additional electrode. 25 93. Plate electrodes shall be installed not less than_ mm below the surface of the earth. 750 94. Electrodes of non-ferrous metal plates shall be at least___ mm in thickness. 15 95. Electrodes of iron or steel plates shall be atleast__ mm in thickness. 6 96.Each plate electrode shall expose not less than __m2 of surface to external soil. 0.186 97.The electrode shall be installed and driven to a depth of not less than __ mm into the soil except that where rock bottom is encountered, the electrode shall be driven at an oblique angle not to exceed 45 degrees from the vertical shall be buried in a trench that is less than 750 mm deep. 2,400 98. Stainless steel rods less than 16 mm in diameter, nonferrous rods or their equivalent shall be listed and shall not be less than __ mm in diameter. 13 99. Electrodes of rods of iron or steel shall be at less__ mm in diameter. 16 Fe TERRORS VAR DERE ENGR. WARCELO CASIL GONTIAS, SignatureTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES. TAGUIG CAMPUS ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES 100. Outlets for heavy duty lamp holders shall be computed at a minimum of ___ VA per outlet. 600 ‘PO TERM ACADEMIC YEAR 20202027 ENGR. WARCELO GASIL GONTRIS, ee Signature