PREFUNCTIONAL TEST CHECKLIST 

     Switchgear, Switchboards, Panel Boards, Motor Control Centers, Transformers

(Swtchgr) - _________

Specification Section 16______

Project: __________________________________ Project No: __________

Components included:

___disconnects, ___ fuses, ___meters, ____ other __________________  

Associated Checklists:

___      _______________________ 

1. Submittal / Approvals

Submittal.  The above equipment and systems integral to them are complete and ready
for functional testing.  The checklist items are complete and have been checked off only
by parties having direct knowledge of the event, as marked below, respective to each
responsible contractor.  This prefunctional checklist is submitted for approval, subject to
an attached list of outstanding items yet to be completed.  A Statement of Correction will
be submitted upon completion of any outstanding areas.  None of the outstanding items
preclude safe and reliable operation of the system. ___ List attached. 

_____________________    __________     _____________________   __________

Electrical Contractor  Date  Controls Contractor  Date 

_____________________    __________

General Contractor   Date 

This checklist is to be completed prior to activation by MDAD.  

 This checklist does not take the place of the manufacturer’s recommended
checkout and startup procedures or report.
 Contractors assigned responsibility for sections of the checklist shall be
responsible to see that checklist items by their subcontractors are completed and
checked off.
 
 

Approvals.  This filled-out checklist has been reviewed.  Its completion is approved. 

 

_____________________   __________         ____________________   __________

Commissioning Authority/Agent Date  Owner’s Representative  Date 

2. Requested documentation submitted 

a. Manufacturer’s cut sheets: Yes   /   No - date to be submitted _______

b. Performance data: Yes   /   No - date to be submitted _______
c. Sequences and control strategies: Yes   /   No - date to be submitted
_______
d. O & M Manuals: Yes   /   No - date to be submitted _______
e. Data base sheets: Yes  /  No - date to be submitted _______

3. Model Verification 

Item Specified Submitted Installed

Manufacturer      
      Model      
      Serial Number      
Voltage/Phase      
Equipment Rating (amps)      
Fuse Rating (amps)      

4. Installation Checks 

d. General Installation 
i. Permanent labels affixed: Yes   /   No
ii. Cabinets in place, no visible damage: Yes   /   No
iii. Properly mounted on equipment pad and anchored: Yes   /   No
iv. Interior clean and dry: Yes   /   No
v. Units/equipment accessible for maintenance/replacement: Yes   /  
No
vi. Meter(s) installed per drawings: Yes   /   No
vii. Disconnects installed and labeled: Yes   /   No
viii. Disconnects are pad lockable in open position: Yes   /   No
 ix. Circuit breakers installed and labeled: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
x. Fuses installed: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
xi. Conduits installed and connected: Yes   /   No
xii. Cable/conduit routing does not obstruct access: Yes   /   No
xiii. As-built drawings updated: Yes   /   No

d. Switchgear (service entrance 1500kva and above) and Switchboards

(service entrance less than 1500kva) 
i. Free standing metal enclosure: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
ii. Copper buses: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
iii. Penetration to FPL vault per code: N/A   /   Yes   /   No

d. Distribution Panel Boards and other Panel Boards  

i. Tin plated copper buses: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
ii. Each circuit identified and labeled: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
iii. Space for additional circuits exist: N/A   /   Yes   /   No

e. Motor Control Centers

i. Tin plated copper buses: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
ii. Main breakers installed and labeled: N/A   /   Yes   /   No
iii. Each circuit identified and labeled: N/A   /   Yes   /   No

d. Transformers 
i. Dry type installed: N/A   /   Yes   /   No

d. Electrical and Controls 

i. Panel devices labeled and wiring tagged per drawings: Yes   /   No 
ii. I/O devices labeled and wiring tagged per drawings: Yes   /   No 
iii. Digital inputs and outputs operational: Yes   /   No 
iv. All electrical connections tight: Yes   /   No 
v. Proper grounding installed for components and unit: Yes   /   No 
vi. Safeties in place and operable: Yes   /   No 
vii. Sensors, transmitters, gages, etc., installed: Yes   /   No 
viii. Sensors calibrated (see below) : Yes   /   No 
ix. Control system interlocks hooked up and functional: Yes   /   No 
x. All control devices and wiring complete: Yes   /   No 
xi. Surge protection installed: Yes   /   No 
xii. Lightning protection installed: Yes   /   No 

d. Final 
 i. Startup report(s) completed with this checklist attached: Yes   /   No
ii. Safeties and safe operating ranges for this equipment have been
reviewed and accepted: Yes   /   No
iii. Rooms ventilated properly: Yes   /   No
iv. System is ready for functional testing: Yes   /   No

5. Operational Checks 

e. Associated prefunctional checklists are completed and accepted: N/A  / 

Yes  /  No

e. Fuses are good: Yes   /   No

f. Disconnect switch operates smoothly with full contact: Yes   /   No
g. Resistance check(s) complete with results attached: Yes   /   No
h. Specified point-to-point checks have been completed and documentation
record submitted for this system: N/A  /  Yes   /   No

6. Sensor and/or Gage Calibration

All field-installed temperature sensors, [relative humidity sensors], meters and

gages on this piece of equipment shall be calibrated.  Sensors installed in the
unit at the factory with calibration certification provided need not be field
calibrated. 

All test instruments have had a certified calibration within the last 12 months: 
Y/N______.

Sensor/Gage Verification Table

Sensor or Gage Location OK Sensor or Gage BMS Instrument Pass

(Y/N) Value Value Measured Value (Y/N)
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

Thermometer/Gage reading = reading of the permanent instrument on the

equipment.  BMS = building management system.  Instrument = testing
instrument. 

All sensors/gages are calibrated within required tolerances ___ YES   ___

NO 

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      PREFUNCTIONAL TEST CHECKLIST 

SWITCHGEAR, SWITCHBOARDS, PANEL BOARDS, MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS,
TRANSFORMERS
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