Rules and Regulations for Electrical Wiring InstallationsThis 2019 third edition of “Electrical Wiring Installation” supersedes the 1980 first edition of “Wiring Regulation for Electrical Installations” and the 2003 second edition of “Building Rules and Regulations,” also issued by Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA). These rules and regulations are based on and refer to British Standards (BS 7671: 2008), International Electrotechnical Commissions (IEC 60364), appropriate Association of Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC) countries, wiring practice, and other equivalent International Standards. The main purpose of these regulations are the practical safeguarding of persons, livestock, and properties from hazards arising from the use of electricity, The objective of these rules and regulations is to provide guidance for electrical contractors, electrical design consultants, electricians, and consumers, in compliance with the SEWA criteria for electrical installations. These rules and regulations contain provisions that are considered necessary for safety; compliance with them are mandatory. Electrical power supply will not be made available if these rules and regulations are not met in their entirely. This edition was put together under the careful watch of the Mutual Services Department team. we gratefully acknowledges the comments, suggetions, and support of all SEWA departments in every step of the way from compiling through to publishing of this booklet. Responsibility for compliance People who are responsible for electrical work (Consultants, Customers, Owners, Contractors, or any other person involved in the design, construction, installations in all Premises within the Emirates of Sharjah) must ensure that the work complies with all applicable requirements of SEWA’s Regulations. If the work does not comply with SEWA’s Regulations, the client/customer may be served with an enforcement notice.Table Of Content 1.1 Scope 1.2 Limitations 1.3 Drawings and Documents Submission 1.4 Environmental and Climatic Conditions 1.5 Technical Standards, Materials and Workmanship 1.6 Approval of Electrical Installations 1.7. Extensions, Alterations and Repairs 1.8 Building Efficiency (as per LEED) SECTION 1 — General Requirements and Safety Ty ce o1 02 02 03 03 04 06 06 SECTION 2 — Definitions Cy] Seen Me aco eC Rua me) 3.1 Electricity Incoming Supply 3.2 Voltage Drop 3.3 Prospective Fault Current 3.4 Harmonic Transients and Voltage Disturbances 3.5 Tariff Metering SECTION 4 - Private 11kV Sub-station/Transformer 35 ETE Pea le ce cn ee aru Cu 4.1 Transformer Room 4.2 Low Voltage Switch Rooms 30 30 30 a1 32 36se £04 (fe) Eee easel) 43 5.1 General Principles 44 5.2 Overload and Short Circuit Protection 44 5.3 Electric Shock Protection 46 5.4 Earth Leakage Protected System a7 5.5 Earthed Equipotential Bonded Systems 49 5.6 Restricted Earth Fault Protection 51 5.7 Isolation and Switching 51 5.8 Insulation” 53 SECTION 6 - Selection of Eq Ne Teen nn aca cr ETT Eee 6.1 Lightings 55 6.2 Plugs, Socket-Outlets and Flex-Outlets 57 6.3 Air conditioning Unit and Water Heater 60 6.4 Switches and Isolators 61 6.5 Conduits, Trunkings and Cable Trays 62 6.6 Cables 64 6.7 Final Circuits 68 6.8 Bus Ways, Bus Ducts and Bus Bar Risers 68 6.9 Distribution Boards 70 6.10 Low Voltage Switchboards 74- ao (0) We eMC Rael R el Caled vi 7.1. General Principles 76 7.2. Systems of Earthing 76 7.3. Main Earth Terminal 77 7.4 Earth Electrodes 78 7.5 Earth Conductors 79 7.6 Exposed-Conductive-Parts 80 7.7 Earth Fault Loop Impedance 81 7.8 Protective’Conductors 82 7.9 Equipotential Bonding Conductors 84 Geeue ere enue cee Ea ECoG ae) 8.1 Assessment of Connected Load 86 8.2 Maximum Demand 87 SECTION 9 — Electric Motors, Starters, Circuits & Controllers Ey 9.1. General Requirements 90 9.2 Protection and Isolation 94 BaP eae aC mT cCry 95 10.1 General Requirements 96 10.2 Specifications 97 10.3 Under Voltage Relay 100oo Bree RRS en Rca Deu mR Aes 11.1 Standby Generator 11.2. Distribution Transformer SECTION 12 - Special Locations & Wiring Systems 12.1 Separated Extra-Low Voltage 12.2 Protective Extra-Low Voltage 12.3. Bathroom and Similar Locations 12.4 Swimming Pools 12.5 Water Fountains 12.6 Temporary Electrical Installations 12.7. Street Lightings 12.8 External Lightings 12.9 Marinas and Similar Locations 12.10 Solar Photovoltaic System SECTION 13 — Site Installations 13.1 General Requirements 13.2 Wiring Systems and Distribution Boards pa) 120 120SECTION 14 - Maintenance, Inspection, Testing & Certification 121 14.1 Maintenance of Electrical Installations 122 14.2 Inspection and Testing by SEWA 122 14.3 Inspection and Testing by Licensed Contractors 123 14.4 Electrical Installation Certificates 124 SECTION 15 — APPENDICES p27 Y | SECTION 16 — GLOSSARY of TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS 198 SECTION 17 — REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY iy} SECTION 18 TNR Pui MEIGeneral Requirements & Safety Principlesee 1.1.1 These rules and regulations are applicable to electrical installations in buildings in general including designs and testing of electrical works such as; * Domestic Premises (e.g. Villas and similar) ° Commercial and Industrial Premises * Shops . Offices * Low, Medium and High Rise Buildings . Small, Medium and Large scale Residential . Infrastructure . Street Lightings Lia All projects, before approval and commencement to site construction shall be submitted and subject to detailed study by SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority). Compliance of these rules and regulations is compulsory, electric power supply will not be made available if these rules and regulations are not met it’s entirely. 1.14 These rules and regulations are not intended to take place on detailed specifications, to instruct untrained person nor to provide for every circumstances where difficult or special situations arise that are not covered in these rules and regulations. SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority) services may be sought to obtain the best solution. 1 1 Those aspects of installation in potentially explosive atmosphere relating to methods of dealing with the explosion hazard which are specified in BS EN 60079-14/ IEC 60079-14/ BS EN 50016 in premises where the fire risks of an usual character so as to require special measures.| | 1.2.2 1238 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.2.8 1.2.9 1.3 a3. Parts of telecommunications (e.g. radio, telephone, bell, call and sound distribution system, data transmission test), fire alarm and emergency lighting circuits and equipment that are fed from a safety source. However, requirements for the segregation of circuits from another circuits are included. Electric Traction Equipment Electric equipment of motor vehicles except those to which the requirements of these rules and regulations concerning caravans are applicable. Electrical equipment on and off shore installations, board ships and aircraft. Electrical installations in Mines and Quarries Radio Interference Suppression Equipment, except if it affects the safety in ari electrical installations Lightning Protection of buildings in general (see BS EN/ IEC 62305 as reference). Medium and High Voltage installations. Sem Leo, Before the commencement of any electrical installation (see Section 1.1), large or small, new or additional, the following detailed drawings and documents of the proposed installations shall be submitted to SEWA for review and approval: Client/Owner Emirates ID Copy Affection Plan and Site Setting-out Plan Letter of Consultant regarding the details of the project Land Ownership Complete set of Electrical and HVAC drawing including wiring installation layouts, electrical calculations, load schedules, single line diagrams, thermal load calculations summary, thermal insulation details (as per AL SA’FAT DUBAI GREEN BUILDING EVALUATION SYSTEM) and Sub-station/ Transformer and electrical rooms details. Complete set of switch gear detailed drawing and technical submittal to be submitted in the latest stage of project execution. Consultant is responsible to obtain the necessary approval for the above mentioned subject from SEWA. 4 02 |—1.4 1.5 1.5.1 Environmental and Climatic Conditions Tropical At Sea Level 55°C max.and 2°C mini. 35°C maximum at 1 meter depth 40 °C maximum at 2.4 meters tidal variation 45 m/s at 10 meter high Northerly and gales with gusts and combined by a high level of dust in the air Salt laden and very corrosive 2°C-Meter/Watt Common 100% at 30°C All equipment, apparatus and accessories used in electrical installations shall be suitable for the operations with satisfactory performance in the mentioned climatic conditions. Technical standards, materials and workmanship These rules and regulations provide guidelines and technical standards which are consistent with the principles contained in BS 7671:2018 (also known as the IET Wiring Regulations 18th Edition) and in International Electro technical Commission (IEC 60364). Where any provisions in these rules and regulations contradicts any provision in BS 7671 and IEC 60364, the requirements specified under these rules and regulations shall apply. INote: these rules and regulations are in some aspects more prescriptive than BS 7671 and 1EC 60364 and take account of the typical skills and language as well as the physical environment of Sharjah Emirate.} |— oS eFe 1.5.2 1.5.3 15.4 Lg 1.5.6 152 1.6 1.6.1 Where a provision or technical requirements is not covered by these rules and regulations, BS 7671 or IEC 60364 may be used as a guideline or specification, with prior approval from SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority). All materials used in electrical installations shall be of good quality and installed in a neat and orderly manner. All materials and equipment shall comply with relevant international standards which shall be mainly BS (British Standard Specifications) or IEC (International Electro Technical Commission) standards, as referenced in these rules and regulations. Other international standards may be used, in particular where none are specified in these rules and regulations with prior approval of SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority). Manufacturers name, trademark or other descriptive marking to identify manufacturer is to be present for all electrical equipment For accessories, the marking shall be of sufficient durability to withstand the environmental and climatic condition of the Emirate. Reference must be made, where relevant, to UAE or Gulf standards which may be issued from time to time by the Emirates Standardization and Metrology Authority (ESMA). All electrical installation works it’s either new and/or additions shall only be carried out by licensed electrical contractors as authorized and classified by SEWA. Each Contractor who undertakes electrical installations is required to have sufficient number of Engineers, Assistant Engineers, Foremen, Electricians and Helpers. The above mentioned persons have to take the competency exam to perform electrical works and to be categorized in accordance to the size of the work they can do and to the staff they have. Approval of Electrical Installa Any Client/Owner requiring a new connection or alteration to an existing connection must make an application to SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority) using the appropriate forms and required documents needed. Latest applicable procedure published by SEWA to be followed for submission of application for approval of electrical installations.1.5.2 iF i137 SCS The design of an electrical installations must be approved by SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority) before commencement of construction. Details of the design must be submitted along with documents, drawings and details as specified in section 1.3. Standard symbols as shown in appropriate electrical calculations and wiring diagrams, using the standard symbols shown in Appendix A Table 14 shall be used. [Note: even though SEWA approves the design of electrical installations, this does not relieve the Client/Owner and associated Licensed Contractor from the obligation to fully comply with these rules and regulations.] For large developments, the Client/Owner may, with prior approval from SEWA (Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority), enter into an undertaking with SEWA to the effect that all parts of an electrical installations downstream from the connection point shall comply with these rules and regulations. Any such approval, including as to the form of undertaking, will be at the discretion of SEWA. If given, the Client/Owner will not be required to submit details of the electrical installations to SEWA for prior approval. A decision by SEWA to allow the Client/Owner to self-certify the design of an electrical installations shall not have any bearing on any inspection of the electrical installations by SEWA, and the Client/Owner shall rectify any non-compliance identified by SEWA (either pre-energization inspection or upon any other inspection) at its own cost and within the timeframes specified by SEWA or set out in these rules and regulations. Notwithstanding clause 1.6.3, in all instances the Client/Owner and associated Licensed Contractor are responsible for ensuring that the design, construction and installations complies with these rules and regulations. New electrical installations must be inspected and tested by SEWA in accordance with the requirements in Section 14 of these rules & regulations, prior to and upon energization. SEWA may, where appropriate, seek evidence of compliance against relevant standards of equipment and components used in the electrical installations.1.7 Extensions, Alterations and Repairs 17.1 No extension or alteration to an Electrical Installation may be made without prior notification to SEWA or without approval, testing and certification in accordance with Section 1.6. All extensions or alterations to an existing Electrical Installation must comply with the requirements of these rules and regulations. Notwithstanding clauses 1.7.1 and Section1.7.2, repairs to existing Electrical Installations may be made using standards of equipment compliant with the original Electrical Installation, but limited to work of an essential nature on a like-for-like basis. Work on any part of the Electrical Installation other than Final Circuits, including any Distribution Board and any items at the low voltage switch room, must be notified to SEWA. 17.4 Any proposed increase or change from the Total Connected Load at a Premises, must be approved by SEWA. 1.8 PETIT iks al Choe Xa 4D) 1.8.1 Design and installation shall comply the requirements of the thermal insulation of walls, ceilings, windows and doors which are exposed to the thermal load. 1.8.2 All entries and exits of air conditioned areas which are used regularly shall have protection by designing a door that reduces the loss of cold air. 1.8.3 Air curtains on the entries and exits that are used regularly in short and consecutive periods shall be used.| 08 Accessory: a device, other than current-using equipment, associated with an electrical installation. Appliance: an item of current-using equipment other than a luminaires or an independent motor. Arm’s Reach: a zone of accessibility to touch, extending from any point on a surface where a person may stand or move about to the limits which such person may reach without assistance Barrier: a part providing a defined degree of protection against contact with live parts, from any usual direction of access. Basic insulation: insulation applied to live parts to provide basic protection against electric shock and which does not necessarily include insulation used exclusively for functional propose. Bonded: connected together electrically not normally for the purpose of carrying current but so as to ensure a common potential. Bonding conductor: a protective conductor providing equipotential bonding. Building void, accessible: a space within the structure or the components of a building accessible only certain points.Building void, non-accessible: a space within the structure or the components of a building which has no ready means of access. Bunched: cables are said to be bunched when two or more are contained within a single conduit, ducting, or trunking or if not enclosed, are not separated from each other by a specific distance. Cable bracket: a horizontal cable support system, consisting of elements fixed at one end only, spaced at interval along the length of the cable end on which the cable rests Cable channel: an enclosure situated above or in the ground, ventilated or closed, & having dimensions which do not permit the access of persons but the access to the conductor and or cables throughout their length during and after installation. A cable channel may or may not from part of the building construction. Cable cleat: a component of a support system, which consists of elements, spaced at intervals along the length of the cable or conduit and which mechanically retains the cable or conduit. Cable coupler: means of enabling the connection or disconnection, as well of two flexible cables. It consists of a connector and plug. i Cable Ducting: i a manufactured enclosure for material or insulated material, other than conduit or cable trunking, intended for the protection of cable which are drawn in after erection of ducting.1 10 ——__ Cable ladder: a cable support consists of continues base with raised edges and no covering it is considered to be non- perforated, where less than 30% of the material is removed from the base. Cable tray: Acable support consists of series of supporting elements rigidly fixed to main supporting elements occupy less than 10% of the plan area Cable trunking: a manufactured enclosure for the protection of cable, normally of rectangular cross- section, of which one side is removable or hinged. Cable tunnel: an enclosure containing supporting structures for conductors and/or cables and joints and whose dimensions allow persons to pass freely throughout the entire cable length. Caravan: a trailer leisure accommodation vehicle, used for touring, designed to meet the requirements for the construction and use of road vehicle. Caravan Park: an area of land that contains two or more caravan pitches. Caravan Pitch: a plot of ground upon which a single leisure accommodation vehicle or leisure home may stand. Caravan Pitch Electrical Supply Equipment: Equipment that provides means of connecting and disconnecting supply cables from a leisure accommodation vehicle to a fixed external power supply.Cartridge fuse link: a device comprising a fuse element or several fuse elements connected in parallel enclosed in a cartridge usually filled with arc extinguishing medium and connected to terminations. Circuit: an assembly of electrical equipment supplied from same origin and protected against overcurrent by the same protective devices. Categories of circuits are as follows. Category 1 Circuit: a Circuit (other than a fire alarm or emergency lighting Circuit) operating at LV and supplied from the Distribution Company. Category 2 Circuit: a Circuit (other than a fire alarm or emergency lighting Circuit) which supplies telecommunications equipment (such as telephones, intruder alarms, data transmission, call bells, etc). Category 3 Circuit: a fire alarm or emergency lighting Circuit, Circuit breaker: a device capable of making carrying and breaking normal load currents & also making and automatically breaking, under pre-determined conditions abnormal currents such as short circuit currents. It is usually required to operate infrequently although some types are suitable for frequent operation. Circuit breaker linked: a circuit breaker contact of which are so arranged also make or break all poles simultaneously or in a defined sequence. Circuit protective conductor (CPC): 7 a protective conductor connecting expose conductive-parts of equipment to the main earthing terminal. Jab7 12 ——_: Class 1 Equipment: equipment in which protection against electric shock does not rely on basic insulation only. But which includes means for the connection of exposed conductive parts to a protective conductor in the fixed wiring of the insulation. Class 2 Equipment: equipment, in which protection against electric shocks does not rely ‘on basic insulation only, but in which additional safety precautions such as supplementary insulation are provided, there being no pro- vision for the connection of exposed metal work of the equipment to a protective conductor, and no reliance upon precaution to be taken in the fixed wiring of the installation. Conductor (of a core or cable): the conducting portion consisting of a single wire or of group of wires in contact with each other. For earthed concentric wiring, the term may also denote the metal sheath of a cable. Conduit: a part of a closed wiring system for cables in electrical installations, allowing them to be drawn in and/or replaced, but not inserted laterally. Connector: the part of a coupler or of an appliance coupler which is provided with female contacts and is intended to be attached to the end of the flexible cable remote from the supply. Consumer's installation: wiring and apparatus situated upon the consumer's premises and controlled or installed by him, excluding any switchgear of the supply undertaking which the consumer may be permitted to use. Consumer's Terminals: the point in the consumer's installation at which the income supply of energy is delivered to that installationCore (of a cable): the conductor with its insulation but not including any outer covering for mechanical or other protection. Current carrying capacity of a conductor: the maximum current which can be carried by a conductor under specific conditions without its steady state temperate exceeding a specified value. Current using equipment: equipment which converts electrical energy into another form of energy, such as light, heat or motive power. 4 Danger: risk of injury to persons and livestock where expected to be present from: Fire, electrical shock and buns arising from the use of electrical energy. Mechanical movement if electrically controlled equipment, in so far as such danger is intended to the prevented by electrical emergency switching or by electrical switching for mechanical maintenance of non-electrical parts of such equipment. Data processing equipment: electrically operated machine units that, separately or assembled in systems, accumulate process and store data acceptable and divulgence of data may or may not be by electronic means. Design current of a circuit: the magnitude of the current (r.m.s value of ac) to be carried by the circuit in normal service. Direct contact: Contact of persons or livestock with live parts which may result in electric shock. 143 | | 13——__: | © Distribution board: an assembly containing switching or protective devices (e.g. fuses or circuit breakers) associated with one or more outgoing circuits fed more incoming circuits, together with terminals for the neutral and protective circuit conductors. It may also include signaling and other control devices. Means of isolation may be included in the board or may be provided separately. ¢ Distribution circuit: a category circuit connecting the origin of the installation to: 1- _ Anitem of switch gear. 2- Anitem of control gear i 3- Adistribution board. * To which one or more final circuits or items of current-using equipment are connected. (see the definition of final circuit) * A distribution circuit may also be connect the origin of an insulation to an outlaying building or separate insulation, when it is, sometimes called a sub-main ¢ Double insulation: Insulation comprising both basic insulation and supplementary insulation. e =Duct: 5 a closed passage way formed underground or in a structure and intended to receive one or more cables which may drawn in. Earth: q @ the conductive mass of earth, whose electric potential at any point is conventionally taken as zero. + Earth electrode: © — aconductor or a group of conductors in intimate contact with, and providing an electrical connection to earth. “ 4Earth electrode resistance: the resistance of an earth electrode to earth. Earth fault current: a fault current which flows to earth. Earth fault loop impedance: the impedance of the earth fault current loop starting and ending at the point of earth fault. This impedance is denoted by the symbol Z. Earth leakage current: a current which flows to earth, or to extraneous- conductive parts in a circuit which is electrically sound. Earthed concentric wiring: a wiring system in which one or more insulated conductors are completely surrounded throughout their length by a conductor, for example a metallic sheath, which acts as a pen conductor. Earth equipotential zone: Azone within which exposed conductive parts and extraneous conductive parts are maintained at substantially the same potential by bonding such that, under fault conditions, the difference in potential between simultaneously accessible exposed and extraneous conducive parts will not cause electric shock. Earthing: The act of connecting the exposed conductive parts of an installation to the main earthing terminal of an installation. Earthing conductor: a conductor connecting the main earthing terminal of an installation to an earth electrode or to other means of earthing. Electric shock: A dangerous physiological effect resulting from the passing of electrical current through a human body or livestock. 15 | }———_$ Electrical equipment: ‘An assembly of associated electrical equipment supplied from a common origin to fulfill a specific purpose and having certain co-ordinate characteristics. Electrical independent earth electrodes: Earth electrode located at such a distance from one another that the maximum current likely to flow through one of them does not significantly affect the potential of others. Electrode boiler (Electrode water heater): Equipment for the electrical heating of water or electrolyte by passage of an electrical current between electrodes immersed in the water electrolyte. Emergency stopping: Emergency switching intended to stop a dangerous movement. Emergency switching: Rapid cutting-off of electrical energy to remove any unexpected hazards to persons, livestock, or property. Enclosure: a part providing an appropriate degree of protection of equipment against certain external influence and defined degree of protection against contact with live parts from any direction. Equipotential Bonding: Electrical connection maintaining various exposed conductive parts & extraneous- conductive parts at substantially the same potential. External influence: any influence external to an electrical installation which affects the design and safe operation of that installation. | 16 |Extraneous Conductive Part: Extraneous- conductive part liable to introduce a potential generally earth potential, and not forming part of the electrical installation. Fault: A circuit condition in which current flows through an abnormal or un-intended path. This may result from an insulation failure or the bridging of the insulation conventionally the impedance between live conductors or between live conductors and extraneous- conductive parts at the fault position is considered negligible. e Fault Current: A current resulting from a fault. e Final Circuit: Acircuit connected directly to current using equipment, or to a socket outlet or other outlet points for the connection of such equipment. e Fixed equipment: equipment fastened to a support or otherwise secured in a specific location. e Flexible wiring system: a wiring system designed to provide mechanically flexibility in use without degradation of the electrical components. ¢ Functional earthing: Connection to earth necessary for proper functioning of electrical component. « Functional extra low voltage: any extra low voltage system in which not all of the protective measured required for SELV have been applied. eels 7————__: e Fuse: A device that by the fusing of one or more of its specially designed & proportioned components, open the circuit in which it is inserted by breaking the current when this exceeds a given value for the sufficient time. It comprises all the parts that form the complete device. e Fuse Element: A part of fuse designed to melt when the fuse operates. e Fuse link: A part of a fuse, including the fuse element(s), which requires replacement by a new renewable fuse link after the fuse has operated and before the fuse is put back in to service. e Gas installation pipe: | Any pipe not being a service pipe (other than any part of a service pipe comprised in a primary meter installation) or pipe comprised in a gas appliance, for conveying gas for particular consumer and H including any associated gas valve for other gas fitting. Highway: a way means any way (other than a water way) over * Which there is public passage and includes the highway verge and any bridge over which, the highway passes. « Highway distribution board: ‘A fixed structure or underground chamber, located on a highway used as a distribution point, for connecting more than one highway distribution circuit to a common origin, Street furniture which supplies more than one circuit is defined as a highway distribution board. The connection of a single temporary load to an item of street furniture shall not in itself make that item of street furniture in to highway distribution board. lcheian {1 || Highway distribution circuit: A category 1 circuit connecting the origin of the installation to remote highway distribution boards or items street furniture it may also connect a highway distribution boards. Hot Air Sauna: Aroom in which air is heated to a high temperature and in which the relative humidity is normally low, rising for short period of time only when water is poured over the heater. Indirect Contact: Contact of persons or livestock with exposed conductive parts made live by a fault and which may result in electrical shock. Instructed person: A person adequately advised or supervised by skilled person to enable him to avoid danger which electricity may create. Insulation: Suitable non-conductive material enclosing, surrounding, or supporting the conductor Isolation: A function intended to cut off for reasons of safety the supply from the source of electrical energy. Isolator: A mechanical Switching device which provides the function of isolation. 19 |-_——_- * Low noise earthing: An earth connection in which the level of conducted or induced interference from external source does not produce un acceptable incidence of malfunctioning in the data processing or similar equipment to which it is connected. The susceptibility in items of amplitude/ frequency characteristics varies depending on the type of equipment. ° Luminaire: Equipment which distributes, filters of transform the light form one or more lamps and which includes any parts necessary for supporting, fixing & protecting the lamps, but not the lamps themselves, and where necessary, circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the supply. For the purpose of the regulations a lamp holder, however supported, is deemed to be a luminaire. © Luminaire Supporting coupler: A means for comprising an LSC outlet and an LSC plug providing mechanical support for a luminaire and the electrical connection to and disconnection from a fixed wiring insulation. ° LV switch gear and control assembly: A combination of one or more low voltage switching devices together with associated control. measuring, signalling, protective, regulating equipment, etc., completely assembled under the responsibility of the manufacture with all the internal electrical and mechanical interconnection and structural parts. The components of the assembly may electromechanical or electronic. The assembly may be either type-tested or partially type tested.Main Earthing Terminal: the terminal or bar to be provided for the connection of protective conductors for functional earthing any, to the means of earthing. ° Mechanical maintenance: the replacement, refurbishment or cleaning of lamps and non-electrical parts of equipment, plant and machinery. } ° Motor caravan: self-propelled leisure accommodation vehicle used for touring, designed to meet the requirements for the construction and use of road vehicle. The accommodation may be fixed or demountable. Neutral Conductor: a conductor connected to neutral point of a system and contributing to the transmission of electrical energy. The term also means the equivalent conductor of an IT or DC system unless otherwise specified in the regulations. *° Nominal voltage: see voltage nominal. Obstacle: a part preventing unintentional contact with live parts but not preventing deliberate contact. {ami neta meee Origin of an installation: The position at which electrical energy is delivered to the electrical installation.—~__: e = Over current: a current exceeding the rated value. For conductors the rated value is the current carrying capacity. ¢ Over current detention: a method of establishing that value of a current in a circuit exceeds a predetermined value for a specified length of time. ¢ Overload current: an over current occurring in a circuit which is electrically sound. e PEN Conductor: a conductor combining the functions of both protective conductor and neutral conductor. e Phase conductor: a conductor of an AC system for the transmission of electrical energy other than a neutral conductor, a protective conductor or a PEN conductor. The term also means the equivalent conductor of a DC system unless otherwise specified in the regulation. Plug: a device provided with contact pins which is intended to be attached to a flexible cable, and which can be engaged with a socket- outlet or with a connector. Point (in wiring): a termination of the fixed wiring intended for the connection of current- using equipment. e Portable equipment: electrical equipment which can be moved from one place to another easily while connected to the supply or in the time of operation. a . e° Prospective fault current: the value of over current in a given point in a circuit resulting from a fault of negligible impedance between live conductors having difference of potential under normal operating conditions, or between a live conductors an exposed conductive part. Protective conductor/Earth continuity Conductor: a conductor used for some measures of protection against electric shock and intended for connecting together any of the following parts: Exposed- conductive parts. Extraneous- conductive parts. The Main earthing terminal. Earth electrode(s). The earthed point of the source, or an artificial neutral. wpawne ¢ Reduced low voltage system: a system in which the normal phase to phase voltage does not exudes 110 volts and the nominal phase to earth voltage does not exceeds 63.5 Volts. © Reinforced insulation: single insulation applied to live parts, which provides a degree of protection against electrical shock equivalent to double insulation under the conditions specified in relative standard. The term single insulation does not implies that the insulation must be one homogeneous piece. It may comprise several layers which cannot be tested singly as supplementary or basic insulation. ¢ Residual Current: the vector sum of the instantaneous value of current flowing through live conductors of a circuit at point in the electrical insulation. ¢ Residual Current device: A mechanical switching device or association of devices intended to cause the opening of the contact when the residual current attains a given value under specified conditions._—_: e Residual operating current: residual current which causes the residual current device to operate under specified conditions. | ¢ Resistance Area (for earth electrode only): | the surface area of ground ( ground and earth electrode) on which a significant voltage gradient may exist. ; ¢ Restrictive conductive location: a location comprised mainly of metallic or conductive surrounding parts, within which it is likely that person will come in to contact through a substantial portion of his body with conductive surrounding parts and where the possibility of preventing this contact is limited. e Ring final circuit: a final circuit arranged in the form of ring and connected to a single point of supply. e = Safety service: an electrical system for electrical equipment provided or warns persons in the event of hazard, or essential to their evacuation from a location. © SELV: an Extra-low voltage which is electrically separated from earth and from other system in such a way that a single fault cannot give rise to the risk of electrical shock. e = Shock Current: | a current passing through the body of a person or livestock such as to cause electric shock and having characteristics likely to cause dangerous effects.ae ¢ Simultaneously Accessible parts: | Conductors or conductive parts which can be touched simultaneously by a person or in locations specially intended for them, by live shock. These parts can be: Live parts Exposed conductive parts Extraneous- conductive parts Protective conductors Earth electrodes wewne e Skilled Person: A person with technical knowledge or sufficient experience to enable instructed persons to avoid dangers that electricity may create. e Socket- outlet: A device, provided with female contacts, which intended to be installed with the fixed wiring, and intended to receive a plug, a luminaire track system is not regarded as socket outlet system. e Space Factor: The ratio expressed as a percentage of the sum of the effective overall cross- sectional area of cables forming a branch to the internal cross sectional area of the conduit, pipe ,duct, trunking or channel in which they are installed. e = Spur: A branch of ring final circuit. e = Stationary Equipmen Electrical equipment which is either fixed or equipment having a mass exceeding 15 kg. and not provided with a carrying handle L ¢ Street furniture: 1 Fixed equipment located on a highway, the purpose of which is directly associated with the use of highway.a =, System: An electrical system consisting of a single source of electrical energy and an installation. For certain purpose of the regulations, types of systems are identified as follows. Depending upon the relationship of the source, and of exposed conductive parts of the installation, to earth: TN system having one or more points of the source of energy directly earthed, the exposed—conductive parts of the installation being connected to the point by protective conductors. TN-C system, in which neutral and protective functions are combined ina single conductor thou out the system. ‘IN-S system, having separate neutral and protective conductors throughout the system. TN-C-S system, in which neutral and protective functions are combined in a single conductor in a part of the system. TT system, a system a system having one point of the source of energy directly earthed, the expose —conductive parts of the installation being connected to earth electrodes electrically independent of the earthed electrode of the source. IT system , a system having no direct connection between live parts & earth, the exposed conductive parts of the electrical installation being earthed. Street Located equipment: Fixed equipment, located on a highway, the propose of which is not directly associated with the use of the highway. 7 Supplementary insulation: independent insulation applied in addition to basic insulation in order to provide protection against electric shock in the event of a failure of basic insulation. Supplier: A person who supplies electrical energy and where electric lines and apparatus used for that purpose are owned otherwise than by that person shall include the owner of those electrical lines and apparatus. | 26 |Switch: Amechanical device capable of making breaking and carrying current under normal circuit condition, and also of carrying for a specified time currents under specified abnormal circuit conditions such as those of short circuit. It may also be capable of making, but not breaking, short circuit currents. Switch, linked: A switch that contacts of which are so arranged as to make or break all poles simultaneously or in a definite sequence. Switch gear: An assembly of main and auxiliary switching apparatus for operation regulation, protection or other control of an electrical installation. Temporary supply unit: An enclosure containing equipment for the purpose of taking a temporary electrical supply safety from an item of street furniture. Voltage nominal: Voltage by which an insulation is designed. The following ranges o nominal voltages are defined: Extra-low normally not exceeding 50 V ac or 120 V ripple free DC, whether between conductors or to earth. Low normally exceeding extra-low voltage but not exceeding 1000V AC or 120 V - 1,500V ripple-free DC between conductors, or 50 V ~ 690 VAC or 120 V - 900 V ripple-free DC between conductors and earth. The actual voltage of the installation may differ from the nominal value by a quantity within normal tolerances. | 27 |Voltage, reduced: (see reduced low voltage systems). Wiring system: An assembly made up of cable or bursars and parts which secure and if necessary, enclose the cable or bursars.SEWA Incoming Supply, Voltage Drop, & Tariff MeteringoO eMle Electricity Incoming Supply 3.1.1 The nominal electricity supply Voltage from SEWA is 415 Volts-three phase and 240 Volts-single phase. 3.1.2 The permissible variation from the nominal Voltage shall be kept within +10% and -6%. 3.1.3 Cables shall be 5-wire including neutral and protective conductor for three phase, and 3-wire including neutral and protective conductor for single phase. The neutral is solidly earthed at SEWA’s substation and shall not normally be earthed elsewhere in the electrical installations. 3.1.4 The nominal frequency shall be 50 Hz. Ewa Voltage Drop 3.2.1 The maximum allowable voltage drop shall be 2.5% (from Main Distribution Board to Final Circuit) of the nominal supply voltage for any electrical installations connected directly to SEWA network. However, for electrical installation connected to private transformer it can be useful to apply values in stages in a system, and a popular value of 2.5% for sub mains. 3.3 Be tae ia raes) 3.3.1 The maximum three phase prospective fault current at the bus bar in Low Voltage side depends on the Apparent Power Rating in the substation to be installed: 100 kVA 35 kA or 26 MVA 200 kVA 35 kA or 26 MVA 250 kVA 35 kA or 26 MVA 500 kVA, 50 kA or 36 MVA 1,000 kVA. 65 kA or 47 MVA 1,500 kVA 65 kA or 47 MVA 2,000 kVA 65 kA or 47 MVA —————_ 30 /KX-—_________!