ARTICLE 1.

2 – PERMITS AND INSPECTION CERTIFICATES

1.2.1 Electrical Permits

1.2.1.1 Electrical Permit Needed Before Work is started. Before starting any
installation work, alteration, repair or extension on any electrical system, the
owners, lessors, operators, occupants, or licensed electrical practitioners shall obtain
Electrical Permit for buildings, trailers, mobile homes, or other premises from the
Office of the Building Official (OBO), and for watercrafts from the authority for
maritime concerns. In securing the electrical permit, the services of a licensed
electrical practitioner is required under the Republic Act 7920 or national electrical
engineering law.

1.2.1.2 Requirement for Electrical Permit: Signatures and submittals.

(A) The Electrical Permit shall include the following minimum information:

1. Applicant

2. Professional Electrical Engineer who signed and sealed electrical plans and
specifications, with photocopy of valid Professional Tax Receipt (PTR) and valid
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) License.

3. Licensed Electrical Practitioner who is in-charge of electrical works, with

photocopy of valid PTR and valid PRC License.

4. Building Owner.

5. Lot owner.

6. Building Official.

(B) Five (5) sets of complete electrical plans and specifications signed and sealed by
Professional Electrical Engineer.

1.2.1.3. Electrical Permit to Be issued Immediately.

(A) The application, upon receipt shall be checked immediately by the electrical
engineer of the local building office or his representatives for compliance with the
requirements. If complying, the Electrical permit shall be issued upon payment of the
corresponding electrical fees.

(B) If the project is extensive is require more time for checking the routinary fiscal
and ministerial requirements the issuance of the Electrical Permit need not to be
issued immediately. The delay shall not be longer (5) working days, after which time,
the application together with accompanying plans shall be considered as complying
with all the requirements and the Electrical Permit shall be issued immediately
thereafter.

1.2.1.4 Posting of Electrical Permit. A copy of electrical permit, upon issuance, shall
be posted at a conspicuous location at the job site and shall not be removed until
final inspection and approval of the work shall have been made.

Licensed Electrical Practitioner in-charge of the design and the licenced electrical
practitioner in-charge of the installation shall post a copy of their respective
professional regulation connection (PRC) identification card together with the
electrical permits at all times.

1.2.2 Electrical Inspection

1.2.2.1 Application for Inspection. An application for inspection shall be filed with
the Office of the Building Official (OBO) before a preliminary and/or final inspection
is done.

1.2.2.2 Certificate of Inspection. No Electrical Installation, alteration and/or

addition shall be connected or reconnected to any power supply or any other source
of electrical energy without a Certificate of Final Electrical Inspection/Completion
Obtained from the Office of the Building Official (OBO) signed by the Office of the
Building Official/EE (OBO/EE).

ARTICLE 1.3 – ELECTRICAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

1.3.1. General

1.3.1.1 Drawing Sheets Sizes.

(A) Electrical plans and drawings shall be drawn on drawing sheets of the following
standard size.

760mm x 1000mm

600mm x 900mm

500mm x 760mm
(B) In cases such in projects of large magnitude, exemption the use of standard
drawing sheets may be granted by the office of the local building official.

(C) For a dwelling unit having of floor area of not more than 50 square meters of a
total load not exceeding 3680VA, a drawing sheet of size 297mmx420mm (A3size) is
permitted.

1.3.1.2 Drawing Scale. Appropriate metric drawing scales shall be used.

1.3.1.3 Graphic Scale. Since the size of the drawing sheet can bet changed
photographically, graphic scale shall be shown on each drawing sheet.

1.3.2 Plans and Specifications

1.3.2.1 Plan Requirements.

(A) Location and Site Plans. Location and site plans, with propose structure and
owners land drawn to appropriate metric scale shall show:

(1) Bordering areas showing public or well-known streets, landmarks and/or

structures which not be drawn to scale unless they extend into the areas concerned;

(2) Location of service drop, service equipment and nearest pole of the utility
company furnishing electrical energy; location of the meter as well as sizes of
services entrance, wires, conduits and service equipment’s; and

(3) Clearance of the path or run of service drops and entrance wires to
adjacent existing and/or proposed structures.

(B) Legend or Symbols. Refer to Appendix A-Electrical Symbols.

(C) General Notes and/or Specifications. General Notes and/or Specifications,

written on the plans or submitted on separate standard size sheets shall show;

(1) Nature of electrical services, including numbers of phases, number of wires,

voltage and frequency.

(2) Type of Wiring

a. Service entrance
 b. Feeders, sub-feeders and branch circuit wires for lighting and/or
power load.

c. Fire alarm system, if required by law

d. Signalling and communication

(3) Special Equipment to be installed, indicating ratings and classification of

service or duty cycle of;

a. Rectifiers

b. Heaters

c. X-ray Apparatus

d. Electric Welding equipment

e. others

(4) System or method grounding

(5) Type of Rating of main disconnecting means, overcurrent protection (OCP)

and branch circuit wiring.

(6) Clearances of service drop, burial depth for service lateral, mounting height
and clearance for service equipment, mounting height and clearance for kWh meter.

(D) Electrical Layout. Floor plan showing location of equipment and devices, and
their interconnection wiring.

(A) Plan for Power. Layout and wiring plans for power on the floor plans drawn
to scale shall show;

a. Size and Location of service entrance conductors, raceways, metering

equipment, main switchboard, layout of feeders and distribution panels or switches
and their sizes types and ratings.

b. Complete circuits of motor and other electrical equipment, their controlling

devices, their location and ratings.

c. Complete wiring of emergency power system if any.

d. Nature of process/activities carried out in each room or area.

(2) Plan for Lighting and Receptacle Outlets. Layout and wiring plans for general
lighting and receptacle outlet on floor plans shall show;

a. Location type and rating of lighting fixtures, indicating illumination in lux in

each room or area. In residences, hotels, apartment houses, room or area need not to
be shown nor computed

b. Location of switches for each fixtures or group of fixtures.

c. Location of receptacle outlets and appliances to be served and their ratings.

d. Complete circuits of lighting and receptacle outlets.

e. Complete wiring of emergency lighting system if any,

f. A separate drawing showing layout of receptacle outlets maybe made at the

discretion of the design engineer.

(3) Plan for Fire Alarm Circuits. Layout and wiring plans of the fire alarm station,
fire alarm bell, fire alarm control panel and other shall be drawn to scale and show:

a. Location of outlets, equipment and/or apparatus and controls

b. Complete circuit showing number and size of raceway and wire.

(E) Schedule of Loads. Schedule of load in tabulated form shall indicate:

(1) Motor Loads;

a. Motors as numbered or identified in power layout

b. Type motor

c. Horsepower/kilowatt/kilovolt ampere rating

d. Voltage rating

e. Full-load current rating

f. Frequency rating other than 60hertz

g. Number of phases

h. Type of size wiring

 i. Protective device rating

(2) Lighting and Receptacle

a. Panel as numbered in feeder diagram

b. Circuit designation number

c. Number of lighting outlets in each circuit

d. Number of switches in each circuit

e. Number of receptacles outlets (convenience outlets)

f. Voltage of Circuit

g. Type and size of wiring

h. Protective device rating

(3) Other Loads

a. Designation number on plan

b. Description of load

c. Classification of service duty, if required

d. Rating of kilovolt-ampere or kilowatt

e. Phase loading indicating full load line current

f. Voltage rating

g. Types and size of wiring

h. Protective device rating

(F) Design Analysis. Design analysis shall be included on the drawings or shall be
included on the drawings or shall be submitted on separate sheets of standard size
and shall show;

(1) Branch circuits, sub-feeders, feeders, busways and service entrance.

(2) Types, ratings and trip settings of overload protective devices.

(3) Calculation of voltage drops.

 (4) Calculation of short circuit current for determining the interrupting
capacity of overcurrent protective device for residential, commercial and industrial
establishments.

(5) Protection coordination of overcurrent protective devices.

(6) Arc-Flash Hazard analysis to determine the required personal protective

equipment (PPE) in other than dwelling place.

(G) One Line Diagram. One line diagram shall indicate;

(1) Lighting and Receptacle Outlet Loads.

a. Single lighting or schematic diagram of lighting and receptacles panel

boards showing mains and branch circuit rating.

(2) Motor Loads

a. Rating in kilowatts/horsepower/kilovolt ampere

b. Full load current

c. Locked rotor current

d. Phase connection for 1-phase motor on a 3-phase system

e. Rated Voltage

f. Type and size of wiring, indicating loads in amperes

g. Electric motors shall be numbered consecutively to correspond to

their numbers in the layout.

(3) Feeders and Sub-feeders

a. Identification and/or labelling of feeders and sub-feeders

b. Size and type of wires and raceways

c. Protective Device and controls

d. The allowable ampcity of the conductor over the design load current
in amperes expressed as a ratio and indicated alongside the conductor.
 (4) Load Center

a. Identification and/or labelling of load center showing type and rating

of transformer, switches. Circuit breaker and other related devices.

b. Incoming and outgoing feeders, type, size and voltage

c. Equipment grounding

1.3.2.2 Title Block. Title block or nameplate of plans and drawing shall be a standard
strip of 40mm high at the bottom of the sheet.

It shall contain the following;

(A) Name and location of installation or project

(B) Name, signature and address of owner/manager/operator

(C) Title of Sheet

(D) Name, signature and seal of Professional Electrical Engineer together with
Professional Regulation Commission professional licence number and validity,
Professional Tax receipt Number and Tax Identification number.

(E) Scale used and date drawn

(F) Sheet number

1.3.2.3 Other Details

(A) Exposed conductors shall show:

(1) Means of support and types of insulators

(2) Spacing and clearances

(B) Auxiliary gutters, wireways, busways, cabinets, boxes, metallic raceways,

underground installations, other than specified in the code all shows:

(1) Installation details

 (2) Conductor supports, separators, and attachments where required by this
code.

(3) Dimensions and description on specifications

(C) Private Pole Installations shall show:

(1) Construction and installation details and dimensions

(2) Pole top wiring including line hardware

(3) Guying details

(D) Low energy power and low voltage power installation shall show:

(1) Details of battery installation and/or other source of low voltage or low
energy power.

(2) Equipment, wiring, actuating, mechanism, and protective devices

(3) Ventilation details whenever necessary

1.3.3 Substation Plans and Specifications

1.3.3.1 Indoor Substation. Indoor substation plans shall show:

(A) Location and dimension of;

(1) Substation in building plan drawn to scale.

(2) Building with respect to entire compound or property.

(3) Incoming and outgoing lines

(4) Windows, doors and other openings.

(B) Substation Structural requirement;

(1) Materials and construction of walls, floors, roof, windows, enclosure, doors
and their dimensions.

(2) Ventilation and drainage systems and other safeguard.

(C) Substation Electrical requirements such as;

 (1) Plans view showing location and sizes of equipment installed.

(2) Clearances and spacing’s between exposed current-carrying and non-

carrying portions and grounding equipment.

(3) Grounding System

(D) Cross Sectional views showing;

(1) Horizontal and vertical clearances between exposed parts and adjacent
surfaces.

(2) Horizontal and vertical clearances of exposed parts from floor/ceiling.

(3) Finish floor level and ground level

(E) Miscellaneous;

(1) Specification of equipment

(2) Wiring of lighting and remote control systems

(3) One-line diagram(s) of entire installation with voltage indicated.

(4) Computations on size of wires, busbar, transformer, fuses, switches and

breaker.

(5) Class of insulation or insulators.

1.3.3.2 Outdoor Substations. Outdoor substation plans shall show same items as in
indoor substation plans shall show same items as indoor substation except that in lieu
of walls and roof, details of fence and supporting steel structure shall be shown in
accordance with the latest edition of Philippine Electrical Code, Part 2.