Materials System Specification

16-SAMSS-514 23 December 2009

Control and Protective Relay Panel - Indoor
Electrical Systems Designs and Automation Standards Committee Members
Hamrani, Majed Muhsen, Chairman
Sultan, Mansour Ramadan, Vice Chairman
Hassouneh, Awwad Shaban
Fateel, Adel Mahdi
Ghamdi, Abdulaziz Abdullah
Hamood, Abdulrazaq Abduljabbar
Almadi, Soloman Musa
Ba Hamdan, Mohammed Omar
Lourido Martelo, Lisardo
Bugshan, Jamal Ahmed
Shaikh Nasser, Ahmed Nasser
Badrani, Hamed Sulaiman
Zayan, Mahmoud Bahi El-Din
Saudi Aramco DeskTop Standards
Table of Contents

1 Scope............................................................. 2
2 Conflicts and Deviations................................ 2
3 References..................................................... 2
4 Definitions...................................................... 4
5 General.......................................................... 4
6 Service Conditions......................................... 5
7 Enclosure....................................................... 6
8 Conductors..................................................... 6
9 Grounding (Earthing).................................... 9
10 Switching Devices........................................ 9
11 Instrument Transformers.............................. 10
12 Protective Relaying...................................... 10
13 Control.......................................................... 10
14 Metering and Indication................................ 14
15 Accessories.................................................. 15
16 Nameplates and Marking............................. 16
17 Testing.......................................................... 16

Data Schedule 1................................................. 17

Previous Issue: 19 October 2008 Next Planned Update: 1 July 2010

Revised paragraphs are indicated in the right margin Page 1 of 17
Primary contact: Carlson, Ronald Wayne on 966-3-8760289

Copyright©Saudi Aramco 2009. All rights reserved.

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1 Scope

This Specification defines the mandatory requirements for an indoor panel to house
controls and relaying for substation power equipment such as HV circuit breakers and
transformers. This specification accepts panels built with either International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) or North American (NA) based Standards.

2 Conflicts and Deviations

2.1 If there are any conflicts between this Specification and associated purchasing,
project or engineering documents, this specification shall take precedence.

2.2 Direct all requests to deviate from this Specification in writing to the Company
or Buyer Representative, who shall follow internal company waiver procedure.

2.3 The designation "Commentary" is used to label a sub-paragraph that contains

comments that are explanatory or advisory. These comments are not mandatory,
except to the extent that they explain mandatory requirements contained in this
SAMSS.

3 References

The following is a summary of all the documents which have been mentioned within
this Specification. The specific part(s) of these documents which are applicable have
been identified throughout this Specification.

3.1 Saudi Aramco References

Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications

16-SAMSS-513 Protective Devices
34-SAMSS-815 Annunciators

Saudi Aramco Inspection Requirements

Form 175-160400 Control and Relay Panel – Indoor

3.2 Industry Codes and Standards

American National Standards Institute

ANSI C2 National Electrical Safety Code
ANSI/NEMA C39.1 Requirements for Electrical Analog Indicating
Instruments

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ANSI/NFPA 70 National Electrical Code

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC 60186 Voltage Transformers
IEC 60227 Polyvinyl Chloride Insulated Cables of Rated
Voltages up to and including 450/750 V
IEC 60255 series Electrical Relays
IEC 60269-1 Low-Voltage Fuses
IEC 60269-2 Low-Voltage Fuses-Supplement
IEC 60269-2-1 Low-Voltage Fuses-Supplement
IEC 60529 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures
IEC 60947-2 Part 2: Circuit Breakers
IEC 60947-5-1 Part 5: Control Circuit Devices and Switching
Elements. Section One - Electromechanical
Control Circuit Devices
IEC 60947-7-1 Part 7: Ancillary Equipment. Section 1 - Terminal
Blocks for Copper Conductors

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NEMA 250 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (1000 Volts
Maximum)
NEMA AB 1 Molded Case Circuit Breakers and Molded Case
Switches
NEMA ICS 2-216 Industrial Control Devices, Controllers and
Assemblies: Pushbuttons, Selector Switches,
Indicating Lights and Pushbutton Stations
NEMA ICS 4 Terminal Blocks for Industrial Use
NEMA ICS 6 Enclosures for Industrial Controls and Systems
NEMA ST 1 Specialty Transformers (Except General-Purpose
Type)

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

UL 198C High-Interrupting-Capacity Fuses, Current-
Limiting Types
UL 198D Class K Fuses
UL 198E Class R Fuses

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UL 489 Molded-Case Circuit Breakers and Circuit-

Breaker Enclosures

4 Definitions

Approval or approved: Written approval of the Coordinator, Electrical Systems

Division, Consulting Services Department, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran.

Branch Circuit: The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent protective
device and the utilization equipment.

Compression connectors: Connectors that are compressed onto the conductor using
high mechanical force. The process is not reversible and the connector becomes a
permanent part of the conductor. The connector can only be removed from the
conductor by either cutting the conductor or cutting the connector.

Conductor: All material, devices and parts that are expected to carry current as part of
their normal function (e.g., cable, bus, relay contacts, terminal block studs, etc.).

Grounding and earthing: are synonymous.

Panel: The complete assembly as it will appear after installation by the Buyer

Specification: The main body (i.e., Sections 1 to 17) and applicable Supplement and
does not, for example, include the information contained within the Data Schedule.

Supervised: Used in the context of protective relay circuits. The supervised devices
shall be continuously checked for circuit continuity by having a small amount of current
pass through the device. Loss of this current flow shall change the status of either a
visual indicator or relay.

Supplement: The applicable "North American Supplementary Requirements" or

"International Electrotechnical Commission Supplementary Requirements" of this
Standard. These supplementary requirements are throughout the Specification and
presented under the abbreviated heading of "[NA Supplement]" and "[IEC Supplement]".

Switching Device: A device designed to make or break current.

Wireway: Troughs with hinged or removable covers for housing and protecting
electric wires and cable.

5 General

5.1 Terms in bold font are defined within Section 3.

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5.2 Refer to Section 2 for direction on conflict resolution between documents. For
example, if there are any conflicts between this Specification and associated
project or engineering documents, this specification shall take precedence.

5.3 The panels shall be constructed in accordance with the latest editions of
ANSI/NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code) and ANSI C2 (National Electrical
Safety Code). It is acceptable that the panel be comprised of equipment built to
either IEC or NA based Standards, or a mixture of both.

5.4 Whenever this specification requires compliance to a third party document (e.g.,
ANSI, IEC, etc.), this document shall be the edition which was in effect on the
date of the Quotation Request.

5.5 This specification shall take precedence over any referenced third party document.

5.6 All documentation shall be in English.

5.7 The Buyer's inspection requirements are presented within Saudi Aramco Form
175-160400. This form is included with the Quotation Request or the Purchase
Order documents.

5.8 All control, metering, protection devices, etc., with manual operating features,
(e.g., selector switches, pushbuttons, protection relays, etc.) shall be mounted a
maximum of 2000 mm from the base of the vertical section.

5.9 All temperatures expressed within this specification are in Celsius units.

6 Service Conditions

The panel will be installed indoors and shall be suitable for continuous operation under
the following service conditions:
a) Ambient air temperature:
i) A maximum of 40 degrees.
ii) A minimum of 0 degrees.
b) Relative humidity (average value):
i) For a period of 24 hours, does not exceed 75%.
ii) For a period of 1 month, does not exceed 70%.
c) Altitude is under 1000 meters, unless a higher altitude is specified within Data
Schedule 1.

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7 Enclosure

7.1 Doors shall have the following characteristics:

7.1.1 Be a minimum of triple or full-length hinged.

7.1.2 Have integral handles with a minimum 2-point latching mechanisms and
locking, captive hardware. One handle shall control the opening and
closing of each door.

7.1.3 For walk-in enclosures, doors shall have appropriate hardware on both
sides to prevent entrapment of personnel.

7.2 Lifting attachments/lugs shall be provided for lifting the entire shipping section
without permanent distortion to any part of any enclosure.

7.3 Painting and Coatings

All unpainted hardware shall be of a non-oxidizing or non-corrosive material

(e.g., stainless steel, brass, etc.) or shall be plated with a material which will
inhibit oxidation and corrosion (e.g., zinc, cadmium, chromium, etc.)

[NA Supplement]

7.NA1 The panel shall, as a minimum, meet the requirements for a Type 1,
enclosure as defined by NEMA ICS 6.

[IEC Supplement]

7.IEC1 The panel shall, as a minimum, meet the requirements for a IP2X
degree of protection as defined by IEC 60529.

8 Conductors

8.1 General

8.1.1 All cabling shall enter/exit via the top and/or bottom of the panel as
specified within Data Schedule 1, or on the Buyer's Reference Drawings.
Removable panels shall be provided in which the Buyer will cut suitable
entries for the conduits or cables.

8.1.2 Wireways shall be provided within each vertical section to allow the
Buyer to route the field cabling to the termination locations within the
enclosure. The wireways shall be selected to have a minimum of 50%
extra capacity after the field cables have been installed. The wireway
sizing shall assume that the field wiring is ANSI/NFPA 70; Type

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XHHW and that CT secondary conductors will be #8 AWG and all other
wiring will be #12 AWG.

8.1.3 All wiring shall be tested per Section 17 "Testing".

8.2 Material

8.2.1 All conductors shall be copper, silver or alloys of these materials with
the following exceptions:
Exceptions:

a) Parts which are internal to a pre-manufactured device (e.g., internals of

circuit breaker, relay, transformer, etc.).

b) Plating of the conductor material is acceptable.

8.2.2 All wiring shall have the following characteristics:

a) Conductors shall consist of a minimum of 7 strands of copper
wire.
b) Minimum conductor size shall be 2.5 mm² or 14 AWG.
c) Primary insulation shall:
i) Have a minimum rating of 600 V phase-to-earth.
ii) Have a minimum thickness of 0.38 mm (15 mils).
iii) Have a minimum continuous operating temperature rating of
75 degrees.
iv) Be of thermoplastic or cross-linked synthetic polymer
material.
v) Be of flame retardant construction.
d) Insulation color shall be as follows:
i) Ground/earth : Solid green or green/yellow striped.
ii) Neutral : White or natural gray

8.2.3 Wire/cable insulation temperature rating and ampacity shall be selected

to match the temperature rating of the devices to which the wire/cable is
terminated.

[NA Supplement]

8.2.NA1 Wiring shall be ANSI/NFPA 70; Type SIS, XHHW or THHN/THWN.

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[IEC Supplement]

8.2.IEC1 Wiring shall be 85 degree rated meeting the requirements of

IEC 60227.

8.3 Terminations

8.3.1 Conductors shall be terminated using compression connectors or

ferrules as specified below. For CT secondary circuits, the
connector/termination design shall ensure the termination will not come
off of a loose connection (e.g., ring lugs on a stud, spring loaded terminal
block with hooked blade terminals, etc.).
Exception:

Terminations to integral parts or components of manufactured equipment

(e.g., molded case circuit breakers, contactors, switches, etc.).

8.3.2 Connectors shall only be used with the type and size of conductors
approved by the connector manufacturer.

8.3.3 Each wire/cable shall be identified with a thermoplastic, slip-on wire/cable

marker (i.e., Snap-on and adhesive type markers are prohibited) at each
termination point. The marking system shall be as follows:
a) The number/identifier for each wire/cable shall be unique within
each panel.
b) A portion of the number/identifier shall be identical at each end of
the wire/cable.
c) Wire/cable markers shall have permanently printed characters.
d) Correspond to the manufacturer's drawings.

8.3.4 The terminals where the field CTs terminate in the panel shall be
shorting type terminal blocks.

8.3.5 Terminal blocks shall have the following characteristics:

a) Operational voltage rating shall be a minimum of 600 V.
b) Continuous current rating shall be a minimum of 10 A.
c) Be either panel or rail mounted.
d) Be rated for 75°C if used to terminate the Buyer's field cables.

8.3.6 There shall be a maximum of one (1) conductor per compression or

mechanical type connector and a maximum of one (1) connectors per

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termination point.

8.3.7 All Buyer termination points shall have a temperature rating of 75º.
Commentary 8.3.7:

The Buyer's field cable will be selected based upon the 75 degree rating.

[NA Supplement]

8.3.NA1 Terminal blocks shall also meet the requirements of NEMA ICS 4.

[IEC Supplement]

8.3.IEC1 Terminal blocks shall also meet the requirements of IEC 60947-7-1.

9 Grounding (Earthing)

9.1 A copper ground bar shall be provided within the panel to allow for (1) field
connection to Buyers grounding system and (2) termination of internal
grounding conductors.

9.2 The neutral conductor of star connected field CT's will be terminated and
grounded within the panel. The panel shall have provisions for terminating the
CT neutral conductors to the ground bus.

10 Switching Devices

10.1 Control power source circuit(s) shall enter the panel via thermal-magnetic
molded case circuit breaker(s) sized to protect the conductors served.

10.2 Circuit Breakers

Molded case circuit breakers shall have the following additional characteristics:

a) Terminals shall be screw type suitable to accept the lugs indicated within
Section 7.

b) Terminals shall be accessible without having to remove the breaker from

its mounting assembly.

[NA Supplement]

10.2.NA1 Circuit-breakers shall have the following additional characteristics:

a) Be designed and tested to meet the requirements of
NEMA AB 1 and UL 489.

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b) Rated Insulation Voltage (minimum): 240 V

c) Rated Short Circuit Breaking Capacity (minimum): 10 kA

[IEC Supplement]

10.2.IEC1 Circuit breakers shall have the following additional characteristics:

a) Meet the requirements of IEC 60947-2.
b) Rated Insulation Voltage (minimum): 250 V
c) Rated Operational Voltage (minimum): 240 V
d) Utilization Category: A or B
e) Rated Ultimate Short Circuit Breaking Capacity (minimum):
10 kA

11 Instrument Transformers

The rated burden of all instrument and control transformers shall be a minimum of
125% of the load burden.

[NA Supplement]

11.NA1 Control power transformers shall conform to NEMA ST 1.

[IEC Supplement]

11.IEC1 Voltage transformers shall conform to the requirements of IEC 60186.

12 Protective Relaying

Protective relays and accessories shall be of the type specified within 16-SAMSS-513,
unless specified otherwise in this standard or with approval by the Electrical Systems
Designs and Automation Standards Committee Chairman.

13 Control

13.1 General

[NA Supplement]

13.1.NA1 All pilot devices shall have the following characteristics:

a) Shall meet the requirements of NEMA ICS 2-216.
b) Pilot devices shall be heavy-duty oil tight Type 4/13 as per

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NEMA 250.
c) Contact ratings shall be a minimum of A600/P600.

[IEC Supplement]

13.1.IEC1 All control circuit devices and switching elements shall have the
following characteristics:
a) Meet the requirements of IEC 60947-5-1
b) Manually operated control circuit device actuators shall be
IP 66/65 as per IEC 60529.
c) Shall have a minimum Rated Insulation Voltage of
660 VAC/VDC.
d) Shall have a minimum Rated Operational Voltage of
600 VAC/VDC
e) Shall have a minimum Rated Operational Current of 10 A.
f) Utilization Category of the switching elements shall be a
minimum of AC-13/DC-13.

13.2 Control Power

13.2.1 The control voltage level for all tripping and closing circuits and
protective relaying and metering equipment shall be 125 VDC supplied
by the Buyer.

13.2.2 Molded case circuit breakers or fuses shall be provided for protection
and isolation of tripping circuits and closing circuits. These shall meet
the following criteria:
a) Mounted within each pole of the DC circuit.
b) Each trip coil circuit shall only have one breaker or fuse. The trip
coil circuit includes all the devices (e.g., lock-out relay, protective
relay, etc.) associated with ultimately activating the trip coil).
c) A separate breaker or fuse shall be provided for the closing circuit.
Exception 13.2.2:

If the engineering documents indicate that this protection and isolation

is external to the panel.

13.2.3 Each tripping branch circuit shall have a relay which operates upon
loss of voltage. The installation shall supervise the maximum amount

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of wiring. Operation of this relay in the trip circuit branch circuit

shall block closure of the associated breaker.

13.2.4 The AC voltage circuits to metering or synchronizing devices shall be

separated from the circuits to protective relays by magnetic-trip
molded case circuit breakers or fuses.

13.2.5 The AC control voltages and currents to protective relays and metering
shall pass through a set of isolation test switches. The test switches
shall enable isolation of the circuits for testing purposes. These
switches can be integral to the relay.

13.2.6 The electrical continuity of each circuit breaker trip coil circuit shall be
supervised by a trip coil circuit monitoring relay.

13.3 Lockout Relays

13.3.1 Lockout relays (Device 86) shall be hand-reset type and have separate
contacts connected in the closing and tripping circuits of the circuit
breakers.

13.3.2 The electrical continuity of each lockout relay coil shall be supervised
by a relay. An indicating light shall be associated with operation of the
relay. Contacts from the relay shall be available to connect to the
Buyer supplied annunciator.

13.3.3 A minimum of two normally-open and two normally-closed spare

contacts shall be provided on each lockout relay.

13.3.4 The lockout relays shall be equipped with a mechanical target

indicating the tripped and reset positions.

13.4 Isolation Test Switches

13.4.1 Independent pole trip-isolation test switches shall be installed in the

following:
a) Lockout trip circuits to the circuit breakers and breaker failure
timers.
b) All CT and PT secondary circuits associated with differential
protection systems.

13.4.2 These switches shall be mounted on the front of the panel.

13.5 Fuses

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13.5.1 All fuses shall have the following characteristics:

a) Be of the non-renewable, non-expulsion type.
b) Fuse body shall not be of glass.

13.5.2 All fuses supplied shall be rated a minimum of 600 V.

[NA Supplement]

13.5.NA1 Fuses shall have the following characteristics:

a) Shall meet the requirements of UL 198C, UL 198D or
UL 198E.
b) Shall be cartridge type fuses of the ferrule-type design.

[IEC Supplement]

13.5.IEC1 Fuses shall have the following characteristics:

a) Shall meet the requirements of IEC 60269-1, IEC 60269-2
and IEC 60269-2-1.
b) Shall be of the "cylindrical cap" design as described within
IEC 60269-2-1.

13.6 Control Switches

13.6.1 Control switches shall be G.E. type SB, Electroswitch type W-2,
Square "D" type K4 or equivalent. The switches shall be positive
action type providing positive contact positioning to prevent stopping
between positions.

13.6.2 Circuit breaker control switches shall be 3-position, momentary

contact, spring return-to-center type and shall not be located adjacent
to an auxiliary selector switch handle.

13.6.3 Instrument transfer switches shall be maintained contact type and shall
not be located adjacent to an auxiliary selector switch handle.

13.6.4 Auxiliary selector switches shall be maintained contact type.

13.7 Control and Auxiliary Relays

All control and auxiliary relays shall have the following additional characteristics:
a) Either convertible contact construction (i.e., contacts can be changed from
normally open to normally closed and vice versa in the field) or universal

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contact construction (i.e., a fixed contact construction in which the pole

has both normally open and normally closed contacts but in which either
one or the other mode may be used).
b) Terminals shall be screw type suitable to accept the connectors indicated
within paragraphs 8.3.1 and 8.3.2.
c) Terminals shall be accessible without having to remove the relay from its
mounting assembly.

[IEC Supplement]

13.7.IEC1 All electrical relays shall have the following characteristics:

a) Meet the requirements of the IEC 60255 series of Standards.
b) Contacts shall have a minimum Rated Insulation Voltage of
660 VAC/VDC.
c) Contacts shall have a minimum Rated Operational Voltage of
600 VAC/VDC.
d) Contacts shall have a minimum Rated Operational Current of
10 A.
e) The "Limited Making Capacity" of the contacts shall be a
minimum of 7200 VA, AC and 120 VA, DC.
f) The "Limited Breaking Capacity" of the contacts shall be a
minimum of 720 VA, AC and 120 VA, DC.

14 Metering and Indication

14.1 Indicating Lights

14.1.1 Indicating lights shall have the following characteristics:

a) Fixture design shall be able to withstand the permanent shorting
out of the lamp terminals. Under these conditions, the control
system shall not be affected (e.g., no circuit breaker tripping).
b) Lamp shall be high density LED (Light Emitting Diode) type.
LED lamps shall provide a light intensity similar to an
incandescent fixture. (e.g., Siemens 3SB1902-XXX, Allen-
Bradley 800T-N7XX or similar)
c) Lamp shall be field replaceable from the front.

14.1.2 Individual indicating lights shall be semi-flush mounted on the panel

door. Lights shall be provided to indicate the following:

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a) Red "RUNNING", "ON", "CLOSED" or "I" and Green

"STOPPED", "OFF", "OPEN" or "O". These lights shall be
controlled through the circuit breaker auxiliary contacts.
b) Orange "TRIP CIRCUIT HEALTHY". This light shall indicate
the integrity of trip coils and associated terminations and wiring.
The light shall be controlled through the contacts of the trip coil
circuit monitoring relay.

14.2 Metering

Metering systems shall be 1% or better full scale accuracy. Full scale shall be
rated approximately 125% of the current/voltage of the measured circuit.

[NA Supplement]

14.2.NA1 Electrical Analog Instruments shall conform to

ANSI/NEMA C39.1.

14.3 Annunciators

Annunciator panels shall be as per 34-SAMSS-815.

14.4 Alarms

The contacts from the following shall each be connected to a termination point.
These will be connected by the Buyer to a local annunciator panel or, if
specified within the engineering documents, by the panel manufacturer to the
annunciation panel in the panel. Loss of continuity at these termination points
will be alarmed at this panel.
a) 86 relays which have blocked an automatic transfer.
b) Trip coil monitoring relays on each bus.
c) Loss of DC control power on each bus.
d) Incoming transformer alarms for each bus (to be field connected by
Buyer).

15 Accessories

15.1 Duplex (walk-in) panels shall be provided with interior illumination. Lighting
circuit switches shall be mounted inside the panel and be equipped with
appropriate nameplate. Duplex panels which are more than 4 meters long shall
be provided with a 3-way switch at each end of the panel.

15.2 The panel shall be provided with a minimum of one NEMA 5-15R, 15 A rated,

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single phase, three wire grounded duplex convenience receptacle. For duplex
panels, a receptacle shall be provided every 2 meters of linear panel length.

15.3 The branch circuits for the receptacles and lighting shall be field supplied by
the Buyer. One branch circuit shall be provided for all the receptacles and one
branch circuit for all the lights.

16 Nameplates and Marking

16.1 All panel mounted devices shall be identified by escutcheon or nameplate on the
front of the panel (if the device penetrate the door of the panel) and by a
nameplate on the rear of the panel adjacent to the device terminals.

16.2 Protective relay nameplates shall be provided to indicate protective function,

ANSI device number, and phase(s) which is/are monitored.

16.3 Device nameplates shall be nominal 60 mm by 25 mm laminated plastic with

engraved black 6 mm characters on a white background. Device nameplates
shall be in the English language according to American usage.

16.4 Warning nameplates shall be provided on each compartment door in which an

external voltage source (i.e., a voltage source which is not derived from within
the panel) is terminated, reading: "CAUTION - THIS UNIT CONTAINS AN
EXTERNAL VOLTAGE SOURCE". These nameplates shall be engraved
laminated plastic with white characters on a red background and shall be written
in both Arabic and English. If specified within the Data Schedule 1, or the
purchasing documents, the Arabic nameplates may be supplied by the Buyer.

17 Testing

All wiring insulation shall be checked. A 60 Hz test voltage shall be applied after all
circuit grounds have been disconnected. Either 1500 V for 1 minute or 1800 V for 1
second may be utilized. Wires shall be tested either individually or in groups. At the
option of the panel manufacturer, panel devices that have been individually tested may
be disconnected during the test.

Revision Summary
29 June 2005 Revised the "Next Planned Update". Reaffirmed the contents of the document, and reissued
with minor revision.
19 October 2008 Editorial revision to replace Electrical Systems Designs & Automation Standards Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman.
23 December 2009 Minor revision.

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Data Schedule 1
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16-SAMSS-514, Control and Relay Panel - Indoor
(Information to be Supplied by Buyer)

Line #
1 Buyer's Quotation Request/ Purchase Order No._______________________
3 Buyer's B.I./J.O. No.____________, Line Item No.____________________
5 Equipment Tag No.______________________
Service Information
10 As indicated on the attached reference documents ___ or
Cable/conduit Entrance Locations:
15 Top ___, Bottom ___, Both ____, Vendor's Std. ____
16
20 Site altitude (if greater than 1000 meters) _______ meters
25 Arabic warning nameplates (refer to paragraph 15.4) supplied by:
Vendor ____, Buyer ____.

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