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The Bells University of Technology

Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.Sc. (Hons.) Electrical & Electronics Engineering
First Semester Examinations, 2013/2014 Academic Session

EEE 501: Design and Installation of Electrical and ICT Services

Time Allowed: 120 minutes

Instruction: Attempt any three questions of interest

Question 1
(a) What is the full meaning of each of the following acronyms: NEC, NIS, IEC, CENELEC and IES?
(5 marks)
(b) (i) Enumerate the three essential safe work practices that must be applied by an Electrical
Engineer that wants to work on a faulty electrical equipment. (6 marks)
(ii) List two things that must be taken into account when planning an electrical engineering
installation. (4 marks)
(c) (i) List the four main types of electrical injuries. (2 marks)
(ii) What do you understand by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? (2 marks)
(iii) What are the ABCs of the CPR? (6 marks)

Question 2
(a) Enumerate the four principles of efficient lighting design. (8 marks)
(b) (i) List two types of ballasts you know (2 marks)
(ii) What are the functions of ballast in fluorescent lamps? (6 marks)
(c) The newly constructed Telecommunication laboratory in the Bells University of Technology has a
dimension of 120m by 30m. The laboratory is to be illuminated using lamps mounted 10m above
the working plane. If the average illumination required in the laboratory is 100lux; and coefficient
of utilization, efficacy and maintenance factor of those lamps to be used are 0.4, 100lm/W and 0.8
respectively, estimate the number and wattage of lamps that would be required to illuminate the
laboratory. For your design use the space mounting height ratio of 1.5. (9 marks)

Question 3
(a) Write a short note on paper as a cable insulation material. (5 marks)
(b) Enumerate essential steps in selecting a cable for an electrical installation. (7 marks)
(c) A fixed resistive load rated at 240V, 4kW is to be installed using twin with protective conductor
PVC insulated and sheathed cable. The circuit will be fed from a 20A rewirable (semi-enclosed)
fuse, and will be run for much of its 18 m length in a roof space which is thermally insulated with
glass fibre. The roof space temperature is expected to rise to 50°C in summer, and where it leaves
the consumer unit and passes through a 50 mm insulation-filled cavity, the cable will be bunched
with four others. The maximum permissible voltage drop allowed by regulation is 4%. Calculate
the cross-sectional area of the required cable. What maximum length of cable would allow the
insulation to comply with the volt drop regulations? (13 marks)

Question 4
(a) (i) What do you understand by sub-main cable? (2 marks)
(ii) What is the function of protective devices in the main intake of a distribution system? (2
marks)
(b) (i) What do you understand by bus bar chamber? (2 marks)
(ii) Draw a well labeled diagram of a typical bus bar chamber (4 marks)
(c) (i) What is prospective short-circuit current and how can it be measured in an installation?
(6 marks)
(ii) A 16mm2 cable with thermosetting insulation is protected by a 40A High Breaking
Capacity (HBC) fuse. In the installation the loop impedance between lines at the point
where the fuse is installed was found to be 0.1Ω. If the supply is 415V 3-ɸ, would the
cable be harmed in the event of short circuit fault? Note: A 40A HBC fuse will operate in
0.1Sec when carrying a current of 400A. (9 marks)