CABLES AND ACCESSORIES

Installation Requirements for Control & Fibre Optic Cables

STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRIC WORKS

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INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTROL & FIBRE OPTIC CABLES

ADWEA/ADDC/AADC STANDARD : S-AAA-CAB-INST-CONT-FOC

(REV.0-2015)

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CONTENTS

1 GENERAL ....................................................................................................................... 3
2 SAFETY ASSURANCE .................................................................................................. 3

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3 INCIDENTAL CHARGES AND ERECTION ............................................................. 3
4 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ................................................................................ 4
4.1 General .............................................................................................................................. 4
4.1.1 Laying and Routing ........................................................................................................... 4
4.1.2 Cable Arrangements .......................................................................................................... 5
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Cable Marking ................................................................................................................... 6

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Backfilling and Reinstatement .......................................................................................... 7
4.2 Fibre Optic Cables installed along Pipe Lines .................................................................. 7
4.3 Road Crossings .................................................................................................................. 7
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4.3.1 General .............................................................................................................................. 7
4.3.2 Directional Drilling Method .............................................................................................. 7
4.4 Cable Joints ....................................................................................................................... 7
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4.5 Cable Supports .................................................................................................................. 8

4.6 Terminations / Jointing and Sealing .................................................................................. 9
4.7 Control/Signal Cables...................................................................................................... 10
4.7.1 General ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.7.2 Shield/Sheath/Screen/Armouring Terminations .............................................................. 10
4.8 Fiber Optical Cables (FOCs) ........................................................................................... 11
4.8.1 General ............................................................................................................................ 11
4.8.2 Splicing/Non-Permanent Joints/Straight Joints ............................................................... 12
4.8.3 Fibre Optic Cable Splicing and Termination (Substation/Pumping Station End) ........... 12
4.9 Coaxial Cables................................................................................................................. 12
5 CIVIL WORKS ............................................................................................................. 13

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INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTROL & FIBRE OPTIC CABLES

1 GENERAL
This part of the Specifications covers the installation requirements of Control & Fibre Optic

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Cables and their accessories.

2 SAFETY ASSURANCE
For safety regulations and requirements of cable installations, reference shall be made to
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Technical Standard Specification, Part:

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3 INCIDENTAL CHARGES AND ERECTION
The Bidder/Contractor shall lay and assemble all specified cables completely and shall,
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pursuant to a final site test, hand them over in working order. The incidental charges and
erection work shall, in particular, besides all other necessary works and charges as covered
by the Tender Documents, include:
a) Survey of the cable routes, which are selected by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC and selection
of delivery cable lengths and all necessary fittings.
b) Application for approval of the cable routes from all local authorities concerned.
c) Supervision of excavation and, if necessary, shuttering and dewatering of the cable
trenches, as well as the preparation of the cable ducts and supporting structures for ins-
tallation of the cables.
d) Cable laying, including directly buried, in trenches, tunnels, ducts and rooms; fastening
on racks, cable brackets or supporting structures; as well as cable supporting structures
and sealing ends/joints supports.
e) Provision of auxiliary erection structures such as free-standing structures, etc.
f) Supply of all material necessary for jointing, terminating and fixing the cables to the
termination cabinets/boxes, as well as cable trays, clamps, grounding material and all
tools/ accessories required for proper installation
g) Provision of assembly material, such as soldering and wiring material, benzene, propane,
acetylene, oxygen, liquid air, petrol, etc., as well as compounds, tapes, papers and other
consumable materials.

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4 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

4.1 General
Control & Fibre Optic Cables and their accessories shall be installed, tested and
commissioned under the supervision of the cable manufacturer's own staff or their authorized

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local sub-contractor and shall meanwhile be adequately supervised by the Contractor's
personnel.
The Contractor shall employ fully qualified and experienced personnel, who have had
previous experience on comparable installations. This shall cover, as a minimum, survey,
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No member of staff employed on the installation work shall be changed without the prior
written approval of ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
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The cables shall be laid along the routes and in the locations as finally approved by
ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
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Before starting work on site, the Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining the exact
approved routes and locations. He shall furthermore obey all relevant rules as applied by
Environmental Authorities and by the Traffic Department with reference to traffic signs,
diversions, etc. during the performance of his work.
The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining from the engaged authorities any latest and
correct information and details regarding the environmental requirements (if required an
environmental study shall be arranged), final levels, road centre lines, reserves for cables and
other services and any other work in connection with his work.
The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions to prevent damage to existing services
and electric cables, and he shall be liable for any costs for repairing damage caused in the
execution of the contractual work and shall pay the damage penalties according to the local
laws and regulations.

4.1.1 Laying and Routing

In general, the arrangement of Control & Fibre optic cables and the methods of laying shall
be subject to the approval of ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
Cables shall be laid directly in the ground, with protection covers, drawn into pipes and
ducts, laid directly in pre-cast troughs or in concrete trenches, or on racks, or supported on
trays or clamps or fastened to walls, floors or ceilings as may be required by
ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
The chosen manner of laying, e.g. in soil, in ducts or in trenches, shall be described exactly
or shall be presented with the aid of sketches in the Bidder/Contractor's Proposal

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4.1.2 Cable Arrangements

Control cables shall be laid at the depth of at least 70cm below the road level given by
ADWEA/ADDC/AADC; the levels and relative particulars being ascertained by the
Contractor from the authorities concerned. The Bidder/ Contractor shall satisfy himself
concerning the levels before submitting his Proposal.

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For Typical Fibre Optical Cables Arrangement, please refer to Drawings Section:
Drawing No. Title
DWG AAA CAB 01 00 08 Typical Section of 11kV Cable Trench
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DWG AAA CAB 01 00 09
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DWG AAA CAB 01 00 10 Typical Section of 33kV Cable Trench
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DWG AAA CAB 01 00 11 Trench Arrangement of 11kV, 22kV & 33kV & FO Cables
DWG AAA CAB 01 00 12 11kV, 22kV & 33kV & FOC – Manhole Details
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After the trench has been excavated to the necessary depth, a minimum of 0.05 m of
approved fine sand shall be placed to form a smooth bedding before the troughs are laid.
Pulling-in of cables shall not commence until ADWEA/ADDC/AADC has inspected and
approved the dimension of the trench.
Cables shall be laid directly from the drums into the trenches and special rollers placed at
close intervals (maximum 2 meters) shall be employed for supporting the cables while
pulling and laying them. Rollers used during the laying of cables shall have no sharp
projecting parts likely to damage the cables.
The method of cable laying must be approved by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC in advance,
however, generally Control/FO Cables shall be laid by hand.
Topographic survey applying Global Position System (GPS) of the cables immediately after
laying and before covering them shall be made.
GIS coordinates for all joint locations shall be provided in the As-Built drawings.
Control Cables shall either be laid:
 separately
 along pipe lines and adjacent with a distance of at least 50cm or
 along the power cable routes at the same depth of the power cables and adjacent to them.
Fibre Optical Cables laid in the desert along OHTLs or pipe lines direct burial method shall
be applied.
The FOC shall be tested prior to and after installation.

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Protection tiles (L=100cm, W=20cm) of an approved type either of concrete or heavy duty
plastic (min. 5mm thickness) shall be used above the cable. The protection tiles shall be
interlocked.

4.1.3 Cable Marking

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Cable markers of an approved type shall be provided along each route of buried cables, to be
erected after the reinstatement has been carried out.
The markers shall indicate the telecom cable installed along the pipe lines/power cables
(either Control & Optical Fibre Cable or both), USER`s name, the name of the circuit or pipe
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markers as well as the joint numbers.
Markers shall be installed at all joint positions, at all places where the route changes the
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direction, and on straight routes at distances not exceeding 30 meters. The location of the
markers shall be approved by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
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Each cable, when completely installed, shall have permanently attached to it at each end and
at intermediate positions as may be considered necessary by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC as well
as in cable pits and at the entry to building blocks, non-corrodible metal plates upon which
shall be engraved or stamped the identification number of the cable.
Also where cables enter or leave ducts or pipes, the above mentioned identification markers
shall be fitted.
The information for cable identification numbers shall comply with the cable schedules,
which shall be prepared by the Contractor according to the actually laid cables. These cable
schedules shall indicate the cable numbers and make, termination and connections at each
end of the cable route.
The materials of all markers, labels and clamps shall be such as to withstand the climatic
conditions prevailing on site.
Samples with details of all markers proposed to be used shall be submitted for
ADWEA/ADDC/AADC's approval before cable installation work commences. The joint
markers shall differ from the markers for the cable routes.
In general, the cables laid direct in ground shall be accompanied by minimum 0.3 m wide red
warning tapes, marked bi-lingual (Arabic/English) in minimum 30 mm high black letters,
indicating the name of the USER and the circuit / pipe line name as well as the word "D A N
G E R"; to be approved by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC. The tapes shall be installed above the
protection tiles.
In some sections yellow warning tapes are required and the Bidder/Contractor shall apply for
approval of the warning tapes at an early stage of the project in order to avoid shortage of
warning tapes and delay of reinstatement of the cable trench.

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4.1.4 Backfilling and Reinstatement

Filling-in of trenches shall not be commenced until ADWEA/ADDC/AADC has inspected
and approved the closed troughs at site.
After the cables have been laid and the trough covers are placed, the Contractor shall backfill
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compacted, watered if necessary.
On top of these layers and further up to the warning tape, the excavated material shall be
well compacted, watered if necessary, and consolidated. Then the Bidder/Contractor shall
carefully reinstate the paving slabs, all to the satisfaction of ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
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Each refilled trench shall be maintained in a thoroughly safe condition by the Contractor at
his expense until such time as he can carry out permanent reinstatement of the upper levels
and surface so as to restore these to their original condition, or to the level of the surrounding
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curbstones, respectively, whichever is higher.
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4.2 Fibre Optic Cables installed along Pipe Lines

Typical Drawings for the FOC Arrangement installed along Pipe Lines provided in the
Drawings Section are as follows:
Drawing No. Title
DWG AAA CAB xx yy zz Typical Pipe Line Section (with Otic Fibre Cable)

4.3 Road Crossings

4.3.1 General
For technical details of road crossings, reference shall be made to Standard Technical
Specification, Part:
 S-AAA-CIVIL-CAB - Civil Works for Underground Cables

4.3.2 Directional Drilling Method

For technical details of Directional Drilling Method, reference shall be made to Standard
Technical Specification, Part:
 S-AAA-CIVIL-CAB - Civil Works for Underground Cables

4.4 Cable Joints

In general; number of FOC joints (splices) should be minimized as possible for reduction of losses.
Sufficient cable length shall be considered to allow easy jointing works. At each side of a

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joint a spare cable loop shall be installed. In case of a joint failure the additional cable of the
loop shall be utilised.

4.5 Cable Supports

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and installed under this specification.
Typical Drawings of Cable Trays arrangements are provided in the Drawings Section are as
follows:
Drawing No. Title
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DWG AAA CAB 01 27-01 Typical Cable Tray & Support Arrangement
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Cable supports on cable horizontal trays shall not be more than 300mm apart.
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Cable racks arranged one above the other shall be at least 0.3 m apart.

The spacing of cable-supporting steelwork shall be to the approval of

ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.
All cables shall be run with particular regard to neatness of appearance. Multiple runs shall
be marshaled so that cables entering or leaving the run do so in an orderly and logical
manner.
If the cables are arranged horizontally (without cable trays), they shall be fixed at least every
0.7 m, and at least every 1.0 m for vertical arrangement (at walls, racks, etc.).
Every cable shall be securely supported at a point not more than 1.0 m from its terminal
gland to prevent stressing of the terminal, and on vertical runs passing through floors, the
cable shall be supported immediately above the floor.
Wherever cables and accessories are installed and exposed to direct solar radiation, sun
shields of approved material and design shall be applied and installed.
Within the cable basement/rooms, movable footbridges shall be provided in order to enable
the Contractor and any maintenance personnel to step over the cables; number and design
shall be subject to approval.
For the cable basement of substations the Contractor shall prepare the arrangement, fixing
points and lay-out for all cables including all future cables in order that crossings are avoided
and sufficient space for future connections is provided. This work shall be coordinated with
the relevant substation Bidders/Contractors and the design shall be subject to the approval of
ADWEA/ADDC/AADC.

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All iron parts such as footbridges, cable-supporting structures, etc. shall be corrosion
protected as described hereinafter and shall be properly grounded. This is also valid for all
nuts and bolts unless they are of stainless steel.

4.6 Terminations / Jointing and Sealing

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The Contractor shall supply all material necessary (whether specifically mentioned or not)
including cable cleats, supporting steelwork, labels, cable markers, oils, compounds, tapes,
solder, plumbing metal, etc. for the proper sealing of cables.
Special care shall be taken that all cable entries to joint pits, substations and at all fire partition
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penetration, to the satisfaction of ADWEA/ADDC/AADC. They shall be rechecked and sealed
again before issuance of the Final Acceptance Certificate.
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For this purpose, a Multi Cable Passing-Through System adaptable to different installation
requirements shall be entirely supplied and assembled.
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The cable sealing system shall consist of galvanized steel or stainless steel frames or flanges to
be fixed at partition walls (fire sections) with the provisions of spares for cables for the final
extension of the respective recesses.
The steel frames of the sealing system shall be filled with modular packing blocks made out of
elastic fire proof and rodent resistant material of different sizes, to accommodate the respective
cables passing through the walls.
Removable compression plates of end packing press wedges shall seal the complete cable
transit system against water pressure and fire.
A complete set of different sized cable adapter blocks inclusive tools, tapes, etc., shall be
supplied. (Amount and size of spare blocks according to final extension requirement).
Each cable, when completely installed, shall have permanently attached to it at each end and at
intermediate positions as may be considered necessary by ADWEA/ADDC/AADC,
non-corrodible metal plates upon which shall be engraved or stamped, the identification number
of the cable, conductor size/FOC type and make.
The cable identification numbers shall comply with the cable schedules, which shall be
prepared by the Contractor according to the actually laid cables. These cable schedules shall
indicate the cable numbers, cable sizes, conductor size, termination and connections at each end
of the cable route.
All cables in cable pits and at entry to building blocks shall be labeled utilizing the
aforementioned type of label. A complete and detailed list of tools and equipment required for
sealing the cables shall be submitted.
All cables shall be protected against direct sunlight after installation.

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Contractors shall attach drawings to the Proposal showing in detail their preferred method of
terminating the cables and earthing the sheaths.
A complete and detailed list of tools and equipment required for terminating the cables shall
be submitted.

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4.7 Control/Signal Cables

4.7.1 General
Where specified Control/Signal Cables shall be installed on cable trays (horizontal) in
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concrete trenches or inside substation, pumping station buildings, branch valve containers or
on ladders (vertical).
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Between substation/pumping station buildings control/signal cables shall be installed in
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concrete trenches.
The Control/Signal cables shall be grounded at the source ends and terminated into the
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respective equipment through suitable connectors.

The ground connection between the subsystems to be connected with the screened cables
shall have a lower resistance than the screen circuit.

4.7.2 Shield/Sheath/Screen/Armouring Terminations

Typical Drawings for Earthing Methods of Cable Metallic Sheaths, Screens and Armourings
provided in the Drawings Section are as follows:
Drawing No. Title
DWG AAA EARTH 01 23 Earthing Methods of Cable Metallic Sheaths, Screens and
Armourings

Method of terminating control cable copper shield/screen:

a) Unwrap and fold tape back over cable outer jacket so that the tape strip runs parallel to
the cable axis. All tape folds and bends must be clean and neat with no sharp edges that
might cut conductor insulation.
b) Cut off all excess tape and solider a grounding wire (4 mm2 stranded or a suitable braided
ground strap) to the tape tail. Tape complete assembly to prevent contamination of metal
parts.
c) The grounding of brass tape shield of the control cable installed inside of the building
shall be made at the cable racks. Grounding of the other side of the control cable in the
outdoor shall be made in the terminal box of the equipment through grounding lead wire.

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4.8 Fiber Optical Cables (FOCs)

4.8.1 General
The arrangement of laying FOCs shall be irrespective of number of FOCs. The number of
FO cable required for a Project shall be reviewed, approved by ADDC/DMS, case to case.

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As a general guideline, it is required that FO cable shall be connected to all the substations.
For Typical Fibre Optical Cables Arrangement, please refer to Drawings Section:
Drawing No. Title

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DWG AAA CAB 01 00 10 Typical Section of 33kV Cable Trench
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DWG AAA CAB 01 00 11 Trench Arrangement of 11kV, 22kV & 33kV & FO Cables
DWG AAA CAB 01 00 12 11kV, 22kV & 33kV & FOC – Manhole Details
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FO cable(s) shall be laid through separate PVC conduit(s) along one side of the service
corridor in parallel to the power cable (in the same trench). This is for easy construction of
the cable pulling pit and to avoid crossing with power cables. Accordingly, the cable pulling
pit shall be along one side of the corridor.

If there are more than one numbers of FO Cables, it shall be laid in multiple layers.

The manhole/pulling/splicing pit (Dimensions = 1000mmx1000mmx1000mm) shall be

installed at every 200m interval as required by DMS for easy pulling of the FO cables and
for future connectivity to third party and with suitable distances and at corners of cable route
as per the engineer approval . Additional FO cable shall be placed within the pit.

As indicated in the drawing at locations of the cable pit and maintain the same corridor
allocated, the power cables rout shall be closure than the standards clearance of 400mm
between the cables.

At locations, where the power cables branches out from the main route, the clearance of
300mm between the power cables shall be acceptable for short length.

A great care shall be paid when laying the optical fibre cable into PVC conduits.
In concrete trenches between substation/pumping station buildings optical fibre cables shall
be installed in suitable galvanised iron heavy duty conduits.
Fibre Optical Cables within cities shall be laid in separate PVC conduits, at the same depth
of the power cable / pipe lines and adjacent to them.

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The jointing kit shall include all necessary materials such as consumables and other
components, which are required to complete the jointing work.
The recommended method is to lay by hand into PVC conduits in such a way to have the
maximum possible continuous length to minimize the number of joints. In case of laying in
ducts, separate ducts shall be used for each optical fibre cable.

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4.8.2 Splicing/Non-Permanent Joints/Straight Joints
In general; number of FOC joints (splices) should be minimized as possible for reduction of overall
losses. Cable route indicating all joint, should be submitted to ADDC for approval.

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out in such a way to have minimum losses (maximum average loss of any individual splice is
 0.05 dB).
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The non-permanent connectors are located at the route ends only. These connectors shall
have a minimum attenuation (losses of connector and bulkhead together with the pigtail
splice loss shall not be more than 0.3 dB) and shall comply with the latest technology at the
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time of the Contract Agreement's date.

4.8.3 Fibre Optic Cable Splicing and Termination (Substation/Pumping Station

End)
The optical fibre cables shall be terminated at easily accessible terminal blocks inside
distribution/termination boxes such that accessing of bulk head connectors, splice cassette or
internal loops should be easy for maintenance or re-splicing after installing in the FOTB panel. The
fibres shall be terminated in low loss, screw-on type of connectors suitable for withstanding
high voltage hazards.
The connectors shall be fixed inside the termination box on connector holder, which shall
allow easy access to each of the connectors. The Patch cord cable's length shall be 10m and
shall be provided with suitable male connector in order to form screw-on type. The loss of
connector bulkhead and pig tail splice shall not be more than 0.3 dB. Pigtails should be
provided with plastic numbering ferrules.
In primary stations; rack FOTB in floor mounted panels should be used.
In small SS or SWS or 33/11 KV package units ; it is recommended to terminate fiber optic cables in
one wall mounted panel as possible, if wall mounted is not enough then floor mounted shall be used
The selection of the FOTB is subject to engineer approval

4.9 Coaxial Cables

Coaxial cables shall be installed in concrete trenches within the premises of the
substation/pumping stations or directly buried in the ground between remote gantries and
Substation control rooms.

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Within the premises of the substation building / pumping stations Coaxial cable shall be
installed in galvanised iron heavy duty pipes (GI).
Between remote gantries and Substation/Pumping Station buildings Coaxial cable shall be
installed in PVC pipes in the power cable trench.
The coaxial cables shall be terminated into the respective equipment through suitable

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crossings, any joint pits, covering slabs and cable markers, station entries and any further
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pertinent work, the following Standard Technical Specification shall be the basis for the
design and execution:
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 S-AAA-GEN-CDF - Civil Design Fundamentals
 S-AAA-CIVIL-CAB - Civil Works for Underground Cables
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