| RISER SYSTEMS Contents PAGE 401 General a3 TYDe Of Riser System “ Cloned Riser Shaty 43 Riser Shatt 43 402 Detion Guictetines 3 Riser Shaft System 4-3 Sleeves a5 Slots 47 Conduit 47 Cable Trays or Racks 4-10 Riser Cablo +10 a1RISER CABLE SUPPORT GRIP PLACEMENT & UNUSED OPENING FIGURE 4-18 Fm moor xn Ph SPECIAL FIRE STOPPING FOR FLOORS “IN BUILDING FIGURE 4-1ba 5) (b)_ Sie uv 2) Fiser shatts may be open (no builtin closet) of located in 9 cone oon wSlhty soon oF part of tailding reatricter te authored pero only, \n open riser shals, al elephone terminations shat be eociosea in terminal eabinetsielosets, Cable and solicis may be exposed ard faxtered to walls through 9 20 men thik waaden backboard oF secured 10 9 cablerack Elevator shotts,hoistways, dumbwaiters and escalators shall not be Used [0 nouse telephone facies oF conduits exerpt 10 provide telephone service to the elevator cab soves: General Specifications Used to provide interconnection between vertically aligned closes. (One sleeve shall be provided tur each Fisor cable that san be ult mately expected plus one extia tore or emergency use. Sleeves Sholl be e unimum of TOO min inside dureter. (Fig, 42) “To determine the number of sleeves /equired in a vertically aligned closes riser system, ste Table TABLE J. Total usable m’ of floor area No, of Sioeves up to 5.000 2 5.000 to 10.000 3 10.900 to 20 000 4 20 000 to 40 000 ° For every additional 20 000 m? or part thereat, adi two (2) additional sleeves. a ” 5) For other non residential or high rise apartment buildings the size land number of sleeves will be deter minsd dy the size of the cable. They mutt algo be vertically aligned to permit pullingin of cables Sleeves shall extend £0 mm above the floor level and shall be ef fectvely sealed with lire pro! materia including those with cable in them 45RISER SHAFT CABLE ESTALLATION LOSET, erea 8 4) 8) Leh of and at close to the door a8 possb {§)luneneciataly adjacent to tha wal, <1 Coraider alternate if know obstacles are apparent. Never re- commend piecing them close to or in the center of a usable 7) When # building is wrved by more Uion one riser system, the floor ata served by each of the systems must be calculated separate. The number of seoves required por group of floors in each of the «see systems will be determined hy the area thoy serve 8) The minimum number of sleoves provided for any floor in an oifice builcing having a usable floor area greater then 40 000 m six (6). Slots: General Specifications 31 Slots shall have @ minimum of 100 mm wide anil 310 mm tong, and surrounded by » curb of 25 mn ca 50 mm high, This measure ‘ment will provide for three largo size riser cables, hence, the lengid shall be increased by 100 men for each additional rset cable con. templated to be placed during the life of the building. (See Fip. 4-3), 2). False ceiling shall not be constructed in rise closets, In addition to satisfying wire code recuirements where floor slots are provided, thi additional space i often required for cable bends, 9) When the main terminal location and/or riser locationts) are not vertically aligned, the following are recommended to tie the loca tions together: 2) Conduit b) Cable Traysor Rack Conduit: Geneval Specifications 1) A riser conduit in a ciosed shatt system shall be used tien up to three riser cables are required in any one riser route, Above the limit, sleeve oF slot of the closed riser shaft system is recor ‘mended. The limit of three |3) riser cables pertains to the use of » separote conduit for each cable installed clese to #ach other, with ech cable serving a particuler floer or yroup of tious, ie. mit Bie floors per cable. (Conduits including spare) of the third vise. cable serving the top floor(s) may not be made to pais through the Telephone Terminal Cabinet terminations of the second end first floors riser cables; hence, the second riser cable conduits ‘may also be kept clear of the first eable Telephone Terminal Cabi ret terminations. However, a 50 mm diameter tie conduit shall be Provided between the topmost or last Telephone Terminal Cabinet Of the first riser cable and first or lowermost telephone terminal cabinet of the second riser cable, and also between the topmostRISER SHAFT CABLE INSTALLATION OPEN/SLOT-TYPE FIGURE 4.32) Recommended In wralloftice or Soarant building wen wctoce mounted or recemed cadinats we om use, 3) Metalic conduits mint be reamed, bush ond capped, 4 ~ Tees aul are reccmmendd for an ice bulk “Hees end general requirements — see Tabie io 8) TABLE k, MIRIMUM SIZES OF RISER FLOOR CONDUITS [ AtetH canoe oe APE TMGABLE SIZE |oursioe bia | eonouTT EE (PRS/GA) (0.0.) mm © (0. mn a “4 25 LL 2 16 25 24 v 2 ° [2 20 3 24 2a 30 19 72 2 0 2 26 £0 2 7 a & 0 Yee an C0) Ae Ea e 74 a 6 sid Ea 6 75 a rH 75 #00, zw a 75 7% 600 =f ‘# BASED ON LOCALLY MANUFACTURED CABLE, 496) Langit of run dapinds upon a) Magne at pulling bb) Supports ce} Encasement 4d} Size ot catle fe) Number of buna 7) Where closets of rir shafte are not aligned above each other, 8 Trceway sytem oF conduits of adequata sire shall be provide for the af XB) nvser conduit system, 9 spare conduit shall be provided beta st Telephone Terminal Cabinets wo provide for future growth and hexibiity, 9) Wiresandeabtes tor power, telephone, intercom, etc, circuits shal ot beinsalledin the sare conduit or Telephone Terminal Cabiney son muer conduit system, In the use of shafts of ciovets, adequate Aparations must be provided tetween light, power, signal end con {rol eircults ang commurication eeu a) Cable Tioys or Racks: Gonaral Requirements 4) Consider for large quantities of cable sheath. 2). shoved be adequate in wath and wide side ails of sfeient Freight to held one layer of the proposed cables 1a) Should be adequately suspended by maare of "L" brad Prawigige ard the Bottom oniy, 1 permit the laying in of Toes trot requiring thatthe cables be pulled it 4 Can be made of shuniowm or seat with rune wacing #w ashe Fa 76 10-467 rom, inside depths of 76, 101 0% 182 em and to of 152, 228 and 305 10 1 219 mm in moltipies of 182 rom 5) The bostom of the tray may be of ladder 2c TYPE OF Pan 6) The imide ras of the bend should be equ co oF grays than roe TO) tunes the diameter ofthe largest cable vo be placed. ae ({) Riser Cable wnon designing the riser system one mus! consider he following guide Tine relating (9 adequate rier cables 1) _Oftce Building ~ Rule af thumbs is 10 pais per YOO mt 2) Apartment Building ~ le of thumb i miirnar of 1S pais paar apartment or known USA 4-10a * 5) 8) ” ¥ “oO X10) ” 12) si alte Wal whe est bs on C4 Hes o ee SIP 4% att 1 000 m! too are, use singe eabie per noc {0 Weatien of tho vila tudioon mon wal teeny Hm comiderstion tor an wonomie evaluation matt designing buillings in encoss ot ren (101 thos ‘multiple reM OH E48 it wconsdeaton. An weonemic nwtoator ot ren tthe locition of the main lahore room ene ne tom al the riser is of prime importance AYRe oleae recommen or an open or cloud sisr system = Albeth oF Staloeth iRNeal Tus of cable musi be supported at spproximately 1 100 ‘7m intsrvals whether in conduit or leone . mee rts sist of the rs cable provides an approved avin. ‘ment ground, cant ise AnH Hiah desty buenos requiring tare site riser The Dt 4d Up) to be placed In risr rare eet over Sa a eirments shill consi of eabes ie sant over 300 40.600 pairs, fare Bling oF eanmere tyre of condominiums, porte winercr 189! Feaicements are unpradtale ar en diate pte {ule rearrangements, able tice of up co 200 fa Torah. Po it Oe Fist, shall not be diminiahed in ite ees rain, For any size of ver 200 goin, cables may be diiinn s by at toast one:halt its {there station requirements and location of PLA)BX ang! ey sys tems, equipment reoms or et termined such as in hospials, hot dental type of condominium di Of riser cable may be done, (See Fig, rains Ptr aroun compliments shal not be multiple at tennina points ta fa {ates of rise: state constuction, cise cables shall beaporoxi termite aeeared by stopping the cables toa 20 mn ihe on, (eenlte/ecessureested wooden backboard or by instalating « The ale tack a shown in ig. 48, and lashing ta cables to reaattk with cable tes. The rack shal be eonsiraciey to accom. MoGat al possible riser cables, withthe cables Ioan to the rack at each eross member. 44tree [| > —. 2 oe Wes os Cites eee $ CABLE RISER DIAGRAM ‘CO;DUIT RISER DIAGRAM MEDIUM DENSITY COMMERCIAL/OFFICE BUILDING FIGURE 4-4 °RISER SYSTEM DIAGRAM-LOW DENSITY TAPERED DESIGN FIGURE 4-5 |14) 18) 16) ss wm = . VERTICAL CABLE RACK FIGURE 4-6 note! ALL CABLE HOLES SHALL BE SEALED OR PLUGGED WITH FIRE-STOPPING MATERIAL, In riser shaft installation when multiple cable sheath. desion is employed, wie cables serving the top floor oF floors shal be placed fon the extreme ltt hand side of the rack oF on the backboard, with subsaquent cables being lashed from left to right. This wi slimirate crossover in the cables or stubs when terminating 19 the right Where open riser shafts are imolved, the cable sheath shal be fire resstamt, Cables with lead or polyvinyl chloride within non- combustible conduit, such as between eebinets, ALPETH cable shall be used ‘A pull box shall be placed in riser conduit runs when pull would be appreciably more eovere than that represented by combination ‘of length of conduit and number and radius of bends. Pull box shall be used at appropriate lecatiors accessible to work men where no splicing it required or anticipated, and wwitable, sa Recessibilty Is provided to show for pulling the cable aut of the box end feeding it back into the next conduit section, When pull box is proposed 10 be located where cable run ‘changes direction, the box must be sized to allow for a cable bend Ing radius which is ten times the cabla diameter 414