electrical installation ii1 wiring enclosures & support (note: all the mentioned tables in this...
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Electrical Installation II 1
Wiring Enclosures & Support(Note: All the mentioned tables in this course refer to, unless otherwise specified, Low
Voltage Electrical Installation Handbook, by Johnny C.F. Wong, Edition 2004)
Chapter 4
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Electrical Installation II 2
Protection of cables against Electromechanical & Mechanical Stresses
Electromechanical forces may be caused by fault currents
Mechanical forces may be caused by accidental drilling of holes on a wall, the conduits own weight, etc.
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Conduits
Rigid Steel Conduits – Excellent mechanical protection
– Good protection against fire
– Can be used as circuit protective conductor (cpc)
– Resistant to ultra-violet radiation from sunlight
– BS4568-1 classifies conduits by: Light gauge and heavy gauge (CoP permits only heavy
gauge conduits) Classes 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Conduits
Rigid Insulating Conduits / PVC conduits – Ambient temperature is a major consideration
– Overall cost saving
– Separate circuit protective conductor must be used
– Weight reduction compared with steel conduits
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Conduits
Flexible Conduit (Metallic / PVC)
– Used in applications involving constant movement, e.g. connection to a pump
– Separate circuit protective conductor must be used
– Where exposed to damp situation, it should have metallic pattern with PVC oversheath and IP rating not less than IP54 (Table 4.16)
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Conduit
Supports:
– Horizontally surface-mounted
– Vertically surface-mounted
– For rigid steel conduit, refer to Table 4.5
– For rigid insulating conduit, refer to Table 4.7
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Electrical Installation II 7
Conduit
Cable capacity
- Selection principle: Conduit Factor ≥ ∑ (Cable Factors)
Refer to Tables 4.1 to 4.4– Solid and stranded cables
– Short run (3m and no bend) and long run (>3m or with bends)
– Adaptable boxes to be installed at least every 10m straight run.
Example:– How many 2.5 mm2 1-C PVC cables can be accommodated in a 20 mm
conduit 10m long incorporating 2 bends?
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Conduit
Solution:
From Table 4.4, conduit factor for a 20mm conduit, 10m long incorporating 2 bends is 141.
Let the max. no. of cables that can be drawn in be x, and from Table 4.3, cable factor for 2.5mm2 1/C PVC cable is 30, then
30x ≤ 141 x ≤ 4.7
Therefore, we select x = 4
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Electrical Installation II 9
Trunkings
Construction– Steel trunking (screw-on-lid)
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Electrical Installation II 10
Trunkings
PVC (or insulating) trunking (clip-on-lid)
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Trunkings
There are other trunking systems also of PVC steel construction, e.g. 2- and 3- compartment trunkings (telephone and / or data + power):-– Raised floor trunkings (flush with raised floor panels)
– Underfloor trunkings
(flush with floor screed)
– Skirting trunkings
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Trunkings
Classification
– The higher the Class, the better the mechanical protection, e.g. Class 3 steel trunking heavy protection on both inside and outside of trunking
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Trunkings
Can Be Used as Circuit Protective Conductor (cpc)– Steel trunkings may be used as cpc, whereas for PVC trunkin
gs, separate cpc must be used.
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Trunkings
Bends and supports
– Support requirements for steel trunking and insulating trunking refer to Tables 4.13 and 4.15
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Trunkings
Cable Capacity
- Selection principle: Trunking Factor ≥ ∑ (Cable Factors)
– Refer to Tables 4.10, 4.11 and 4.12
– For sizes and types of cable and sizes of trunking other than those given in the table, the no. of cables drawn into a trunking should be ≤ 45%
– Space factor is the percentage occupancy of space inside the trunking Example
– What is the max. number of 10 mm2 1-C PVC cables that can be accommodated in a 100mm x 50mm trunking?What if a space factor of 0.45 is applied?
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Cable Supports
Cable Clips– For surface-mounted PVC-insulated PVC-sheathed non-
armoured cables 10 mm.sq.
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Cable Supports
Cable Cleats / Saddles– As above but for > 10 mm.sq. cables and all armoured
cables.
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Cable Supports
Cable Trays and Ladders– Suitable for almost any mounting method but for heavier
cables than those accommodated in a trunking.
– The mechanical strength of cable ladders is better than cable trays.