Electrical Thumb Rules You MUST Follow, Part 6 (On photo: View in the Transformer Room in the underground area during White House renovation on March 26, 1952 - via trumanlibrary.org)
Equipment LA (5KA,9KA) HT Switchgear Structure Cable Tray Fence / Rail Gate Go back to Rules
Body Earthing 253 mm Cu Strip 506 mm GI Strip 506 mm GI Strip 506 mm GI Strip 506 mm GI Strip
1 x 160 2 x 160 1 x 250 2 x 250 1 x 400 2 x 400 3 x 400 2 x 500 3 x 500 2 x 630 3 x 630 2 x 800
3 x 800 2 x 1000
58 39
181 149
14 14.5
3 x 1000 58 197 19 - The capacitor bank should be automatically switched type for substation of 5MVA and higher. - Transformer up to 25 KVA can be mounted direct on pole. - Transformer from 25 KVA to 250KVA can be mounted either on H frame of plinth. - Transformer above 250 KVA can be mounted plinth only. - Transformer above 100 MVA shall be protected by drop out fuse or circuit breaker. Go back to Rules
AC 6a AC 6b AC 7a AC 7b AC 5a AC 8a AC 8b AC 12 AC 13 AC 14 AC 15 Go back to Rules
Electrical Incandescent Lamp Transformer Switching Switching of Capacitor Bank Slightly Inductive Load in Household Motor Load in Household Hermetic refrigerant compressor motor with Manual Reset O/L Relay Hermetic refrigerant compressor motor with Automatic Reset O/L Relay Control of Resistive Load & Solid State Load Control of Resistive Load & Solid State Load with Transformer Isolation Control of small Electro Magnetic Load (<72 VA) Control of Electro Magnetic Load (>72 VA)
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