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9.4.1 All routine and type tests as per IS: 2834 relevant to capacitor banks as
amended upto date shall be carried out at manufacturers works and
test certificates shall be furnished to the department.
9.5 INSTALLATION
9.5.1 Capacitor banks shall be installed at least 30cm away from the walls on
suitable metal frame work of welded construction. The earth terminals
provided on the body of capacitor bank shall be bounded to the main
capacitor panel earth bus with 2Nos. 8SWG copper or 6 SWG GI earth
wires.
9.6 TESTS AT SITE
9.6.1 Insulation resistance with 500V DC Megger shall be carried out and test
results recorded
9.7 POWER CONDITIONER SAVERS
9.7.1 Recently RLC circuit operated power factor improvement panels (Power
correction & saver system) are available in the market. These are
more suitable for installations with electrical equipments (computers,
servers, medical equipments electronic ballasts etc.). Capacitor
banks are prone to introduce additional harmonics at such installations
and therefore their use should be restricted at such installations.
9.7.2 The equipments are called power conditioner savers. These are
waveform correction and power factor improvement devices using
Rapid Instruction Semi conductor (RISC) micro controllers / capacitor
duty contactor switching.
9.7.3 These work on principle of using low loss continuously variable
reactance & adjustable phase wise capacitance to provide optimum
impedance to the circuit for transfer efficiently.
9.8 TECHNICAL FEATURES:
1. A micro controller & RISC processor.
2. Intelligent switching operation, fast response, high break relays
(imported).
3. Polarity reversal indication.
4. Phase wise dynamically reactive compensation.
5. Operating power factor 0.6 0.99 Lag.
These devices may save upto 30% energy &provide pure near true,
quality power.
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10.1.1 As a general practice only prewired MCB type DBs shall be used, on
account of their superior technical features, compared to conventional
DBs which dont allow for proper wiring space and wiring termination.
Rewirable fuse type DBs shall not be used.
Earthing terminals
Colored terminal blocks and FRLS wires for easy identification of RYB
Phase, Neutral, Earth.
The prewired DB shall have peel able poly layer on cover for protection
from cement, plaster, Paints etc. during construction period
10.2.3 Updated and current Indian Standard Specifications and Codes of Practice
will apply to the equipment and the work covered by the scope of this
contract. In addition the relevant clauses of the
10.2.11 Miniature Air Circuit Breakers for AC circuits IS 8828 : 1996 and IEC
947
10.2.13 Low voltage switchgear and control gear Part II IS 13947 : 1993
10.2.18 General requirements for switchgear and control gear IS 4237: 1982
10.3 SUBMITTALS
10.4 SPECIFICATION
10.4.1 General
10.4.1.2 The Distribution Boards shall comply with the relevant Indian
Standards and Indian Electricity Rules and Regulations.
10.4.2.1 The MCB's shall be of the completely moulded design suitable for
operation at 240/415 Volts 50 Hz system. The MCB's shall have a
rupturing capacity of 10 KA Ics. The MCB's shall have inverse time
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10.4.3.1 RCCBs shall comply to IS 12640 1988 and shall be of the current
operated type. The RCCB shall be designed to trip within 20 mili sec at
a current sensitivity of 30 mA. The RCCB shall be of 2 pole construction
for single phase and 4 pole construction for 3 phases. All RCCB shall be
complete with test buttons. RCCB shall have a minimum life expectancy
of 20,000 operations.
10.4.4.2 DBs shall be double door type access to the wiring shall not be possible
with opening of the outer hinged cover. A cover shall be provided inside
the DB to protect all live parts. Only the operating handle/knobs shall
project outside the cover plate. The door shall be earthed with insulated
copper braded flexible wires.
10.4.4.3 Components forming a part of the DBs shall comply to the relevant
Standards and Codes of the Bureau of Indian Standards.
10.4.4.4 DBs shall be fabricated from minimum 16 gauge CRCA sheet steel and
shall have a hinged lockable spring loaded cover. All cutouts and
covers shall be provided with synthetic rubber gaskets. The entire
construction shall give a IP 54/55 degree of protection unless otherwise
stated.
10.4.7 All the internal connections shall be with either solid copper PVC insulated
or copper conductor FRLS PVC insulated wires of adequate rating.
10.4.9 All outgoing equipment shall be connected direct to the bus bar on the
live side. The equipment shall be mounted on a frame work for easy
removal and maintenance.
10.4.10 The sheet steel work shall undergo a rigorous rust proofing process,
two coats of filler oxide primer and final powder coated paint finish.
10.4.11 All the circuits shall have an independent neutral insulated wire, one
per circuit, and shall be numbered and marked as required by the
Project Manager.
10.4.14 The following color coding shall be used for identification of the bus
bars and wiring as per IS 5578:1984: Red phase Red Yellow phase
Yellow Blue phase -Blue Neutral Black Earthing Green Control wiring
Grey
10.4.15 The incoming and outgoing terminals shall be suitable for the
termination of cables as required.
10.4.17 All metal parts shall be adequately earthed. An earth bus of tinned
copper shall be provided of adequate section and length to
accommodate all circuits
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10.4.19 Sheet steel used in the fabrication of DBs shall undergo a rigorous
cleaning and surface treatment seven tank process comprising of
alkaline degreasing, descaling in dilute sulphuric acid and a recognized
phosphating process after which a coat of primer paint compactively
with the final paint shall be applied over the treated surface. Final paint
coat of oven baked powder coating, of minimum 50 micron thickness,
of sheet approved by Project Manager shall then be provided.
10.4.20 All sheet steel shall after metal treatment be given powder
coated finish painted with two coats of shade 692 to IS 5 on the outside
and white on the inside. Each coat of paint shall be properly stoked and
the paint thickness shall not be less than 50 microns.
10.4.23 Type Test Type test certificates as per IS 8623 shall be submitted.