A Comprehensive 3 Days Instructional Training Course:

An Overview of the Code of Practice for Electrical Installation

SS638:2018 (Revised CP5) and Electrical Installation Design and
Calculation

PROGRAMME DETAILS
Date : 22 - 24 April 2019 (Monday - Wednesday)
Duration : 8 Hours
Time : 9am – 6pm
Venue : IES Academy @ Jurong East (Devan Nair Institute, E2i Building)
80, Jurong East Street 21 #04-10, Singapore 609607 (Near Jurong East MRT)
Fees * : $856 (IES Member), $963 (Non-Member)

 Inclusive of 7% GST and course materials..

 Certificate of Attendance will be given to participants with 100% attendance
 Note – Participants taking this course must bring their own copy of the Code of Practice SS638:2018 and Calculator.

Day 1: An overview of Key Topics on Code of Practice for Electrical Installation

SS638:2018 (Revised CP5) Wiring Regulations (Made Easy to Understand with
Explanations for Design)

INTRODUCTION

My many years of Professional activities and social interaction talking to a number of Professional Electrical Engineers
and old and young Electrical Engineers from the consulting, electrical installation and contracting industry, as well as
Plant Electrical Engineers from the manufacturing sectors, I gained the strong impression that there was one need which
had not really been fulfilled and satisfied. This was the need to conduct a comprehensive training course on the Code of
Practice for Electrical Installation SS638 for all interested parties involved in the electrical industry.

OBJECTIVES

The scope of the course generally follows the latest edition of SS638:2018, but it also contains materials not included in
the new SS638, but are necessary to explain, expand upon and simplify the essential parts of the regulations, ensuring
high quality guidance that is simple, easy to follow and specific to key topics.

The code of practice for electrical installation SS638 applies to the design, selection, erection, testing and inspection of
electrical installations. It covers all general commercial and industrial electrical installations operating at voltage up to
1000 Volts. Its main objective is to provide safety from fire, shocks and burns.

There are a total of seven parts which make up the Code SS638:

Part 1 – Scope, objective and fundamental requirements for safety

Part 2 – Definitions of terms used in the Code SS638
Part 3 – Assessment of general characteristics
Part 4 – Protection for safety
Part 5 – Selection and Erection of equipment
Part 6 – Inspection and Testing
Part 7 – Special installation or locations and Sixteen (16) Appendices

The course aims to provide participants with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Code of Practice with
explanations backed by basic electrical engineering theory why certain regulations are written and worded in a way seen
less obvious for the average person.
COURSE OUTLINE

The topics to be discussed in each parts of the Code of Practice will include but not limited to the following:

Part 1 – Scope, objective and effects and fundamental requirements for safety

 Inclusions and Exclusions from the scope

 Objective and Effects
 In Contractual Agreement
 Relationship with Statutory Authority
 Licensing of Electrical Installations
 Workmanship and Materials
 Equipment
 Conductors
 Overcurrent Protective Devices
 Protection against earth leakage and earth fault
 Fundamental safety requirement

Part 2 – Definitions

 Suggest for self – reading

Part 3 – Assessment of general characteristics

 Purpose, Supplies and Structure

 Arrangement of Live Conductors
 Type of Earthing
 Earthing arrangement used in Singapore
 Prospective short-circuit current
 External Earth Fault Loop Impedance

Part 4 – Protection for Safety

 Protection against Electrical Shock

 Temperature Effect on (Zs) under earth fault conditions
 Protection against both Direct and Indirect Contact
 General requirement for EEBADS
 Purpose of Providing Equipotential Bonding Equipotential Zone
 Inside and Outside of Equipotential Zone
 EEBADS for TN-S System
 Protection against Indirect Contact on TN-S System
 Circuits with Difference disconnection times emanating from a common distribution board
 EEBADS for TT-System
 EEBADS Supplementary equipotential Bonding
 Protections against thermal effects
 Protections against overcurrent
 Overload Current and Fault Current
 Nature of Protective Devices
 Protection against both overload and fault current
 Co-ordination between conductor and protective devices
 Determination of Prospective Fault Current
 Short Circuit Calculations
 Phase to Neutral Short Circuit
 Phase to Phase Short Circuit
 Three Phase Short Circuit
 Phase to Earth Short Circuit
 Fault Current at the origin of an installation
 Characteristics of a Fault Protective device
 Isolation and Switching
 Protection according to the nature of the circuit and distribution systems
Part 5 – Selection and Erection of equipment

 Method of installation of cables and current-carrying capacity of cables

 Conductor operating temperature
 Determine the size of cable to be used
 Grouping factor and application of grouping factor
 Ambient temperature Derating factor
 Application of Ambient temperature factor
 Thermal Insulation Derating factor and its applications
 The general rules
 When Protective Device is not a Semi- Enclosed or Rewireable Fuse
 Circuits subject to simultaneous overload
 Circuit not subject to simultaneous overload
 Voltage drop in consumers’ installation
 Voltage drop calculation

Part 6 – Inspection and Testing

Part 7 – Special installation or Location and Sixteen (16) Appendices

 Bath Tub/ Shower Basin

 Swimming Pools
 Hot air Sauna

Comprehensive Instructional Training Course on Electrical Installation Design

and Calculations (Day 2 & Day 3)

Day 2: Low Voltage Electrical Installation design and calculations for compliance
with Code of Practice for Electrical Installation SS638
INTRODUCTION

A Comprehensive instructional training course on Electrical Design and Calculations is designed to provide high quality
guidance that is simple to follow and how to design an electrical installation to compliance with the technical requirements
of SS638 the new (2018) Edition of the Code of Practice for Electrical Installation.

OBJECTIVES

This comprehensive course is intended to help working Electrical Engineers and Contractor’s Engineers, as well as mid
- career electrical design engineers in engineering consulting companies who are engaged in designing and installing
electrical systems for commercial buildings and industrial plants.

The course should also be suitable for intermediate grade electrical designers who are hoping to move into a position of
more responsibility as project manager and/or chief electrical designer, and those younger electrical engineers preparing
to sit for the PPE Part II Examination conducted by the PE Board.

It should also be a valuable assistance to senior engineers of other disciplines who have some project responsibility
requiring coordination with electrical engineers and installers in project works. It should also be helpful to electrical
technicians, testing and commissioning inspectors, LEWs and RTOs.

Because the course materials are electrical in content, naturally it is written with electrical designers in mind. It assumes
that the designers have some previous knowledge and experience, but there will always be problems arising with which
he is not completely familiar.

Depending on the course participants’ background, the contents of the course may occasionally seem possibly too
advanced or too elementary. The subject topics were selected and arranged in accordance with two criteria:

• Materials are arranged and presented that will make the designer’s task easier and speedier.
• In addition, the data and information are presented in the order of requirement as the design progresses.
COURSE OUTLINE

Part 1
 Introduction
 Sharing of experiences based on trainer’s own work experiences
 Brief description of electrical design process and calculation via applications of CP
 Preparation of Design Requirements:
 The Designer’s Job File
 The Building and Plot Plan
 Client’s specifications and other requirements
 Motor list
 Summary of design criteria
 Schedules and Progress Chart

Part 2
 Fundamental Requirement for Planning and Designing of Electrical Power Distribution Systems for buildings and
Industrial plants
 Design sequence
 Identify the loads and their characteristics
 Standby Systems
 Supply Characteristics
 Typical One-line Diagram & Proposed Distribution Systems
 Distribution system and incoming switchgear arrangement
 Main distribution station – High Voltage Switchgear
 Outline Diagram of Proposed Distribution System
 Low - Voltage Distribution System
 Voltage drop in Consumer’s Installations
 Distribution System Voltage drop
 Prospective Fault Currents
 Electric Shock Protection
 Selection of Protective Conductors

Part 3
 Maximum demand and diversity
 Demand factor
 Diversity factor
 Coincidence factor
 Load factor
 Contribution factor
 Preliminary installation design outline
 Final circuit current demand
 Diversity between final circuit
 Estimation of max demand for more complex installation
 Estimation method
 Sub - distribution point estimation
 Socket outlet circuits

Part 4
 Selection of cables for current – carrying capacity
 Overcurrent requirements
 Fault current / overload current, including small overload
 Explanation on tabulated current carrying capacity (It) Tables
 Overcurrent Protective device factor (Cf) rating correction factors for:
 Ambient temperature rating factor (Ca)
 Group rating factor (Cg)
 Grouping factors for three phase and single phases circuits in common enclosure
 Thermal installation factor (Ci)
 Buried cable circuit rating factor (Cc)
 Soil thermal resistivity rating factor (Cs)
 Depth of laying rating factor (Cd)
 Protection against overload and short circuit
 Overcurrent Protection of Conductors in parallel
 Protection against fault current only calculate the magnitude of fault current
Part 5
 Designing of simple installations and final circuits
 Supply characteristics and earthing arrangements
 Declared supply characteristics
 Fault rating of Switchgears
 Final circuit overcurrent protective devices and cables
 The Radial final circuits
 Tabulated cable rating (It) and as installed current carrying capacity (Iz)
 Circuits without overload protection and circuits with overload protection
 Final circuit voltage drop limitations
 Radial final circuit voltage drop and ring circuit voltage drop
 Fault protection
 Short - circuit current protection
 Protective conductors

Part 6
Voltage drop calculation under normal load conditions
 The simple approach
 The more accurate approach taking accounts of conductor operating temperature and load power factor
 Voltage drop in ring circuits
 Voltage drop in ELV Circuits

Part 7
 Determination of maximum and minimum prospective fault current by calculation
 Example calculations

Part 8
 Electric Shock Protection
 Protective Measure: Automatic disconnection of supply
 Maximum disconnection times
 Circuit calculations

Part 9
 Protection against fault current and introduction to the adiabatic equation
 Protection by one device
 Protective conductors of same material as Line and Neutral Conductors and Protective Conducts of a different
material to Line and Neutral Conductors
 Checking for compliance of a reduced current carrying Capacity Protective Conductor meeting Table 54.7
requirements through selection or Calculation. The calculations can be carried out in three different ways
 Simple calculation – when the protective device is circuit breaker to BSEN 60898 RCBOs to BSEN 61009.
 Plotting protective conductor adiabatic

Part 10
 The use of a sheath or armour of a cable as protective conductor
 Plotting cable armour adiabatic
 Calculation of armour capability

Part 11
 The use of steel conduct and trunking as protective conductor

Part 12
 Earthing and bonding conductors
 Main protective bonding conductor
 Supplementary bonding conductors
 Impedance of copper and aluminium conductor
 Conductor resistance and temperature

Part 13
 Impedance of cable from voltage drop tables
 Single phase circuit
 Three or four core-cable, three phase circuit
 Calculations associated with site testing earth fault loop impedance Zs
 Earth fault loop impedance corrections for temperature
Day 3: Brief Descriptions of Electrical Design Process and Calculations via
Application of SS638
INTRODUCTION

The first stage in designing an electrical installation system after having carried out the assessment of general
characteristics demanded in part 3 SS638 and the determination of the design current, is the choice of the type of cable
and the method of installation of that cable for such circuit.

Where there are a number of options open to the installation designer from purely technical considerations, the final
choice will depend on the commercial aspects or designer’s or clients personal preference.

To determine the minimum conductor cross-sectional area of the live conductors of a particular circuit, the designer must
take into consideration circuits in varying external influences and installation conditions, such as circuits in thermal
insulation walls, circuits totally surrounded by thermal insulating material or circuits in ventilated trenches or on perforated
metal cable trays or in enclosed trenches or in enclosed metal trunkings or in metal conduits.

Also, the designer must decide at some stage, whether the circuit is to be run singly or bunched or grouped with other
circuits. He must also decide whether it is intended the overcurrent protective device is to give:

(a) Overload Protection only, or

(b) Short Circuit Protection only, or
(c) Overload and Short Circuit Protection
(d) Establish the maximum voltage drop
(e) Estimate the route length of the circuit

It cannot be emphasised too strongly that unless all the foregoing items are available, it is not possible to design any
circuit.

OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide participants with practical skills backed by theoretical knowledge on how to:

 Calculate the cross-sectional areas of live conductors for compliance with Regulation 523-01-01, namely that
under normal load conditions that maximum permitted normal operating temperature is not exceeded.
 Calculate the earth fault loop impedance for compliance with the requirement concerning maximum disconnection
time of protective device being used for protection against indirect contact.
 Calculate the circuit protective conductor cross-sectional areas for compliance with Regulation 543-01-01.
 Calculate the short circuit current at the origin of an installation and elsewhere

These are broadly speaking topics demanded in the syllabus of the PPE examination part 2.

COURSE OUTLINE

 Calculation for the determination of the cross-sectional areas of circuit live conductors. Topics and calculation
examples covered under this section will include but not limited to:

 General Circuits
 Circuits in thermally insulated walls
 Circuits totally surrounded by thermally insulating materials
 Circuits in varying external influences and installation conditions
 Circuits in ventilated trenches
 Circuits on perforated metal cable trays
 Circuits in enclosed trenches
 Circuits in enclosed metal trunkings and in metal conduits
 Circuits in low temperatures
 Motor circuits subject to frequent stopping and starting
 Circuits for Star-Delta Starting of motors
  Calculation of Voltage drop under normal load conditions. Topics will include but not limited to:

 Using the simple approach

 Using the more accurate approach taking account of the load power factor
 Using the more accurate approach taking account of both conductor operating temperature and load power
factor
 Voltage drop in Ring Circuits

 Calculation of Earth Fault Loop Impedance. Topics will include but not limited to:

 The simple approach

 The more accurate approach taking account of conductor temperature
 Calculations taking account of transformer impedance
 Calculations concerning circuits fed from Sub-Distribution boards
 Calculations where cable armouring is used as a protective conductor
 Calculations where conduit or trunking is used as the Protective Conductor

 Calculations concerning circuit protective conductor cross-sectional areas. Topics include but not limited to:

 Calculations when the protective device is a fuse

 Calculations when the protective device is an Mcb
 Calculations when the protective device is an RCCB

 Calculations related to short-circuit conditions. Topics will include but not limited to:

 AC single-phase circuits
 The more rigorous method for AC single-phase circuits
 Three-phase circuits
(a) The symmetrical three-phase short circuit
(b) The phase-phase short circuit
(c) The phase-neutral short circuit
(d) The phase-earth short circuit
 Fault current at the origin of an installation
 Characteristics of a Fault Protective device

 Combined Examples
All the previous discussions and examples dealt with individual aspects of the design of circuits. In this last section,
we will discuss a series of practical design examples of complete electrical installation and show by calculations how
each circuit is designed for compliance with the code SS638. Generally speaking, these will be involved:

 Determine the conductor cross-sectional area

 Voltage drop supply transformer to main intake switchboard
 Voltage drop from main intake switchboard to sub-distribution boards
 Prospective short-circuit current at the terminals of the transformer
 Prospective short-circuit current at the origin of the installation ie. at the main intake switchboard
 Prospective short-circuit current at the sub-distribution boards
 The earth fault loop impedance at main intake switchboard and sub-distribution boards etc.
 Calculations for determination of cross-sectional area of protective circuit conductors etc.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course should be of interest to all Electrical Installation designers, Electrical Engineers from the installation and
contracting industry, Plant Electrical Engineers from Industrial Sector as well as all LEWs and any interested parties. This
course will benefit greatly those young Electrical Engineers and individuals who are aspiring to be professional engineers
as well as those who are preparing to sit for the Practice of Professional Engineering Examination Part 2 (Electrical).
SS638 is one of the major topics in the syllabus of the PPE examination Part 2.
CV OF SPEAKERS

Er. Lee Keh Sai

DFH MIEE CEng PEng

Er. Lee Keh Sai is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Registered Professional Engineer with more than 50
years of industrial experience. He specializes in Electrical Power Engineering, Energy Management and
Power Quality Solutions.

Er. Lee is the Principal of K.S.Lee & Associates which he established in 1970. He has provided consultancy
services to many MNC and SMEs. Prior to the establishment of his consultancy services, he held senior staff
positions in the Electricity Department of the former Public Utilities Board and later with Shell Eastern
Petroleum at their Pulau Bukom Refinery Complex.

Er. Lee has served in various capacities in many professional associations, government agencies and
educational institutions. He had previously served as Deputy Chairman, Board of Governors, for both the ITE
and Singapore Polytechnic.
Registration Form
A Comprehensive 3 Days Instructional Training Course:
An Overview of the Code of Practice for Electrical Installation SS638:2018 (Revised CP5) and Electrical
Installation Design and Calculation

Date : 22 - 24 April 2019, Monday - Wednesday

Time : 9am – 6.00pm
Venue : IES Academy@Jurong East (Devan Nair Institute, E2i Building)
80 Jurong East Street 21, #04-10 Singapore 609607
Fees (Include GST): IES Members: $856
Non-Members: $963

Please register online/fax the completed form by 15 April 2019 before 3pm to:
Contact Person: Vincent Chiew
Address: 80 Jurong East Street 21, #04-10 Singapore 609607
Tel: 64639211 Fax: 64639468

Participant Details

*Name : *NRIC : ________________

(Please written in BLOCK Letter)

Company : *Designation : ___________________________

*Address 1 :
(For mailing of invoice and receipt)

Address 2 :
(For mailing of Certificate)
*Postal Code : Sex : ________ Male / Female ______

*Contact No. : Fax : ___________________________________

*Your Email : _________________________________________________________________

(For sending of confirmation email, preferable personal unless company sponsored)

Please indicate :  IES members IES M’ship No.: P.E. No.: ______________ (if applicable)
 Non-members

Contact Person Details (if different from participant)

#Name : Designation: _________________________________

#Tel : Fax: ____________________________________

#Email :

Payment Details

Bank / Cheque No.: Amount ($): ___

 Sponsored by company
* All Fees are inclusive of 7 % GST.
* Cheque should be made payable to: “Engineers Singapore Pte Ltd”.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions for Registrations of IES Academy’s Events

I agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions for Registration of IES Academy’s Events

Name : Signature : _
*Mandatory entry
#Compulsory Entry for participant who choose to be INVOICE to your company
TERMS & CONDITIONS COURSE REGISTRATION

Registration
Any registration, whether on-line or fax will be on a first-come-first-served basis and will only be confirmed upon
receipt of full payment by Engineers Singapore Pte Ltd unless otherwise invoice to company.
All registrations must be submitted with duly completed registration form.

Closing Date & Payment

The closing date of the event will be 1 week prior to event commencement date or earlier. Cheques should be crossed ‘A/C
payee only’ and made payable to ‘Engineers Singapore Pte Ltd’, with the Title of The Event indicated clearly
written on the back of the cheques, and submitted with the duly completed registration forms to:

IES Academy@Jurong East

Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability,
80 Jurong East Street 21, #04-10
Singapore 609607

Confirmation of Registration
Confirmation of registration will be given at least 1 week before the commencement date via email. If you do not receive
the said confirmation email, you are required to contact IESA at 6463 9211 during office hours.
IESA reserves the right to allow only confirmed registrants to attend the Event.

Withdrawals/Refunds of Fees
Written notice at least 1 week in advance before the commencement of the event

Full course fee shall be refunded subjected to 4.5% transaction charge.

 NO refund otherwise.
No show of participant would not be accepted as a valid reason for withdrawal/refund.
One time replacement is allowed only if written notice is received by us at least 1 week before the commencement of the
event. However, when an IES member is replaced by a non-member, the participant has to pay the difference in the relevant
fees.

Cancellation/Postponement
Changes in Venue, Dates, Time and Speakers for the Events can occur due to unforeseen circumstances. IES reserves the full
rights to cancel or postpone the Event under such circumstances without prior reasons. Every effort, however, will be made to
inform the participants or contact person of any cancellation or postponement.
Fees will be refunded in FULL if any Event is cancelled by IESA.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT

I consent to the processing by Institution of Engineers, Singapore of personal data, including sensitive personal data as
defined in the Data Protection Act 2014, about me for the proper purposes of Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). I
undertake to observe the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2014 in relation to any personal data I may myself hold and
process as a Members of Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and I agree to indemnify Institution of Engineers, Singapore
from liability for any claims or damages that may arise from the processing of this data. For more information kindly refer
to here.

Enquiries
For further enquiries, please contact IESA general office at Tel: 6463 9211.