HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION PRACTICE; ED. BY GEOFFREY STOKES

__Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice__ covers all key aspects of industrial, commercial and domestic installations and draws on the expertise of a wide range of industrial experts. Chapters are devoted to topics such as wiring cables, mains and submains cables and distribution in buildings, as well as power supplies, transformers, switchgear, and electricity on construction sites. Standards and codes of practice, as well as safety, are also included. Since the Third Edition was published, there have been many developments in technology and standards. The revolution in electronic microtechnology has made it possible to introduce more complex technologies in protective equipment and control systems, and these have been addressed in the new edition. Developments in lighting design continue, and extra-low voltage luminaries for display and feature illumination are now dealt with, as is the important subject of security lighting. All chapters have been amended to take account of revisions to British and other standards, following the trend to harmonised European and international standards, and they also take account of the latest edition of the Wiring Regulations. This new edition will provide an invaluable reference for consulting engineers, electrical contractors and factory plant engineers.Content: Chapter 1 Power Supplies in the UK (pages 1–32): D.C. Murch and G.S. FinlayChapter 2 Substations and Control Rooms (pages 33–65): D.M. BarrChapter 3 Site Distribution Systems (pages 67–83): M.G. TwitchettChapter 4 Cable Management Systems (pages 84–96): M.J. DyerChapter 5 Electricity on Construction Sites (pages 98–121): G. Parvin, R.A. Hardy and Geoffrey StokesChapter 6 Standby Power Supplies (pages 122–161): D.E. Barber, M.V.D. Taylor, G.A. Lacey and G.M. McDowellChapter 7 Ground Earthing (pages 162–179): T.E. Charlton and J.R. WalesChapter 8 Cathodic Protection (pages 180–196): J.D. Thirkettle, G. Clapp and J.D. ThirkettleChapter 9 Lightning Protection (pages 197–247): J. Sherlock and P. WoodsChapter 10 Special Installations or Locations (pages 248–266): G.G. Willard and L.D. MarkwellChapter 11 Electrical Safety (pages 267–303): K. Oldham Smith and R.T.R. PillingChapter 12 Standards, Specifications and Codes of Practice (pages 304–317): J.M. Faller and M.H. GrahamChapter 13 Distribution Transformers (pages 318–357): G.P. Harvey and K. FrewinChapter 14 Switchgear (pages 358–393): A. Headley and R.W. BlowerChapter 15 Rotating Machines (pages 394–423): D.B. Manning and G. WaltonChapter 16 HBC Fuses and Fusegear in Low Voltage Systems (pages 427–451): J. Feenan and P.G. NewberyChapter 17 Motor Control Gear (pages 453–474): T. FairhallChapter 18 Lighting (pages 475–499): R.L.C. Tate and H.R. KingChapter 19 Mains Cables (pages 502–528): G.A. Bowie, S.E. Philbrick and T.L. JourneauxChapter 20 Selection of Wiring Systems (pages 529–584): R.G. Parr, D.W.M. Latimer and M. CoatesChapter 21 Control and Protection of Low Voltage Installations (pages 585–596): H.R. LovegroveChapter 22 Protective Systems (pages 597–631): B. Dakers, D. Robertson and P.R. RosenChapter 23 Power Factor Correction and Tariffs (pages 635–659): T. Longland Preface......Page 14 CHAPTER 1 Power Supplies in the UK......Page 16 VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY......Page 21 SYSTEM IMPEDANCE AND SHORT-CIRCUIT LEVELS......Page 23 LOADING EFFECTS ON THE SYSTEM......Page 24 SUPERIMPOSED SIGNALS......Page 26 RADIO TELESWITCHING......Page 27 SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION EARTHING......Page 29 PROTECTION......Page 31 RELIABILITY......Page 32 EMBEDDED GENERATION......Page 34 SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS......Page 36 INTAKE ARRANGEMENTS......Page 39 METERING......Page 43 INTRODUCTION......Page 48 SUBSTATIONS......Page 52 ENCLOSURES......Page 57 SUBSTATION CABLING......Page 60 INSTALLATION......Page 70 ERECTION PROCEDURES......Page 73 CHAPTER 3 Site Distribution Systems......Page 82 INTAKE ARRANGEMENTS......Page 83 SITE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS......Page 85 ON-SITE GENERATION......Page 87 SWITCHGEAR......Page 89 CABLES......Page 91 PROVISION FOR MAINTENANCE......Page 92 IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSTATIONS AND SWITCHGEAR......Page 94 FAULTS LEVEL......Page 96 TESTING AND COMMISSIONING......Page 98 INTRODUCTION......Page 99 DEFINITIONS......Page 101 TYPES OF SYSTEM......Page 102 UNDERFLOOR SYSTEMS......Page 103 CABLE TRAY AND CABLE BASKET......Page 105 HYBRID SYSTEMS......Page 106 CONDUIT AND TRUNKING......Page 107 OVERALL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 109 PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS......Page 110 SEGREGATION......Page 111 CHAPTER 5 Electricity on Construction Sites......Page 113 RANGE OF EQUIPMENT......Page 114 DESIGN OF SYSTEM......Page 122 SUPPLY SYSTEMS......Page 125 SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT......Page 127 CABLE ROUTING......Page 132 CONSTRUCTION SITE LIGHTING......Page 134 TESTING AND INSPECTION......Page 135 INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE......Page 136 STANDBY DIESEL GENERATING SETS......Page 137 BATTERIES FOR STATIC SYSTEMS......Page 153 D.C. STANDBY SYSTEMS......Page 155 ALTERNATING CURRENT SYSTEMS......Page 161 COMPOSITE STANDBY SYSTEMS......Page 174 INTRODUCTION......Page 177 SOIL RESISTIVITY......Page 178 RESISTIVITY SURVEYING......Page 179 INTERPRETING MEASUREMENTS......Page 182 RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRODE SYSTEMS......Page 189 TYPES OF EARTH ELECTRODES......Page 190 INSTALLATION......Page 192 STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO EARTHING PRACTICE......Page 194 INTRODUCTION......Page 195 PRINCIPLES OF CATHODIC PROTECTION......Page 198 CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS......Page 201 INSTALLATION PRACTICE......Page 203 EQUIPMENT......Page 206 MONITORING, INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE......Page 208 PROTECTION OF STEEL IN CONCRETE......Page 209 FURTHER INFORMATION......Page 210 PART 1. PROTECTION OF STRUCTURES......Page 212 STRIKE PROBABILITY......Page 214 INSTALLATION OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION......Page 233 PART 2. PROTECTING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FROM LIGHTNING......Page 234 CHAPTER 10 Special Installations or Locations......Page 263 LOCATIONS CONTAINING A BATH TUB OR A SHOWER BASIN......Page 264 SWIMMING POOLS......Page 267 HOT AIR SAUNAS......Page 270 CONSTRUCTION SITE INSTALLATIONS......Page 271 AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PREMISES......Page 273 CARAVANS AND MOTOR CARAVANS......Page 276 CARAVAN SITE SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS......Page 278 HIGHWAY POWER SUPPLIES AND STREET FURNITURE......Page 279 LEGISLATION......Page 282 SAFE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION......Page 288 MAINTENANCE......Page 289 TRAINING AND SYSTEMS OF WORK......Page 290 TOOLS......Page 293 BURIED CABLES......Page 294 OVERHEAD LINES......Page 295 ELECTRIC SHOCK......Page 296 PROTECTION FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK......Page 298 BURNS......Page 308 FIRES......Page 310 EXPLOSIONS......Page 311 FLAMMABLE ATMOSPHERES......Page 313 CONCLUSION......Page 318 CHAPTER 12 Standards, Specifications and Codes of Practice......Page 319 BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI)......Page 320 THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC)......Page 323 EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR ELECTROTECHNICAL STANDARDISATION (CENELEC)......Page 325 THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (IEE)......Page 327 STANDARDS AND THE LAW......Page 328 EUROPEAN UNION (EU)......Page 330 CONCLUSION......Page 331 TYPES OF TRANSFORMER......Page 333 PERFORMANCE......Page 344 TAPPINGS AND CONNECTIONS......Page 354 COOLING......Page 358 IMPULSE WITHSTAND......Page 360 OPERATION IN TROPICAL CLIMATES......Page 361 PACKAGED SUBSTATIONS......Page 362 PROTECTION......Page 363 SHIPMENT OF TRANSFORMERS......Page 365 INSTALLATION......Page 367 CABLING......Page 368 MAINTENANCE......Page 369 DEFINITIONS......Page 373 MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR......Page 375 TYPES OF SWITCHING DEVICE......Page 379 SPECIFICATION AND TESTING......Page 387 HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT-BREAKER SWITCHBOARDS......Page 395 ERECTION OF SWITCHGEAR......Page 401 ELECTRICAL TESTING AND COMMISSIONING......Page 405 MOTOR TYPES......Page 409 VARIABLE-SPEED DRIVES......Page 422 MOTOR APPLICATION......Page 428 EFFICIENCY......Page 432 INSTALLATION......Page 433 COMMISSIONING......Page 437 MAINTENANCE......Page 438 CHAPTER 16 HBC Fuses and Fusegear in Low Voltage Systems......Page 442 HBC FUSELINKS DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE......Page 443 DESIGN OF CARTRIDGE FUSE-LINKS......Page 446 OVERLOAD CHARACTERISTICS......Page 451 APPLICATION OF HBC FUSES......Page 452 DISCRIMINATION AND CO-ORDINATION......Page 455 PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK......Page 458 DOMESTIC FUSE APPLICATIONS......Page 461 FUSE-LINKS FOR ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY NETWORKS......Page 462 FUSE SWITCHGEAR......Page 463 THERMAL RATINGS......Page 466 CHAPTER 17 Motor Control Gear......Page 468 CONTACTOR......Page 469 CONTACTOR SELECTION......Page 471 PRODUCT STANDARDS FOR CONTACTORS......Page 475 OVERLOAD PROTECTION......Page 478 STARTER TYPES......Page 481 ISOLATION......Page 486 ENCLOSURES......Page 488 THE NATURE OF LIGHT......Page 490 ELECTRIC LAMPS......Page 492 CONTROL GEAR AND STARTING......Page 499 LUMINAIRES (LIGHTING FITTINGS)......Page 500 OUTDOOR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT......Page 504 FLOODLIGHTING CALCULATIONS......Page 505 LIGHTING DESIGN FOR INTERIORS......Page 506 EMERGENCY LIGHTING......Page 514 CABLE SPECIFICATIONS......Page 517 CABLE CONDUCTORS......Page 519 INSULATION......Page 521 CABLE CONSTRUCTION......Page 524 INSTALLATION......Page 533 JOINTING AND TERMINATING......Page 536 CABLE RATINGS......Page 540 TESTING AND FAULT FINDING......Page 542 INTRODUCTION......Page 544 WIRING SYSTEMS......Page 546 CONSTRUCTION OF WIRING CABLES AND FLEXIBLES......Page 551 CABLE ENCLOSURE AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS......Page 553 TEMPERATURE LIMITS......Page 555 CABLE RATINGS......Page 556 FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELECTION OF TYPES OF CABLE......Page 579 INSTALLATION METHODS......Page 593 ISOLATION AND SWITCHING......Page 600 PROTECTION......Page 605 PROTECTIVE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS......Page 612 UNIT AND NON-UNIT PROTECTION......Page 614 GRADED PROTECTION......Page 618 UNIT PROTECTION......Page 623 TRANSFORMER PROTECTION......Page 632 ROTATING PLANT......Page 638 RELAY ACCOMMODATION......Page 643 COMMISSIONING TESTS......Page 646 IMPORTANCE OF POWER FACTOR......Page 650 POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT......Page 651 ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS......Page 652 CALCULATION OF CAPACITOR SIZE......Page 653 PRACTICAL POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT......Page 654 CAPACITOR SIZE RELATED TO TARIFF......Page 659 DETERMINATION OF LOAD CONDITIONS......Page 662 METHODS OF CORRECTION......Page 663 LOCATION OF CAPACITORS......Page 667 CAPACITORS AND HARMONICS......Page 668 INSTALLATION OF CAPACITORS......Page 669 CAPACITOR MAINTENANCE......Page 672 APPENDIX I: Main Authoritative Documents......Page 675 APPENDIX II: IP Codes of Ingress Protection (BS EN 60947–1: 1998)......Page 676 APPENDIX III: British Standards......Page 680 Index......Page 684

Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice covers all key aspects of industrial, commercial and domestic installations and draws on the expertise of a wide range of industrial experts.

Chapters are devoted to topics such as wiring cables, mains and submains cables and distribution in buildings, as well as power supplies, transformers, switchgear, and electricity on construction sites. Standards and codes of practice, as well as safety, are also included.

Since the Third Edition was published, there have been many developments in technology and standards. The revolution in electronic microtechnology has made it possible to introduce more complex technologies in protective equipment and control systems, and these have been addressed in the new edition.

Developments in lighting design continue, and extra-low voltage luminaries for display and feature illumination are now dealt with, as is the important subject of security lighting.

All chapters have been amended to take account of revisions to British and other standards, following the trend to harmonised European and international standards, and they also take account of the latest edition of the Wiring Regulations.

This new edition will provide an invaluable reference for consulting engineers, electrical contractors and factory plant engineers.

Descripción del editor: "Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice covers all key aspects of industrial, commercial and domestic installations and draws on the expertise of a wide range of industrial experts. Chapters are devoted to topics such as wiring cables, mains and submains cables and distribution in buildings, as well as power supplies, transformers, switchgear, and electricity on construction sites. Standards and codes of practice, as well as safety, are also included. Since the Third Edition was published, there have been many developments in technology and standards. The revolution in electronic microtechnology has made it possible to introduce more complex technologies in protective equipment and control systems, and these have been addressed in the new edition. Developments in lighting design continue, and extra-low voltage luminaries for display and feature illumination are now dealt with, as is the important subject of security lighting. All chapters have been amended to take account of revisions to British and other standards, following the trend to harmonised European and international standards, and they also take account of the latest edition of the Wiring Regulations. This new edition will provide an invaluable reference for consulting engineers, electrical contractors and factory plant engineers." (Wiley)