Thanks for the views.
It does tend to confirm my own feelings. It offers a layer of protection, and given the facility is an alumina plant, The risk of tracking due to alumina dust is a reasonable risk. The plant is 30 years old and some boards have insulted busbars some do not. There has...
I'm ordering new 400V MCC's at the moment and was planning to go with Air insulated and supplier is pushing Insulated busbars.
Basicialy just a plastic cover on the busbar.
I'm of the view if sufficient spacing in used in the construction then the insulation does not offer much extra...
I am planing to install a buried copper lattice tape earth mat. 900mm x 900xx mesh of copper tapes 3mm x 25mm.
I have performed calculations for substation earthing grids but cannot find the formulae for calculating the resistance.
Help would be greatly appreciated
7another4,
You are correct, i intended to say"the pipe is not rigidly fixed to the pipe support"
The Pipe will be fixed to the main piperack, The main piperack will be connected to the main burried earth using exothermic fusing.
There are other pipe supports, which are individual vertical...
I am working in an industrial plant, installing a new gas boiler.
At a number of locations we will install small vertical pipe supports, there pipe supports will be isolated and only connected to the Pipes.
the pipes ( Steam, air, Water ,Gas) will all be earthed as will the main Piperack...
Have a look and EN60204
As far as I recall disconnection of the neutral is mandatory in France and Norway for a TN-S system.
If you have a PEN conductor you do not want to disconnect the neurtal as it is also your protective conductor
Often manufacturers install a 4 Pole Disconnect and then...
why am I using Star Delta? I'm not.I would use a VFD personally but I am reviewing a design.
They key question at hand is does the use of the K1,K2,K3( line Star and Delta) contactors, mwwt the requirements of EN ISO 13849-1. Typically Machinery builders will take the cheapest approach.
As this...
With a 3-phase star Delta motor , with three contactors.
Does anybody know what will happen if one of the contactors welds shut.
Essentially there will be a voltage supplied to one side of the windings.
I am having a discussion whether the contactors on both sides of the winding is sufficent...
typical EU residential locations have a single 230V P-N supply
Larger Commercial buildings will have a a 3Phase 4 wire 400V connection. Though their phases will often be split at the main board and only have single phase sockets available throughout the building. Very few commercial locations...
The skid frame is unlikely to need to be CE marked by itself but the complete skid is
If there are moving parts driven by something other than manual effort then it is a machine and must be CE marked to the Machinery Directive.
If you look at the machinery directive, an assembly of machine...
Are the edges likely to cause an injury.
Why can the sharp edges not be removed. I I was ordering a perforated sheet I would specify that any burrs or sharp edges are to be removed.
Are you familiar's with Kirchoff's Current Law.
If not you should google it and read up.
Basically if you have a single phase system the current flowing into a device, in the phase conductor , will be equal to the current flowing out on the Neutral
For a balanced three phase system , we...
I think quite a few Californian Condors got cooked with their larfe wingspan.
GO-95 The california Overheal line rules http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/Graphics/52593.PDF is a very good reference
I have a motor 4kW, DOL Start, with a Telemechanique GV2ME14 Motor Circuit Breaker.
The motor an ATEX rated Motor and is installed in ATEX Zone 2 area.
The motor manual is not clear on whether the Thermistor has to be wired if the motor is not fed from an inverter. I have emailed the...
There are two possibilites
1) The current in the cables are the same and there is a CT issue
2) The current in the cables is different and the CT is working ok.
A few questions
1) Is a similar unbalance seen in the S&T Phase
2) Is there a neutral on the system
3) What cables are installed
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