HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ELECTRICIAN
CONTENTS POWER SUPPLIES IN THE UK NETA VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY SYSTEM IMPEDANCE AND SHORT-CIRCUIT LEVELS LOADING EFFECTS ON THE SYSTEM SUPERIMPOSED SIGNALS RADIO TELESWITCHING SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION EARTHING PROTECTION RELIABILITY EMBEDDED GENERATION SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS INTAKE ARRANGEMENTS CONSUMERS’ SUBSTATIONS H V OR L V SUPPLY METERING SUBSTATIONS AND CONTROL ROOMS INTRODUCTION SUBSTATIONS ENCLOSURES SUBSTATION CABLING INSTALLATION ERECTION PROCEDURES SITE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS SITE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS ON-SITE GENERATION SWITCHGEAR CABLES CABLES INSTALLATION PROVISION FOR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM OPERATION IDENTI?CATION OF SUBSTATIONS AND SWITCHGEAR FAULTS LEVEL TESTING AND COMMISSIONING CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DECISION MAKING DE?NITIONS TYPES OF SYSTEM UNDER?OOR SYSTEMS CABLE TRAY AND CABLE BASKET HYBRID SYSTEMS CONDUIT AND TRUNKING OVERALL CONSIDERATIONS PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS SEGREGATION ELECTRICITY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES EQUIPMENT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE RANGE OF EQUIPMENT DESIGN OF SYSTEM SUPPLY SYSTEMS SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT CABLE ROUTING CONSTRUCTION SITE LIGHTING TESTING AND INSPECTION INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE STANDBY POWER SUPPLIES STANDBY DIESEL GENERATING SETS BATTERIES FOR STATIC SYSTEMS D C STANDBY SYSTEMS ALTERNATING CURRENT SYSTEMS COMPOSITE STANDBY SYSTEMS GROUND EARTHING SOIL RESISTIVITY RESISTIVITY SURVEYING INTERPRETING MEASUREMENTS RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRODE SYSTEMS TYPES OF EARTH ELECTRODES STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO EARTHING PRACTICE CATHODIC PROTECTION PRINCIPLES OF CATHODIC PROTECTION CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS INSTALLATION PRACTICE EQUIPMENT MONITORING, INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE INTERACTION PROTECTION OF STEEL IN CONCRETE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCLUSIONS FURTHER INFORMATION LIGHTNING PROTECTION PART 1 PROTECTION OF STRUCTURES STRIKE PROBABILITY INSTALLATION OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION INSPECTION AND TESTING OF A SYSTEM PART 2 PROTECTING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FROM LIGHTNING SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS OR LOCATIONS LOCATIONS CONTAINING A BATH TUB OR A SHOWER BASIN SWIMMING POOLS HOT AIR SAUNAS CONSTRUCTION SITE INSTALLATIONS AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PREMISES EQUIPMENT HAVING HIGH PROTECTIVE CONDUCTOR CURRENTS CARAVANS AND MOTOR CARAVANS CARAVAN SITE SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS HIGHWAY POWER SUPPLIES AND STREET FURNITURE ELECTRICAL SAFETY LEGISLATION SAFE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE TRAINING AND SYSTEMS OF WORK TOOLS BURIED CABLES OVERHEAD LINES ELECTRIC SHOCK PROTECTION FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK BURNS FIRES EXPLOSIONS FLAMMABLE ATMOSPHERES CONCLUSION STANDARDS, SPECI?CATIONS AND CODES OF PRACTICE BRITISH ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMITTEE (BEC) BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI) THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC) EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR ELECTROTECHNICAL STANDARDISATION (CENELEC) THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (IEE) STANDARDS AND THE LAW EUROPEAN UNION (EU) DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS TYPES OF TRANSFORMER PERFORMANCE TAPPINGS AND CONNECTIONS COOLING IMPULSE WITHSTAND OPERATION IN TROPICAL CLIMATES PARALLEL OPERATION PACKAGED SUBSTATIONS SHIPMENT OF TRANSFORMERS CABLING COMMISSIONING CIRCUIT-BREAKING MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR TYPES OF SWITCHING DEVICE COMPARISON OF CIRCUIT-BREAKER TYPES SPECI?CATION AND TESTING HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT-BREAKER SWITCHBOARDS ERECTION OF SWITCHGEAR ELECTRICAL TESTING AND COMMISSIONING ROTATING MACHINES MOTOR TYPES VARIABLE-SPEED DRIVES MOTOR APPLICATION EF?CIENCY STORAGE HBC FUSES AND FUSEGEAR IN LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS HBC FUSELINKS DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE DESIGN OF CARTRIDGE FUSE-LINKS OVERLOAD CHARACTERISTICS FUSE-HOLDER APPLICATION OF HBC FUSES DISCRIMINATION AND CO-ORDINATION FUSES IN HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK DOMESTIC FUSE APPLICATIONS SEMICONDUCTOR FUSE-LINKS FUSE-LINKS FOR ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY NETWORKS COMPACT FUSES TO BS 88: PART FUSE SWITCHGEAR THERMAL RATINGS MOTOR CONTROL GEAR CONTACTOR CONTACTOR SELECTION PRODUCT STANDARDS FOR CONTACTORS OVERLOAD PROTECTION STARTER TYPES ISOLATION LIGHTING THE NATURE OF LIGHT UNITS OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT ELECTRIC LAMPS CONTROL GEAR AND STARTING LUMINAIRES (LIGHTING ?TTINGS) OUTDOOR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FLOODLIGHTING CALCULATIONS LIGHTING DESIGN FOR INTERIORS EMERGENCY LIGHTING MAINS CABLES CABLE SPECI?CATIONS CABLE CONDUCTORS INSULATION CABLE CONSTRUCTION JOINTING AND TERMINATING CABLE RATINGS TESTING AND FAULT ?NDING SELECTION OF WIRING SYSTEMS WIRING SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION OF WIRING CABLES AND ?EXIBLES CABLE ENCLOSURE AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS TEMPERATURE LIMITS FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELECTION OF TYPES OF CABLE INSTALLATION METHODS CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLATIONS ISOLATION AND SWITCHING PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS PROTECTIVE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS UNIT AND NON-UNIT PROTECTION GRADED PROTECTION UNIT PROTECTION TRANSFORMER PROTECTION ROTATING PLANT RELAY ACCOMMODATION COMMISSIONING TESTS POWER FACTOR CORRECTION AND TARIFFS IMPORTANCE OF POWER FACTOR THEORY OF POWER FACTOR CORRECTION POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS CALCULATION OF CAPACITOR SIZE PRACTICAL POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT CAPACITOR SIZE RELATED TO TARIFF DETERMINATION OF LOAD CONDITIONS REDUCED CO2 EMISSIONS METHODS OF CORRECTION LOCATION OF CAPACITORS CAPACITORS AND HARMONICS INSTALLATION OF CAPACITORS CAPACITOR MAINTENANCE