College of Musical & Theatrical Arts

Ministry of Public Works

SECTION 16445
FEEDER PILLAR

PART 1 - GENERAL
SCHEDULE 0 - RELATEDE DOCUMENTS.
PRODUCT DATA SHEET 0 - Drawing and general provisions of the contract, including General
and Supplementary Conditions and Division 1 Specifications, apply to this Section.
SCHEDULE 1 - SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
1.3

SQEC

FEEDER PILLAR (FP)

A.

The Power Distribution Board (Feeder Pillar) for Landscape/Street Lighting shall be
freestanding type suitable for outdoor installation on 30cm high Concrete Foundation. Its
Enclosure shall be of double wall type for sandwiching 25mm thick Fiber Glass heat
insulating material to minimize the outside heat transfer in to the Board. The Enclosure
shall be fabricated from galvanized sheet steel of minimum thickness of 1.5mm and have
minimum 80 microns Electrostatic Dry Powder Epoxy Polyester surface coating. The
Enclosure shall include a Canopy at the top and slopping down towards the backside. All
four sides of the Canopy shall be bend inside and welded continuously with the body in an
aesthetic manner. Any stitch welding on this will not be accepted. The Protection Grade of
the Enclosure shall be IP 54.

B.

The doors shall be in two vertical parts and provided with substantial stainless steel spring
hinges to close automatically. The pad locking strips shall be minimum 3 mm thick with 14
mm. dia. Holes

C.

The window of the photo-cell shall be 50 mm x 100 mm with suitably sized round holes on
the enclosure itself and fitted with a transparent, clear polycarbonate or plexiglass plate
minimum 5 mm. A sliding type shutter for closing from inside shall be provided. The
ventilators shall be one at the top and one at the bottom on each side of the Feeder Pillar.

D.

The mounting changes shall be provided with holes suitable from M16 anchoring bolls and
two Nos. of separate gland plates with weather proofing gaskets shall be provided for
fixing the incoming and outgoing cable glands. The dust filters shall have standard
dimensions of 150 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 4 mm. (Thick).

E.

The equipment mounting panel shall be fabricated from minimum 3 mm thick galvanized
sheet steel and shall be provided with robust stainless steel handles at the top and bottom or
at the two sides. At the front of the equipment mounting panel and inside the Feeder Pillar,
a full length second door from minimum 1.5 mm thick galvanized sheet steel with
necessary slots for the opening knobs of the MCCBs and RCBOs shall be provided to
prevent any accidental contact with bus-bars or other live material during maintenance. The
single lent door shall be hinged to the body on its left hand side by at least 4 Nos. of
substantial stainless steel hinges and shall be closed on the right by galv. Steel captive
screvs.

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F.

For outgoing circuits 2 Nos. four pole 10Amp. and 6 Nos. double pole 30/32 Amps.
Miniature circuit breakers (2 per each phase) shall be mounted in the Feeder Pillar. The
RCBOs shall have a rated service short circuit braking capacity of 10 KA at 240/415 volts
and earth leakage element to trip the breaker in the event of an earth fault of 300 mA. or
greater.

G.

The incoming and outgoing moulded case circuit breakers shall comply in all respects to
the IEC Publication No. 947-2 and the value of the Breaking Capacities specified shall be
the Rated Service Short Circuit Breaking Capacity as per this IEC. The electromagnetic
contactor shall fully comply with the IEC Publication No. 947-1.

H.

The connection between the contactor and the phase bus-bars shall be by Type-5 PVC or
XLPE insulated standard copper cables and the connection between the outgoing MCCB
an the terminals by 35 sq.mm. Type 5 PVC or XLPE insulated Copper cables.

I.

The phase terminal blocks shall be all single unit type suitable for 35 sq.mm copper
conductors.

J.

The Neutral and Earth Bars shall be provided with suitable pressure type terminals for
connecting the main Neutral and the Earth conductors and the number of outgoing
terminals shall be suitable for 16 sq. mm. copper conductors. The terminals shall be
pressure type one.

K.

All wiring inside the Feeder Pillar shall be carried out with high temperature Type-5 PVC
insulated 600/1000 V, single core rigid. Round and stranded 2.5 sq. mm. copper conductor
cables all
complying with latest relevant IEC and/or B.S specifications.

L.

A high quality 13 Amp. Power Socket for maintenance and test equipment shall be installed
at an accessible location and shall be wired and connected with a single phase 15A, 30 mA
RCBO. Also, 1 No. 15 Amp. SP and 1 No. 15 Amp. TP RCBO (30 mA) shall be provided
for 24-hour power supply.

M.

Each Feeder Pillar shall be provided with a 120 mm. x 50 mm non-corrosion metal name
plat at the front of the left had side door, engraved with details. Rating No. of outgoing
ways etc. and
Manufacturers Name, Ref. No. for easy identification. Additionally, a
120
mm. x 150 mm. electrical danger sign of approved type, also from a metal plate shall be
fixed on the right hand side door.

N.

Spare Parts
For distribution boards and switchboards provide the following spare parts:

SQEC

a.

2% spare circuit breakers for different rating of mccbs.

b.

2%spare HRC fuses for different rating.

c.

2% spare of load break switch (isolators) of each size.

d.

2% spare of C.O.E.L.C.B. of each size

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2.0 List of Approved Manufacturers

A.

Ebomac

B.

Al Nisf Electrical Co.

C.

Al-Ahlea Switchgear

D.

General Control Group

E.

Sahara

F.

Or approved equal

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