Specifications - State of Delaware

SECTION 262416 - PANELBOARDS: continued
1.03 SUBMITTALS:
A. Refer to DIVISION 01 and SECTION 260000 - BASIC ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS for
administrative and procedural requirements for submittals.
B. Includes, but not limited to, the following:
1. Product Data: Submit manufacturer's data on panelboards and enclosures.
a. Panelboard dimensions and weight (provide center-of-gravity information for each
seismic rated panelboard).
b. Complete data on circuit breakers. Submit time - current characteristic curves of all
devices.
c. Panelboard short-circuit interrupting capacity, and information on buses: phase,
neutral, and ground.
d. Information on whether panelboard is fed from top or bottom.
e. Data on maximum and minimum incoming and outgoing feeder and branch circuit
wire size.
f. Data on door, locks, and mounting: surface or flush.
g. Data on total number of poles and number of unused poles that are available for
future use.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.01 MANUFACTURERS: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide panelboard and
mini-power center products of one of the following (for each type and rating of panelboard and
enclosure) or approved equal:
1. Crouse-Hinds Company.
2. General Electric Company.
3. Siemens-Energy and Automation, Inc.
4. Square D Company.
2.02 PANELBOARDS:
A. General: Except as otherwise indicated, provide panelboards, enclosures, and ancillary
components of types, size, and ratings indicated, which comply with manufacturer's standard
materials and with the design and construction in accordance with published product
information. Provide panelboards that shall resist the forces of a Seismic Zone 2A event
without damage. Equip with proper number of panelboard switching and protective devices as
required for complete installation. Provide ground fault circuit interrupter type circuit breakers
where indicated. Where types, sizes, or ratings are not indicated, comply with NEC, UL, and
established industry standards for those applications indicated. Provide terminals UL-rated for
75ºC (minimum) conductors. All bus shall be tin plated copper. Bus shall be braced to
withstand available short circuit currents indicated.
B. Service Entrance Panelboards: Factory-assembled, dead-front, safety constructed, service
entrance circuit breaker type panelboards in sizes and ratings indicated. Equip with panelboard
switching and protective devices, of types, ratings, and characteristics indicated. Construct
with anti-turn solderless lugs bolted to main bus bars, suitable for service with 480Y/277V,
3-phase, 4-wire, 60 hertz system. Provide unit with incoming service connecting at top or
bottom of panel as required. Provide full-sized neutral bus; provide suitable lugs on neutral
bus for incoming and outgoing feeders requiring neutral connections. Provide ground bus.
Provide bolt-on, molded-case, main circuit breaker and branch circuits with bolt-on,
molded-case type, single-pole and multi-pole circuit breakers, with toggle handles that indicate
when tripped. Where multiple-pole breakers are indicated, provide common trip for all poles.
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