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Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice - BeKnowledge

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672 Index<br />

earthing, 234<br />

earth termination networks, 211<br />

electronic systems, 219<br />

inspection and testing, 219<br />

installation, 218<br />

material specifications, 213<br />

rolling sphere concept, 198<br />

strike probability, 199<br />

termination networks, 208, 234<br />

transient overvoltages, 219, 223, 237, 239–<br />

243<br />

zones, 206<br />

loads on diesel generators, 131–134<br />

low voltage, substation switchgear, 50<br />

luminaires, see lighting<br />

mains distribution assembly, 102<br />

maintenance<br />

capacitors, 657<br />

cathodic protection systems, 188<br />

distribution transformers, 354<br />

motors, 138, 423<br />

safety, 274<br />

measurement <strong>of</strong> light, 477<br />

metering,<br />

accuracy <strong>of</strong> metering, 32<br />

bulk supplies, 28<br />

development <strong>of</strong> meter services, 31<br />

end customers, 29<br />

larger customers, 29<br />

small customers, 29<br />

mineral insulated cables, 580<br />

motor applications, 413<br />

motor control gear<br />

auto-transformer starters, 468<br />

contactors, 454, 456, 461<br />

direct-on-line starters, 466<br />

electronic relays, 465<br />

enclosures, 473<br />

isolation, 471<br />

magnetic relays, 465<br />

motor control centres, 471<br />

overload protection, 463<br />

product standards for contactors, 460<br />

short-circuit co-ordination, 472<br />

s<strong>of</strong>t starters, 469<br />

star delta starters, 467<br />

starter types, 466<br />

stator-rotor starters, 468<br />

thermal relays, 463<br />

thermistor relays, 466<br />

variable speed drives, 470<br />

motor generator sets, 405<br />

motors, see rotating machines<br />

motor starters, 52, 62 466<br />

NETA, 6<br />

new technology, 34<br />

Office <strong>of</strong> the Gas and Electricity Markets<br />

(Ofgem), 4<br />

oil-filled transformers, 61, 320<br />

overcurrent protection <strong>of</strong> cables, 554<br />

overhead lines, 280<br />

parallel operation<br />

diesel generators, 130<br />

distribution transformers, 347<br />

permits to work, 276<br />

power factor<br />

calculation, 638<br />

economic considerations, 637<br />

improvement, 636<br />

supply, 9<br />

tariffs, 639<br />

theory, 636<br />

power supplies, 1<br />

privatisation, 33<br />

protection system, 16<br />

reactive power, 34<br />

record drawings, substations, 65<br />

Regional Electricity Company, 1<br />

relays inverse time, 601<br />

residual current circuit-breaker, 594<br />

resistivity <strong>of</strong> soil, 163<br />

rotating machines<br />

a.c. motors, 394<br />

bearings, 424<br />

brushgear, 425<br />

cage motors, 395<br />

commissioning, 422<br />

coolers, 426<br />

d.c. motors, 401<br />

efficiency, 417<br />

enclosures, 414<br />

installation, 136, 418<br />

insulation, 416<br />

maintenance, 138, 423<br />

motor applications, 413<br />

motor generator sets, 405<br />

mounting, 413<br />

noise, 416<br />

slip ring motors, 398<br />

starting currents, 397<br />

storage, 418<br />

switched reluctance drives, 411<br />

synchronous motors, 399<br />

synchronous reluctance motors, 400<br />

synchronous speeds, 395<br />

thyristor drives, 411

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