SEWA Regulations for Electrical Connection

5-12-4 The PEN conductor shall be insulated for the highest 5 volt to which it may be subjected to avoid story
Current.

Note: - The PEN conductor need not be insulated inside switchgear and control gear assemblies.

5-12-5 If from any point of the installation the neutral and protective functions are provided by separated
Conductors, it is inadmissible to connect these conductors to each other from that point. At the
Point of separate terminal or bars shall be provided for the protective and neutral conductor.

The PEN conductor shall be connected to the terminal or bar intended for the protective conductor .

5-13 Equipotential bonding conductors

5-13-1 Minimum cross-sectional area

5-13-2 Main equipotential bonding conductors shall have cross-sectional areas not less than half the
Cross-sectional area of the largest protective conductor of the installation subject to a minimum
Of 6mm .The cross-sectional area need not however, exceed 25 mm if the bonding conductor is of
Copper cross-sectional area affording equivalent current –carrying capacity in other metal.

5-13-3 Supplementary equipotential bonding conductor a supplementary equipotential bonding conductor connecting two
exposed conductive parts may have a cross-sectional area not less than that of the
Smaller protective conductor connected to the exposed conductive parts

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Supplementary equipotential bonding conductor connecting exposed conductive parts to extraneous

Supplementary equipotential binding may be extraneous conductive parts of permanent nature ,such
As structural metalwork or by supplementary conductors, or by a combination of these.

5-13-4 Bonding of water meters: - where pipes of building are used for earthing purpose or as protective
Conductors the water meter shall be bonded a cross and the bonding conductor shall be of
Appropriate cross sectional area according to its use as a protective conductor, equipotential bonding
Conductor or functional earthing conductor.

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Section -6

INSTALLATION DETAILS
Types of wiring systems

The type of wiring system that may be used shall divided into two categories depending on the building construction.

a) Buildings constructed of concrete floors with concrete blocks used for walls partitions etc.

b) Prefabricated buildings constructed of timber, asbestos, cement panels etc. with fiber glass or other approved insulation
material in the exterior walls and roof space.

Wiring installed in the buildings complying with category (a) or above shall be carried out using PVC cable run in
galvanized steel conduit or high impact rigid PVC conduit concealed within the building fabric. Any alternation from the
original design that may be made after the start of the installation shall be carried out using the same method. Where an
installation is to be carried out within a false ceiling space then an alternative wiring system may be used within a the false
ceiling space but only after consultation and written approval is obtained from the ministry of Electricity and water
regarding the type of installation to be used.

Wiring installed in the buildings complying with category (a) or above may be carried out using the same method used for
category (a) or may be carried out using PVC insulated and sheathed cables complying with B.S no 6004 or other
equivalent. It must be noted that joints are not permitted where flat twin earth pass through slots or holes in metal framing,
the cables shall be protected by brushings or grommets securely fastened in the slots or holes.

Note: prefabricated buildings using concrete wall panels or similar material may be wired using semi-rigid PVC heavy
gauge conduit. The jointing of the conduit in the wall to the ceiling or floor slab may be carried out using a length of
flexible PVC conduit provided that this length does not exceed 400 mm, however, all materials used for this method
construction must be submitted to SEWA for written approval prior to installation. This shall be apply to the conduit,
couplings, boxes and brushes.

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CONDUCTORS:

6-1-1 The conductors or cables to be used in any part of an installation shall be determined by consideration of:

a) Current carrying capacity

b) Voltage drop

c) Temperature conditions (45 C Ambient within a building, 50 c Ambient outside temperature)

d) Mechanical strength

It is responsibility of the electrical contractor to ensure that suitable materials are used.

6-1-2 Current Carrying Capacity

The live or phase conductors of a 3 phase sub main or final sub-circuit shall be of same cross sectional area and
have the same insulation grade. The current carrying capacities of cables to be used are to be found in tables 8, appendix
3 of these regulations.

6-1-3 Neutral conductor for single and three phase circuits or sub mains shall be of same cross sectional area as the live
conductors and of same insulation grade. If a cable supplies an installation of three phase motors only, no neutral
conductor is required.

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6-1-4 Where a conductor is to be run for a significant length in a space to which thermal insulation is likely to be applied, the
cable shall , wherever practicable, be fixed in a position such that it will not covered by the thermal insulation. Where
fixing in such a position is impracticable, the current carrying capacity of the cable shall be appropriately reduced.

Note: For a cable installed in a thermally insulation wall or above thermally insulated ceiling, the cable being in contact with a
thermally conductive surface on one side, the rating factor to be applied may, in the absence of more precise
information, be taken as 0.75 times the current carrying capacity for that cable clipped totally surrounded by thermally
insulating material;, the applicable rating factor shall be 0.5

6-1-5 Voltage drop:

The fall in voltage from the commencement of the consumer's main to the point on the installation shall not exceed 2.5
% of the declared voltage when all the conductors in the insulation are carrying the maximum current which they have
to carry including an assumed future additional loading.

6-2 Selection of types of Wiring Non Flexible cables and conductors for low voltage:

6-2-1 Every non- flexible cable at low voltage shall be selected from one of the following types and shall comply with the
appropriate British standard referred to below, so far as this applicable.
6-2-2 In cables every type, conductors shall be of copper.

Maximum Ambient Temperature:

1) non armored PVC insulated cable 6004 BS 6231 type B, or BS 6346 70c

2) Steel wire armoured PVC insulated cables, lead sheathed BS 6346 70C

3) Impregnated- paper insulated cables lead sheathed BS 6480, mass impregnated, non draining 75C

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