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Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 2: The cables
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Neutral
Positive
Negative
AC Conductor Terminal
DC Conductor Terminal
Protective Conductor Terminal
PEN Conductor Terminal
Unspecified
Earthed
Unearthed
Protective Bonding
Conductor Terminal
Alphanumeric
L1
L2
L3
N
L+
LPE
PEN
PB
PBE
PBU
Identification of Conductors
Color Identification
Black
Brown
Gray
Blue*
None
None
Green/Yellow
GN/YE/BU*
FE
**For System Earth Terminals
DSBs advice
None
Red
Black
None
Green/Yellow
None
Green/Yellow
Refer to IEC 60445 (2010-08)
Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 3: The cable glands
Guidance table for selection of cable glands related to basic cable type:
Basic cable type
Circuit Type
Exd gland
Power
**
Instrument
Power
Un-braided cable
Instrument
To be used
Maybe used
*Some owners use this type as a standard also for non-Ex equipment
**Not accepted by DSB when copper braiding is used for earthing of equipment
Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 3: The cable glands
Type of enclosure
Plastic enclosures (relevant for field cables)
Plastic enclosures, reinforced with metal gland plate for
supply of large supply- and multi-core cables
Metal enclosures (except aluminium)
Aluminium enclosures
Only sea water resistant aluminium shall be used
Plastic glands shall not be used for armoured cables
Type of gland
Plastic for size below M32
Brass
Brass/stainless steel
Stainless steel/nickel plated brass
Not to be used
For cable glands for explosion protected equipment, see IEC 61892-7
Shroud and similar should not be used on cable glands
Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 3: The cable glands: Cable entry, gland type and cable type
Guidance table for selection of cable glands in non-ex enclosures:
Cable entry
Cable gland:
Cable basic
(enclosure):
Type:
Plastic
Metal
Normal
Normal
Unbraided
Type
<M32
Braided
Size
Plastic
All
sizes
Metal
Materia
l
Normal
Photo right: Normal Misuse
of EXd glands! Exd glands
should not have been used
in this case
To be used
Maybe used
Photo left:
Correct:
Stuffing (run through)
type glands have been
used in this thin-plate
stainless steel enclosure
Not to be used
Cable entry
(enclosure):
Normal
Exe
Exd
Exde
*
Unbraided:
Exe
Metal
Braided:
Normal
Type:
Exi
Exi
All sizes
Exe
<M32
Exe
Cable
Entry:
Exd
Exe
Exe
Exe
Metal
Marking on
Signboard:
Exd
Exe
Exde
Exdes
Plastic
Cable basic
Type
Plastic
Size:
Material:
Cable gland:
Exd
Exd
be used
In Exe entries!
glands
should not
To be used
Maybe used
Not to be used
*May only be used for limited volumes (< 2 litre) in Exd enclosures
Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 4: The termination methods
Part B3: The four important choices related to the electrical installation
Choice No. 4: The termination methods
Method 1: Stuffing type (Run
through type)
+ Available as nylon type
+ Gives direct and electrically the best
termination of the cables braiding
Gives 4 joints with different metal surfaces when terminating the braiding
Gives serial earth according to IEC
More a mechanical assembly than a good, electrical connection
Possibility for corrosion problems between different metal surfaces
Not easy to install
Medium cost
The glands shall be firmly attached
Complicated to install
High cost (certified)
The glands shall be firmly attached
The
Part B6:
Arrangement of
earth bus-bar
(MCC)
Install the complete cable right up to the level of the actual starter,
and then terminate the braiding and/or earth conductor to the
vertical sub earth bar at this level!
At the photos below all the copper braidings have been terminated at
the lower part of the vertical bar. (And, the upper part has not been
used at all) This will make trouble shooting and modification work
more difficult!
PE-busbar is located behind the in- and outgoing cables. The access
to the earth bar and its terminals is blocked!
PE:
IE:
Yellow / Green
IS: