PVC conduit and accessories shall be fully protected to prevent the ingress of moisture, plaster, dust or any other foreign matter during the construction work. No conduits shall have more than two right angle bends in any run, nor installed in runs of more than 10 meters without the interposition of a draw box ‘The installation shall be ftted wth circular junction boxes or adaptable boxes and not tees, elbows, oF manufactured bends unless permission is given by the Engineer, Ail joints in the conduit installation shall be glued. Conduits shall not be concealed before inspection and shall be complete before having cables drawn in Concealed conduits shall be run in such a manner that where run in conerete, no movement takes place when the concrete is poured. The Contractor shall ensure that when the pouring is carried out the Conduits are not damaged. All conduit boxes shall be standard circular white rigid PVC to 8S where applicable, fitted with ‘overlapping circular lids secured in position with brass screws, and shall have plain bored entries Where two or more conduits run parallel, the boxes shall be of the adaptable type having dimensions ‘adequate for the number of conduits entering. The edge of each conduit box shall be flush with the finished surface, ‘Socket outlet boxes and switch boxes shall be of galvanised steel Conduits to be installed in floor stabs shall be securely fixed to shuttering or reinforcing bars. 16067 FLEXIBLE CONDUITS Flexible conduits, where called for specifically, shall be of metal construction with PVC finish. Effectiveness of earthing shall not be dependent upon the continuity of the metal and a separate earth ‘conductor shall be run throughout the conduit for this purpose. Flexible conduit shall be terminated on to the equipment concerned by means of purposely ‘manufactured fittings as supplied by the conduit manufacturer. Where conduits are specified to be connected to apparatus or plant having 2 definite movement, vibration or requiring adjustment in their position (e.g. motors, motonsed valves, insertion thermostats, campers, pressure switch) flexible conduits and fttings of metallic WT type to BS 731 shall be provided Each end shall be provided with an internally rifled spilt brass adaptor or sweated with timman's solder into threaded brass sweating glands and shall terminate in a suitable size brass double female adaptor bbox and fixed motor type connector. Earth continuity through flexible conduits shall be provided by a separate green/yellow coloured PVC. covered copper stranded earthwire of appropriate size drawn into the flexible condut. The brass ‘adaptors specified shall be dled to enable the earth-wire to be drawn out at each end when the earth ‘wire shall Be soldered to the brass adaptors to alternatively positively connected to a substantial earth terminal. Where the flexible is connected to plant (e.g, motors) the earth.wire shall be minimum 7.5 6q, mm. The protective conductor shall be drawn into a flexible conduit and connected externally and visibly to terminals on the two boxes, No flexible conduit shall exceed 600 mm nor be less than 300 mm unless otherwise specified. No condutt shall be smaller than the equivalent of 20mm size. Cable trunking shall consist of butting sections constructed from 16 SWG minimum, high grade sheet steel rust-proofed by an approved process and sioved enamel finish. The lids shall be made from the Mechanical & Electrical Installations 3.105‘same material and shall be removable over the whole length of the trunking and secured at centres not greater than 450 mm by cadmium plated mushroom head screws or similar, These screws shall locate into ‘hank bushes’ fixed in the trunking. The trunking shall be provided with lips on its opening side to form a tray and clips shall be inserted at centres not greater than 600mm to retain the cables in position \when the lids are removed. Where trunking is mounted with the openings in the downward direction the two sides of each component shall be provided with lips, Cables connected to supplies emanating from different sections of the main distribution switchboard shall not be installed in the same trunking Adjoining lengths of trunking shall be correctly aligned and the two sides at right angles to the cover shall be joined to its corresponding side of the adjacent trunking by means of an internal fishplate ‘connector not less than No.12 SWG attached by means of not less than No.8 cadmium plated steel mushroom headed 476mm Whitworth screws passing through clearance holes, shakeproof washers land nuts, Two pairs of screws on either side of the joints shall be connected by tinned copper braids ‘with spit soldering washers under the nuts, to provide electrical continuity across the joints, Trunking shall be fixed to walls with No.12 roundhead wood screws of length depending on the material in waich the fixing is made. Allteas, reducers and angles for trunking shall have folded and welded filet type corners. Internal fire barriers of appropriate rating shall be provided where trunking passes through walls and floors forming fire zones within the building and where trunking connects to fuseboards and switch units. Where cables are in the same trunking compartment and connected to different distribution fuseboards Le, single phase and three phase power circuits, they shall be distinguished by separating the cables with insulated distance pieces or taping together at intervals of 1.0m with a marker or disc for ease of identification ‘The Contractor shall provide all necessary supporting devices for trunking and adequate allowance shall be made for expansion and contraction of long runs of trunking and at expansion joints in the building structure All G.. trunking proposed to be installed shall be manufactured completely in accordance with SS 4878 Part 1: 1971, ‘Muttiple runs of PVC/SWAIPVC or XLPE or MICC cables shall be fixed by clips onto perforated cable trays of adequate width for disposing the cables at single depth with a width allowance of 25%, for ‘additional cabies. The trays shall be galvanized heavy duty type with a 50mm return on both edges. ‘The cable tray shall be fixed to the wall or ceiling by means of expanding bolts. Where fixed to a wall, @ sultable packing shall be inserted behind the tray so that itis SOmm away from the wall, The ficings shall be spaced not more than 90mm apart Where cable trays are required to be fixed horizontally the Contractor shall make allowance for approved brackels and supports as indicated on the drawings in positions where steelwork is not being provided. Cable trays shall be manufactured from 16 SWG minimum galvanized sheet steel in accordance with BS. 1449: Part 1 and BS. 729. Alltees, intersections, vertical or horizontal bends shall be purpose made units by the manufacturer. All cable tray supports shall be of the ample strength to support cables and shall be at centres in order to prevent sagging of the tray. Mechanical & Electrical Installations 3.106Allowance shall be made for the expansion and contraction of the cable trays at all comers junctions, ‘accessory positions etc. ‘The Contractor shall pay particular attention to the installation of cable trays regarding the alignment of ail runs, It shall Be the responsibilty of the Contractor to check at tender stage the runs of all cable trays. in relation to structural restrictions, All cable trays to be installed on roof shall be complete with 16 SWG solid fit covers with flanges, 1460810 DUCTING PVC ducts of sizes as indicated on drawing should be provided for the external services as summarised here below. = sub-main power cables. = telephone cabies ‘Ducts should also be provided but not fimited to: - Cable entries to buildings. + Cables under roads and pavements = Cables under ground slabs 160811 CONDUITS ON STEEL WORK Where conduits are specified to be fired to structural steelwork they shall be fixed by approved urpose-made clips to or be in lieu of support spacer saddles. Such clips shall designed for the size of Conduit and the size and section of the steel member, {All conduit boxes including boxes on and in which fitings are mounted shall be securely fixed to the building fabric by means of not less than 2No, countersunk screvis correctly placed, The fling holes shall be countersunk to obviate the screw heads projecting into the box. 160812 CONDUITS: SURFACE INSTALLATION Where conduits are specified to be installed on the surface they shall be fixed by means of spacer bar ‘saddles or distance spacing saddles or suspension clips which shall allow the conduit to be run into all ‘accessories thereby obviating special seis or bends for the purpose. The contractor shall pay particular attention to the "Protection against corrosion of exposed metalwork of wiring systems" as outlined in Appendix 10 of the IEE Regulations, 160813 CONDUITS: IN-SITU CONSTRUCTION ‘These conduits shall be solidly fixed ai each end before entering condull tings or apparatus. No sockets or fittings shall be used along the lengths of these runs in free air. Conduit boxes shall be laid on the concrete shuttering and held in place in an approved manner so that they are rigidly fixed while the concrete is being poured. ‘Mechanical & Electrical installations 3.307