Standard Task Procedure

Mapping existing building wiring

Scenario: A technician goes into a building

already wired and he has to map the building
wiring. This map could be useful when doing AC
side interconnections of a solar system. Here,
we show wiring for a basic scenario

A map will show the different loads,

switchboards and the wires that reach them from
the main service board. It may also show the
thickness of the wires and the maximum load
connected to each wire.

Responsible Person: Technician

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Equipment/tools: Tester, Plier,
Wire peeler
1. Check for any loose connection
Material: Electrical diagram for
at the main switchboard.
the building, pencil, sketchbook
2. Wear rubber shoes before
starting any work on
electrical panel.
Other prerequisites:
Helper
Documentation to be
Submitted to By when ü/û
completed
a. Supervisor

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1. Make a rough sketch of building showing location
of all electrical outlets.

2. Supply from the grid comes through each MCB in

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the main service board. A distribution box is
wired as shown in the fig below. The neutral
wire can be taken from any nearby junction box.

You now need to find out where the wire from each MCB
is going. Start by assign a number to each circuit
breaker on the main service panel.

3. (a) Switch of MCB 1

(b) Go to each light or power point. Using a
tester, check if the
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point is functional. If a point does NOT
work, then you
know that it is connected to the MCB that
you switched off
in Step 3(a)
(c) Mark the switchboard with the same number
as the

switched off MCB

4. Repeat steps (a) to (c), till all the Use dashed lines for
switchboards are numbered light loads.
On your diagram, trace a line from the
switchboard to the MCB for each numbered tag

Circuit 2&3
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Circuit 4&5

5. Label the MCBs in the main service panel as

shown below
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6. Mark the thickness of each wire on the map and

the load that it is currently connected to it