Philippine Electrical Code
Philippine Electrical Code
Philippine Electrical Code
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Raceways
The raceways wiring accessories or channels designed for holding wires cables, or
busbars which are either made of metal or any insulating material. They provided
mechanical protection to conductors while keeping them accessible for wiring
changes: conduits connectors, conduit, coupling, clamps, hangers etc. cable trays,
bus metal raceway, non-metal raceways.
Conduits
Either pipes or tubing, which are either flexible or rigid for electric wires. The most
common electrical raceways.
Fittings
Accessories such as locknuts, bushing couplers, adapters nipples and connectors or
other part wiring system that is intended primarily to perform a mechanical rather
than function.
Connectors
A metal sleeve, usually made of copper, that is slipped over and secure to the
butted ends conductors in making a joint. Also called a splicing sleeve.
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header ducts tap into the cells and a carry the wiring to the necessary
panel board or boxes.
9. Wire ways
- ducts with square or rectangular cross-section made of sheet metal
and the standard length of each ducts is 10 feet
- where the wiring is readily accessible through cover plates, which
make up one of the walls of the ducts, is 10 feet
- cover plates may be hinged or unhinged, screwed in place, or merely
snapped into place
- cannot be buried, concealed in walls or exposed to corrosives
atmosphere for in general they are mounted exposed outdoors and
may carry systems rated at 600 volts.
10. Busways
- an approved completely assembled metal troughing and fitting when
contain bare conductors intended for use as feeders, the conductors
being suitably supported of insulators.
- factory made systems of copper of aluminum bars, rods, or tubes
designed to carry heavy currents from 50 to 6,000 amp
- conductors can be solid bars, square or rectangular hollow tube
hollow ovals or solid 1 – beams
- can be mounted horizontally or vertically and can be also used as
service entrance feeders.
Trolley Busways
- permits travelling equipment to be connected to a power source
- a rolling power takeoff in contact with the busways conductors
- as the equipment moves, the trolley contact on the conductor.
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Ladder Trays
- provide maximum ventilations to power cables and other heat-
producing cables
** Cables suitable for use in cable trays are marked CT (Cable Tray) on the
outside of the jacket
12. Cablebus
- an approved assembly of insulated conductors with fittings and
conductor terminations in a completely enclosed, ventilated
protective metal housing
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