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provided for duct banks with more than 2 ducts. Handholes shall be provided wherever a manhole is
not required by quantity of ducts or by cable manufacturers installation recommendations.
b. The system shall be fed by the substation identified on the drawings.
7.3.1.2 PANELBOARDS
a. Panelboards shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. UL67 listed; OR
2. Tested and Marked by another NRTL; OR
3. BS/EN 60439 or IEC 60439-manufactured, AND type-tested assembly (TTA)
b. All panelboards shall be circuit breaker bolt-on type panels.
c. Enclosures shall be NEMA Type 4 (IEC Classification IP65).
d. Circuit breakers shall be connected to copper bus bars within the panelboards. Daisy chain (breaker-
to-breaker) connection(s) made with conductor or interconnecting busbar are not acceptable. A 3-
pole circuit breaker shall be a single unit and not made up of 3 single pole circuit breakers connected
with a wire or bridge to make a 3-pole breaker.
e. All panelboards shall be surface mounted. All panelboards shall be provided with a nameplate
including the following information:
1. Manufacturers Name or trade mark
2. Type designation or identification number, or other means of identification making it possible to
obtain relevant information from the manufacturer
3. Mark of the NRTL (such as UL), IEC 60439-1, or BS/EN 60439-1
4. Rated current, operational voltage, and impulse withstand voltage
5. Short-circuit withstand strength
6. Degree of Protection
f. All panelboards and load centers shall be provided with a panel schedule. All circuit breakers shall
be labeled with an identification number corresponding to the panel schedule. Panel Schedule shall
be type written in English, Dari and Pashto. The panel schedule shall identify the conductor color
code present in the panel.
g. All loads shall be coordinated to provide balanced loading. Phase imbalance at each panel shall not
exceed 5%.
h. Any building with any branch circuit breakers larger than 32A, 3 pole shall have at least one
distribution panel for the larger breakers
7.3.1.3 CIRCUIT BREAKERS
a. Circuit breakers shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. UL 489 listed; OR
2. Tested and marked by another NRTL; OR
3. BS/EN 60947 or IEC 60947-manufactured; OR
4. BS/EN 60898 or IEC 60898-manufactured.
b. Circuit breakers shall not be rated less than 15-amperes.
c. All Breakers feeding wet areas AND general purpose receptacles shall be Residual Current Breakers
w/ Overload (RCBO) type. This may not be shown on the site-adapt plans, but is a requirement of
the Contract.
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