Construction

All switchgear cubicles and partition shall be of sheet steel construction with folded edges bolted
together, modular type, totally enclosed; type tested to IEC 60298 , form 4 construction, and be of
factory standard design. Each cubicle shall be capable of fixing onto another cubicle without any
major alteration. Each cubicle shall be partitioned into compartments to accommodate individually
the following

- Withdrawable truck which carries the circuit breaker.

- Protective relays and measuring instruments.
- Bus bars.
- Fixed plug type contacts.
- Cable terminations.

A hinged panel door shall be provided at the front of each cubicle with openings for the
mounting of voltmeter, ammeters and neon light indicator and a cut out for a glass panel for the
observation of protection relays. Each switchgear cubicles shall have gaskets on doors to keep dust
out of switchboard.

All metal works shall be powder coated finish and treated against corrosion and the enclosure shall
be complying with minimum IP 54.

Safety Shutters

Automatic shutters which cover the exposed fixed contacts as soon as the breaker truck is
withdrawn shall be provided. The operation of the shutters for the upper and lower fixed contacts
shall be independent of each other so that each individual set can be manually opened.

The bus bar shutter shall be painted Signal Red and labeled with BUSBARS in large white
letters. Circuit shutter shall be painted Lemon colour.

On bus-section panels both sets of shutters shall be painted Signal Red and labeled BUSBARS
in large white letters. In addition, an arrow shall be painted in white towards the section of bus bar
with which the shutter is associated.