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AAAC AAC ABC ABS ACR ACSR AHD AMG Al AS BIG BPM CAA CAD CB CBD CBL CCF CCT CCT Chng C/I, C&I CMEN Conc CT Cu ECM EDT ESAA All Aluminium Alloy Conductor All Aluminium Conductor Aerial Bundled Cable Air Break Switch Automatic Circuit Reclosure Aluminium Conductor Steel Reinforced Australian Height Datum Australian Map Grid Aluminium Australian Standard Buried In Ground Base Plate Mounted Civil Aviation Authority Computer Aided Drafting Circuit Breaker Central Business District Calculated Breaking Load Concrete Collar Foundation Circuit Covered Conductor Thick Chainage Commercial and/or Industrial Common Multiple Earth Neutral Concrete Current Transformer Copper Electronic Cable Marker Every Day Tension Electricity Supply Association of Australia Ex Exc Fdr GI GT GZ HAT HDPE HV HVABC KBS LTS LV LVABC LVM MCBL MDCF MEN MES MWT NAEF NB Existing Excavate, also Excavation Notice Feeder Galvanised Iron Ground Transformer Galvanised Steel Highest Astronomical Tide High Density Polyethylene High Voltage (Greater than 1000V) High Voltage Aerial Bundled Cable King Bolt Spacing Load Transfer Switch Low Voltage (240 V/415 V) Low Voltage Aerial Bundled Cable Low Voltage Main Minimum Conductor Breaking Load Maximum Depth Concrete Foundation Multiple Earthed Neutral Mean Equivalent Span (ruling span) Maximum Working Tension Natural Earth Foundation Nominal Bore NTS OH P/BRANCH PCPF PE Ph PLA PMR PMT, PM Prop PSM PSTN PT PTS PVC PW QESI RBGF RC RL RMU RP XLPE NMSHVABC Non Metallic Screened HV Aerial Bundled cable Neutral Screened NS Not To Scale Overhead Parallel Branch Precast Concrete Pad Foundation Photoelectric Phase Paper Lead Alloy Pole Mounted Recloser Padmounted Transformer Proposed (also Property Pole) Permanent Survey Mark Public Switched Telephone Network Pole-mounted Transformer Pole Top Switch Polyvinyl Chloride Parallel Webbed Queensland Electricity Supply Industry Road Base Gravel Foundation Reinforced Concrete Reduced Level Ring Main Unit Registered Plan Cross Linked Polyethylene

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AERIAL BUNDLED CABLE A type of overhead cable available in both LV and HV comprising XLPE insulated compacted aluminium phase conductors laid together to form a bundle. HVABC incorporates a catenary wire for extra support and earthing and either a metallic or nonmetallic screen. LVABC is self supporting. In some cases, a HDPE oversheath is incorporated for improved abrasion resistance. A staywire erected between two poles or between a pole and a bollard. A level surface based on the mean sea level at thirty tide gauges around Australias mainland coast. A means of identifying a site within Australia by coordinate (Northing and Easting). 3, ganged, pole mounted switching device utilising air as an insulation medium. Capable of making, carrying and breaking currents to specified levels under normal conditions. Capabilities are extended through use of arcing horns or Arcmasters which respectively provide limited to full load break ability. Air breaks cannot interrupt fault currents. Refer Isolator Switch. A popular proprietary software Computer-Aided Drafting package suitable for use with Personal Computers. Registered Trademark of AutoDesk, Inc. Addition to a LV switchboard. In general it: includes a GPO with fuse and link may have additional fused supplies is connected between the LV switch (ie. isolator or switch fuse), and the most convenient LV fuse or switch fuse. See Span. The horizontal deviation from centre of powerline conductors subjected to wind forces. A pole specifically for supporting an aerial staywire. Short flexible leads providing electrical continuity across points on the system which are structurally broken. CADASTRAL MAP (Parish Map) CADASTRAL SURVEY PLAN CALCULATED BREAKING LOAD CANTILEVER STAY CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION A map or plan showing details of land tenure (e.g., property boundaries or natural features). A map or plan showing details of land tenure use for lodgement to the titles office. The minimum load (in kN) at which a conductor fails, >breaks= or exceeds its maximum tensile strength. See Sidewalk Stay. A payment which an electricity authority requires a customer to make before starting work on a capital (new, or adding to the value of the authoritys assets) project on behalf of the customer. The payment may fully or partly cover the cost of the works. An instrument for measuring slope. The distance from a datum along the centreline of a roadway. This term and offset are used to make reference to points on roadworks plans. Mechanical switching device capable of making, carrying and breaking currents under normal conditions. Capable of making, carrying for a specified time and breaking currents under specified abnormal conditions (eg. short circuits). Primary control is via external protection relays and manual overrides. Circuit breakers are normally ground mounted. A circuit breaker (fitted with automatic reclose and external protection relays) is operationally similar to a recloser. Circuit breakers may occur in ring main units. Refer Recloser. A combination of links that, close the through circuit and then isolate the apparatus in one sequenced action, or vice versa (eg. Live bypass for single-phase regulators). The LV MEN system extended to include the HV system earthing with voltages up to subtransmission level. See Multiple Earth Neutral.

AERIAL STAY AUSTRALIAN HEIGHT DATUM AUSTRALIAN MAP GRID AIR BREAK SWITCH

CLINOMETER CHAINAGE

CIRCUIT BREAKER

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COMBINATION LINKS

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COMMON USE POLE A pole owned by either the electricity authority or some other authority (e.g., Telstra) used by both parties to support their mains. A pole assessed as unsuitable to remain in service, typically due to diminished strength from white-ant attack, below-ground rot or some other cause. A wire or other form of conducting material suitable for carrying current. See Duct. Pole attachments and their configuration, including crossarms and insulators. See Works Plan. A commercial name for a type of ribbed UPVC conduit. A service pillar fed by underground supply from the opposite side of the road. See Padmounted Transformer. The depth of excavation needed to reduce the existing ground levels to proposed ground levels at a particular point in a roadworks or other construction project. Junction box (typically set in the ground), which permits cables to be connected in various configurations, via use of links. 1, air insulated (normally), switch used to isolate lines and apparatus from the network. A disconnect link shall be easily operable as a switch. It shall not require unbolting (or otherwise complex disconnection), of electrical connections. Refer Link. That part of the electricity supply network at voltages below transmission/ subtransmission level (typically 22 kV, 11 kV and LV). See also Distribution Mains or Distribution System. A substation that transforms or converts electrical energy from a higher voltage network to a secondary distribution network (see also Padmounted Transformer). Drop Out fuse (DO) is a fuse where the fuse carrier drops DROP OUT FUSE DUCT into an open position, after the fuse has operated. Use of the term EDO shall be discontinued. A pipe or closed passage formed underground or in a structure and intended to receive one or more cables which may be drawn through them. The process of connecting components of electricity supply networks to ground to prevent dangerous voltages occurring on components which may be contacted by persons, or which may be damaged by the voltages. Usually applied to rods, metallic electrodes or a group of interconnected rods and the wire making connection to the distribution system component that is earthed. A strip of land registered on the title deed in the office of the Registrar of Titles allowing access or other rights to a public body or party other than the owner of the parcel of land on which the easement exists. See Sustained Load. A charge electricity authorities apply to customers to cover the cost of service cable and installation longer than the maximum length provided free of charge. A form electricity authorities use to obtain approval to excavate a local or public authority footpath to erect poles or install underground cables. A circuit (normally HV) emanating from a substation for distributing electric power. A notebook used to record site survey data (e.g., distances, bearings, angles, slope readings and topographical features). The depth of earth to be deposited and compacted to raise existing ground levels to proposed ground levels at a particular point in a roadworks or other construction project. A distance relative to the edge of a footpath (usually the property boundary side) used to describe the position of an underground service or pole. A space in the footpath between two alignments designated by the local or public authority in which a pole or underground service may be located. A commercial name for a type of segmented steel and concrete cover used on cast-in-situ pits in roadways and
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CONDEMNED POLE

EARTHING (Earths)

CONDUCTOR CONDUIT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION DRAWING CORFLO CROSS-ROAD PILLAR CUBICLE TRANSFORMER CUT

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EVERY DAY TENSION EXCESS CABLE CHARGE EXCAVATION NOTICE

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FEEDER FIELD BOOK

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FOOTPATH ALIGNMENT FOOTPATH ALLOCATION GATIC

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footpaths. GROUND CLEARANCE The vertical distance between the conductor and ground. A contract signed by a prospective customer which GUARANTEE guarantees an electricity authority a set sum of money annually for a fixed term to supply electricity, regardless of whether energy is used or not. See Aerial Stay. HEAD STAY An extendable stick used for measuring the heights of HEIGHT STICK conductors and poles. Electrical potential greater than 1000V HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) ISOLATOR SWITCH 1 or 3, enclosed switching device utilising air, oil, SF6, or vacuum Insulation mediums. Capable of making, carrying and breaking currents to specified levels under normal conditions. Isolators cannot interrupt fault currents. In substations such an enclosed switch shall be called an isolator and a similar non-enclosed switch shall be called an air break. Isolators may exist in ring main units. A location in an electricity supply network where two or more cables join or terminate. See Common Use Pole. LONG SECTION LOW VOLTAGE (LV) LUMINAIRE MAINS See Profile. Electrical potential in the range of 32V to 1000V. A streetlight head assembly comprising the lamp and reflector. Common parts of a network between various sites, describing particular voltage classes of overhead/underground feeder network (e.g., 11 kV mains, LV mains). Master Drop Out fuses (MDOs) are 3x1, drop out fuses typically located where a spur or tee-off branches form the feeder backbone. Refer Drop Out Fuse. Maximum Demand Indicator (MDI) is a resettable, peak demand, current measuring device. See Short Duration Load. A theoretical span length used to represent the behaviour of a number of spans of varying lengths in a strain section of an overhead powerline. A specific learning segment, complete in itself, dealing with one or more competency units, capable of being separately assessed and standing on its own. An earthing system connecting the neutral conductor to an earth electrode in a customers electrical installation, at electricity authority transformers and at multiple locations on the electricity distribution network. See Excavation Notice. A small hand instrument like a miniature trundle wheel with graduated dial carrying an engraved scale. Used in mapping , it is wheeled along a line on a map and the scale distance read from the dial. See Telemeter. See Sidewalk Stay. A map or plan detailing the overhead distribution system (e.g., pole positions/numbers, overhead conductor types/sizes, span lengths, pole substations positions/sizes,
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JOINT JOINT USE POLE/COLUMN KING BOLT

The main bolt attaching a crossarm or other fixture to a pole. KING BOLT SPACING The vertical distance between king bolt attachment points. In a top construction, it may be the distance from below the top of the pole to the attachment point. KIOSK TRANSFORMER See Padmounted Transformer. LINK 1, air insulated (normally), isolation point used to isolate lines and apparatus from the network. A link shall require unbolting (or otherwise complex disconnection), of electrical connections. Refer Disconnect Link. A pillar containing isolating links or switch fuses allowing the LINK PILLAR joining together or disconnection of two or more LV distribution circuits. Commonly found in URD estates.

MULTIPLE EARTH NEUTRAL (MEN)

NOTICE OF EXCAVATION OPISOMETER

LOAD TRANSFER SWITCH

An enclosed, non-air insulated, pole mounted switch with full load break capability but no inbuilt protection functions. Also known as a Load Break Switch

OPTICAL RANGE FINDER OUTRIGGER STAY OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION MAP

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OVERHEAD MAINS air break switch positions/sizes and earth sizes). Overhead powerlines constructed of suitable conductors and other components in accordance with the requirements of the Electricity Regulation. Transformer mounted on a pad (typically concrete). Typically considered as a distribution transformer, mounted at ground level and the enclosure (eg. the padmount container) forms an integral part of the transformer. See Cadastral Map. The relative positions of the phases in a polyphase power system. See Service Pillar. An excavation giving access to underground cables for installation, maintenance or repairs. See Sinking Depth. The position on a customers premises where the electricity authoritys overhead service is attached. A structure (wood, concrete, steel poles and columns) supporting conductors and other equipment forming part of the overhead mains. See Aerial Stay. See Air Break Switch. A longitudinal cross-section of ground or a powerline used to check clearances and select optimum pole positions. A painted staff or rod surveyors use to maintain a straight line or mark point. See Tariff. 1, or 3 protective device able to sense over currents, to time and interrupt overcurrents, and to reclose automatically to re-energise line sections. Line sections with permanent faults may be isolated after a set number of operations. Reclosers have hydraulic or electronic controls and use oil, SF6 or vacuum interrupting mediums. Primary control is internal or via manual overrides. Reclosers are normally pole mounted. Refer Circuit Breaker. The elevation of a point above an adopted datum relative to mean sea level. A regulating transformer in which one winding is intended to be connected in series with a circuit in order to alter its voltage and the other winding is an energising winding. RESOURCE ESTIMATE A list of materials, labour and other requirements for a construction project. Switchable device containing a combination of switch fuses, RING MAIN UNIT and/or isolators, and/or circuit breakers. Typically a HV device connected to a transformer. See Mean Equivalent Span. RULING SPAN The vertical distance between an overhead conductors SAG midspan height and the chord drawn between the attachment points of the conductor. A transparent template shaped like a boomerang used to SAG TEMPLATE draw profiles of overhead mains conductor spans. A graph of sags and tensions applying to similar conductor SAG TENSION TEMPERATURE CURVE types over a range of span lengths and temperatures. Switching device that automatically isolates faulted sections SECTIONALISER of line from the distribution system. Normally applied in conjunction with a recloser or circuit breaker. Sectionalizer has no fault interrupting capability. It counts operations of recloser/circuit breaker during fault conditions. After a fixed number of counts the sectionalizer opens while the reloser/circuit breaker is open. Sectionalizer is available in 1 & 3 versions with hydraulic or electronic counting mechanisms. The electricity authoritys wires (running overhead or SERVICE underground) connecting its mains to the customers premises. An enclosure where underground supply to a customers SERVICE PILLAR/PIT premises is connected to the secondary distribution network through a primary fuse. The force applied by the conductors to support structures in SHORT DURATION an intense wind. LOAD SIDEWALK STAY SINKING DEPTH SPAN (Bay) A type of ground stay where the staywire is installed vertically; used where footpath space is limited. The depth of a pole below ground level.

PADMOUNTED TRANSFORMER (Cubicle, Kiosk Transformer) PARISH MAP PHASING PILLAR PIT PLANTING DEPTH POINT OF ENTRY POLE

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The horizontal distance between the pole attachment points of an overhead conductor. SPANNING LIMITATION The maximum span distance and deviation angle that may
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be used for a given conductor and construction in an overhead powerline. A short radial electricity line. SPUR LINE A site at which a survey measurement is taken. STATION The maximum allowable pole tip load that may be applied STRENGTH RATING to a pole by both conductors and wind forces on the pole itself. A section of overhead powerline between fixed strain points STRAIN SECTION (shackle or termination constructions). A table providing stringing tensions and/or sags for a STRINGING TABLE nominated conductor over a range of span lengths and conductor temperatures. The tension to which a conductor is installed in an overhead STRINGING TENSION powerline. The continuous force exerted by conductors under no wind SUSTAINED LOAD conditions at 15C. SUBDIVIDERS SUPPLY An agreement between a supply authority and a developer (subdivider) covering conditions of supply to a subdivision. AGREEMENT SWITCH FUSE Combination switch and fuse providing a switchable isolation point and protective fusing. Use of the term fuse switch shall be discontinued. Switching devices and their combination with associated control, measuring, protective and regulating equipment. This may include assemblies, interconnections, accessories, enclosures and supporting structures associated with such equipment. A scale of charges and set of conditions electricity authorities apply to customers to cover the capital cost of installation, maintenance and electricity consumed. TRANSFORMER TRENCHING TRUNDLE WHEEL UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION MAP VERTICAL STAY WAVE SAGGING WAYLEAVE features of the country (e.g., hills, rivers, forests, swamps, roads and railway bridges etc.). A device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another, via a magnetic field that links the circuits. Trenches excavated by an electricity authority or developer to install underground cables. A device used to measure linear distances. A map or plan detailing the underground distribution system service (e.g., pillar and pit positions, cable pit positions, duct sizes and configurations and cable sizes). See Sidewalk Stay. A way of determining conductor sag by timing the return of a wave generated at one end. A written authority which the owner/occupier of a property uses to authorise an electricity authority to construct, maintain and clear vegetation for electrical line installations. A document providing authorisation of works and expenditure associated with provision of electricity supply. An instruction in the form of a drawing or plan detailing the construction requirements to carry out nominated capital or maintenance works on the electricity distribution system.

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A handheld optical instrument which measures the height of objects (conductors etc.) by focusing two images of the object in the field of view until they are aligned. The distance between the instrument and object is read from a scale on the instrument. The height of the instrument above ground is added to the reading to determine the objects height. Equivalent mechanical load applied to a pole tip by TIP LOAD attached conductors or stays. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP A map or plan showing details of the natural and manmade TELEMETER (Optical Range Finder)

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