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BS 6907-3:1988

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Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries Recommendations for equipment and ancillaries
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-09-1988

Foreword
Committees responsible
Recommendations
1 Scope
2 General
3 Rotating machines
4 Transformers
5 Static converters
6 Switching devices
7 Cable selection and application
8 Cable connectors
9 Cable drums
10 Control circuits and control devices
11 Safety circuits and safety devices
12 Fire detection and protection systems
Appendix
A Typical analysis sheet for fire protection systems

Guiding principles for installation and operation of electrical equipment to ensure safety of persons, livestock, property and the proper functioning of the plant.

This Part of BS 6907 gives recommendations for good practice for the safe and efficient installation and use of electrical equipment and ancillaries.

For winning, stacking and processing machinery, pumps and low signal level and communications systems, exemptions from these recommendations and supplementary recommendations are given in BS 6907-4, which should, therefore, be read in conjunction with this Part.

NOTE 1 A glossary of terms used in this standard is given in BS 6907-1.

NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Committee
W/-
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 86/75882 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

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