CABLE TERMINATION Clause Samples

CABLE TERMINATION i. Switchgear shall be designed for cable entry from the bottom. Sufficient space shall be provided for each of termination & connection. ii. All provision & accessories shall be furnished for termination & connection of cables, including removable gland plates, cable supports, crimp type tinned copper/ aluminium lugs, brass compression gland with tapered washer (power cable only) & terminal block. iii. Gland plate shall be minimum 4 mm thick.

CABLE TERMINATION. Cable terminations shall be made with aluminium crimped type solder less lugs for all aluminium cables and stud type terminals. For copper cables copper crimped solder less lugs shall be used. Crimping shall be done with the help of hydraulically operated crimping tool. For joints where by cable is with aluminium conductor and busbars are aluminium, bimetallic lugs shall be used with compound. CUPAL type of washers shall be used. Crimping tool shall be used for crimping any size of cable. Cable glands shall be of brass single compression type. Generally single compression type cable glands shall be used for indoor protected locations and double compression type shall be used for outdoor locations. Ferrules shall be of self-sticking type and shall be employed to designate the various cores of the control cable by the terminal numbers to which the cores are connected, for ease in identification and maintenance. Kit type joint shall be done and filled with insulating compound. The joint should be for 1.1 KV grade insulation.

CABLE TERMINATION