Assessment 615: Electrical Systems Design
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Assessment 615: Electrical Systems Design
Task A – Design project
Candidate name:
Date:
Time allowed There are no time constraints to this assignment however, it is estimated that
the work involved should take approximately 20 hours.
Task instructions Candidates are required to successfully complete the following task consisting
of 10 questions to achieve this assignment:
Candidates are permitted any relevant reference material such as IET On-site
Guide, BS 7671 and internet access.
Read all information relating to the task carefully before attempting any
questions. For this task you will require a copy of drawings 5357-A1 to A6. For
the purpose of scaling, these should be provided in A3 format. You may, when
marking up drawings, use A4 format if desired.
All questions must be completed for this project. You may use the space
provided for your answers or you may produce them electronically on separate
named sheets. Read each question carefully before attempting.
Drawings 5357-A1 to A6 show the proposed new hotel extension and new
pool/café block. Information relating to building design and construction are
detailed below. You may however make reasonable assumptions throughout
your design giving reasons.
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Building Specification
Building Construction
Hotel Extension:
x The building is constructed on a concrete raft with 50 mm screed to the ground floor and chipboard on 100
mm wooded joists for the first floor.
x The walls are thermolite blocks with uPVC cladding, cavity and inner leaf blockwork with plaster finish. Inner
wall partitions are blockwork with plaster finish.
x The roof is tiled on a wooden roof truss with waterproof membrane.
x Internal ceilings are plasterboard on the underside of wood joists.
Pool/Café block:
x The building is constructed on a re-enforced concrete base forming the swimming pool and floor with tiled
finish throughout the basement areas.
x The first floor is pre-cast concrete on steel supports with 50 mm screed and non-slip vinyl finish.
x The basement walls are re-enforced concrete with internal uPVC cladding.
x The basement ceiling utilises the underside of the concrete floor above.
x The café area walls are wood framed with uPVC outer cladding, thermal insulation and plasterboard inner
lining.
x The tiled roof is supported on exposed decorative wooden trusses with internal plasterboard infills on the
underside forming an open ’A’ roof space with the exception of the building section above the kitchen end of
the building which has plasterboard ceilings 2.4 m above ffl forming an enclosed roof space above.
x Inner walls are plasterboard partitions having aluminium frame.
Electrical Installation:
The existing hotel building forms part of a 400 V three-phase TN-C-S system. It has been assessed that there is
sufficient capacity for the new works and a new CCU will be installed to supply the new distribution circuits. Ze and
PFC have been measured and recorded as 0.09 Ω and 5 kA respectively.
It has been assessed that following installation of the new three-phase distribution circuit to the pool/café block,
Zdb and PFC for the new distribution board within the block will be 0.11 Ω and 3.7 kA respectively.
Fire alarm system
This is to be installed by specialist contractors but a 13 A un-switched fused connection unit will be required in the
pool/café block to supply a repeater panel.
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
This is to be installed by specialist contractors and any supply details are contained in the design specification. Any
further considerations can be ignored.
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Design Specification Detail
Within the pool/café block, the following design criteria appliesAmbient temperatures All basement pool areas 40 °C
Café open area 25 °C
Café Kitchen/servery 35 °C
Wiring systems for
lighting and small power
(see additional
information below for
specific circuits)
All basement pool areas PVC surface conduit with 90 °C
thermosetting single-core nonsheathed cables
Café open area PVC surface conduit with 70 °C
thermoplastic single-core nonsheathed cables
Café Kitchen/servery PVC surface conduit with 70 °C
thermoplastic single-core nonsheathed cables
Grouping of circuits for
lighting and small power
(see additional
information below for
specific circuits)
All basement pool areas Each circuit will be grouped with no
more than 2 other circuits
Café open area Each circuit will be grouped with no
more than 1 other circuit
Café Kitchen/servery Each circuit will be grouped with no
more than 3 other circuit
Thermal Insulation All areas No thermal insulation affects the
wiring systems
Circuit lengths All areas To be estimated from drawing
scales. For the purpose of this
project, no circuit should exceed
approximately 30 m.
Other circuit specific
detail
230 V 16 A dishwasher in kitchen Supplied by a three core 70 °C
thermoplastic SWA cable clipped
direct
Servery food holding equipment. This unit
requires a 16 A 400 V three-phase and
neutral supply.
Supplied using five core 90 °C
thermosetting SWA cable clipped
direct
All pool equipment and sauna equipment.
This equipment requires a 32 A 400 V
three-phase and neutral supply. All
equipment associated will be installed by a
specialist from a local supply point in the
Supplied using five core 90 °C
thermosetting SWA cable clipped
direct
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equipment room provided as part of the
contract.
The four fridges within the kitchen area
should be supplied by two 16 A singlephase circuits to specifically labelled
socket-outlets for each fridge. Additional
protection should be omitted for these
circuits.
Supplied by single-core 70 °C
thermoplastic non-sheathed cable
in surface PVC conduit
New summer house by existing pool. A 32
A distribution circuit from the pool/café
block will supply this new structure which
will have a four-way SP-N distribution
board fitted.
Supplied by a three core 70 °C
thermoplastic SWA cable clipped
direct
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Assessment 615: Electrical Systems Design
Task A – Design project
Candidate name:
Date:
Note: this question paper and associated drawings must be submitted for marking
1 As part of the electrical contract, the client is considering an electric vehicle charging unit in the car park
supplied from the existing TN-C-S supply in the main hotel building. Following a site survey it has been
decided to install the EV Charging Equipment as part of a TT earthing arrangement.
Draw a fully labelled circuit diagram illustrating the three-phase 400 V supply system and earthing
arrangement from the sub-station transformer through to the charging unit. The diagram should show
the total earth fault loop path for the charging unit.
Your diagram does not need to show the complete detail of distribution boards, metering or consumer
control equipment although the diagram should, as a minimum, indicate a connection point for each
item of equipment.
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2 a) Select, using manufacturers’ data, suitable luminaires for all parts of the pool/café block with
exception of the sauna. Your selection should be based on
x energy efficiency
x environment/external influences
x aesthetics
x Your selection does not need to take into consideration suitable levels of illumination
for the purpose of this project or any outdoor lighting.
b) Show, on either electronic or hard copies of the drawing, positions of socket-outlets and fused
connection units for the new hotel block giving consideration to the following items of
equipment in each room:
x kettle
x TV
x provision for phone charging and/or laptop use
x supply to a 700 W air handling unit for heating/cooling (installed by specialist)
x electric towel rail.
c) Show, on either electronic or hard copies of the drawing, positions of the luminaires selected
giving each type a suitable form of identification on a separate key.
d) Show, on either electronic or hard copies of the drawing, how each circuit in the new hotel
extension is to be arranged. The arrangement must take into account that a fault in any one
room must not affect another room.
e) Show, on either electronic or hard copies of the drawing, any further distribution boards that
may be required in the hotel extension.
f) Show, on either electronic or hard copies of the drawing, how each lighting circuit in the new
pool/café block is to be arranged including switching.
g) Give each circuit a unique form of identification.
h) Complete the legend on the drawings using recognised symbols and descriptions for each
symbol used on the drawings.
3 Select, with the aid of manufacturers’ data, a suitable range of circuit protective devices for this
contract. Your selection should be based on the following:
x Prospective short circuit currents
x Requirements for additional protection and special locations.
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4 This question may be answered using the Table 1 or Table 2. It is strongly recommended that you use
pencil when completing the table to allow for recalculation of figures.
Determine, for every final circuit in the café/pool block, each of the following.
a) Design current (Ib)
b) Nominal rating and type of protective device (In)
c) Method of installation reference
d) Rating factors that apply
e) Minimum cross-sectional area of live conductors for current capacity and voltage drop
f) Actual voltage drop.
g) Maximum permissible disconnection time for each circuit as given in BS 7671.
h) Earth fault loop impedance
i) Maximum earth fault loop impedance as stated in BS 7671.
5 Determine, for one of the circuits supplying the fridges, the minimum possible cross sectional area of
cpc which will satisfy the requirements disconnection as ADS under earth fault conditions and the
adiabatic equation as Regulation 543.1.3 in BS 7671.
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6 For this question, use the table below. More copies may be made as necessary.
a) Determine the maximum demand for the pool/café block electrical installation before the
application of diversity.
b) Determine the maximum demand for the pool/café block electrical installation following the
application of diversity.
Circuit Demand Diversity factor Demand following
diversity
Total Total
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7 Explain, with the aid of a diagram, how electric shock protection is provided by one of the shaver points
in the hotel extension bathrooms using the Protective Measure: Electrical Separation.
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8 List, using the box below, five typical extraneous conductive parts and five typical exposed conductive
parts that may be found within this entire complex.
Typical Extraneous Conductive Parts Typical Exposed Conductive Parts
9 Complete the box below relating to earthing and bonding.
Type of protective
(earthing/bonding)
conductor Example of where this may be found within this
complex Minimum
permissible csa as
BS 7671 (where
applicable)
Main Protective
Bonding Where PME
conditions apply
For non-PME
applications
Supplementary
equipotential
bonding Without mechanical
protection
With mechanical
protection
Functional earth
Earthing
Conductor For TT installations
For TN installations
cpc Without mechanical
protection
With mechanical
protection
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10 Complete the box below relating to isolation and switching.
Type of isolation
or switching Example of where this may be found within this
complex Further requirements
Isolation for
electrical
maintenance
purposes Relating to securing
safe isolation
Switching for
mechanical
maintenance Relating to devices
which are not under
effective control
Relating to switching
capability
Functional
Switching Relating to rating
where used for
discharge lighting
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Assessment 615: Electrical Systems Design
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