ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS

ANNEXURE E
BIS CODES
F-1 GENERAL APPLICATIONS
For guidance of good practice of electrical installations the latest edition
of the following specifications of Bureau of Indian Standards may be
referred
1. IS: 732 - 1989

Code of Practice for Electrical Wiring Installation

2. IS: 900 - 1972

Code of practice for Installation and Maintenance

of Induction Motors

3. IS: 1777 - 1978

Industrial

4. IS: 1860 -1980

Code of Practice for Installation and Maintenance

of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts.

5. IS: 1866 - 1983

Code of Practice for Maintenance of Insulating Oil.

Luminaire with

metal reflectors.

6. IS:
10028
Code of Practice for Selection, Installation
1985 (Part 1. 2 Maintenance of Transformers.
& 3)

and

7. IS: 2309 - 1989

Code of Practice for Protection of Building and

Allied Structures against lightning.

8. IS: 2675 - 1983

Enclosed distribution fuses boards and cut outs

for voltage not exceeding (1000V).

9. IS: 3043 - 1987

Code of Practice for Earthing.

10. IS: 4013 - 1967

Dust tight Electrical Fitting.

11. IS: 4591 - 1980

Code of Practice for installation, operation and

maintenance of electric passenger and goods
lifts.

12. IS: 6665 - 1972

Code of Practice for Industrial Lightning.

13. IS: 7689 - 1989

Guide
for
electricity.

control

for

undesirable

static

14. IS: 8623 - 1993 Factory Built Assemblies of Switchgear and

(Part I & II)
Control Gear for Voltages upto and including 1000
V AC and 1200 V DC.
15. IS: 9537 - 1980 Conduits for Electrical Installations
(Part 1,2,3 &4)
16. IS:

10118

- Code

of

Practice

for Selection, Installation

1982 (Part 1,2,3 and Maintenance of Switch Gear and Control Gear
&4)
17. IS:
10028
- Code
of
Practice
for Selection, Installation
1985 (Part 1,2 and Maintenance of Transformers.
& 3)
18. IS:
12729
1988

- General requirements for switch gear and control

gear for voltages exceeding1000 V.

19. IS:
13032
1991

- Miniature circuit breaker boards for voltage 1000

volt AC

20. IS:
13118
1991

- General requirements
voltages above 1000V.

21. SP: 30 - 1984

for

circuit breakers for

National Electric Code

F-2 ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE

22. IS: 2148 - 1981

Flame proof enclosures for electrical apparatus.

(Flame proof Ex. d)

23. IS: 2206 - 1984

Flame proof electric lighting fittings -

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Well glass and bulk head types

Fittings using glass tubes
Portable flame proof hand lamps

24. IS: 5571 - 1979

Guide for selection of electrical equipment for

hazardous areas (First Revision).

25. IS: 5572 (Part

1)-1978

Classification of hazardous areas (other than

mines) for Electrical Installation Part 1. Areas
having
flammable gases and vapours.

26. IS: 5780 - 1980

Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and circuits.

(Intrinsic Safety Ex. i).

27. IS: 6539 - 1972

Intrinsically safe magneto telephones for use in

hazardous atmosphere.

28. IS: 7389 - 1976

(Part I)

Pressurised enclosures of electrical equipment for

use in hazardous areas (Ex. p) (Reaffirmed in
1982).

29. IS: 7693 - 1975

Oil immersed electrical apparatus for use in

explosive atmospheres. (Ex. o).

30. IS: 7724 - 1975

Sand filled protection of electrical equipment

use in explosive atmospheres. (Ex. q)

31. IS: 8240 - 1976

Guide for electrical equipment

atmosphere.

for

for explosive

32. IS: 8289 - 1976

Electrical equipment with type

`n'. (Non-incendive Ex. n).

33. IS: 9570 - 1980

Classification of flammable gases or vapours with

air according to their maximum experimental safe
gaps and minimum igniting currents.

34. IS: 11005 1984

Dust tight ignition proof enclosures for electrical

equipment.

35. IS: 11064 1984

Guide for construction and use of rooms or

buildings protected by pressurisation
for
installation of electrical apparatus for explosive
gas atmosphere

36. IS: 13346 1992

General requirements for electrical apparatus for

explosive gas atmospheres.

37. IS: 13408 1992 (Part I)

Code of practice for selection, installation

& maintenance
of electrical apparatus for
use in potentially
explosive
atmospheres
(other than mining application
or explosive
processing
&
manufacture)
General
recommendations.

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of protection