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Distribution Equipment Standards
Distribution Equipment Standards
480 V
M1
Device information
Overall One Line
MV Switchgear
Load Interrupter
Secondary
Switchgear
Dry Type Power
Transformer
Low Voltage Power Distribution
480V
LV Switchgear
LVNQ
LV Switchboard
I
O off
M M
O O Motors
LV Motor O
O O
I
O off Control Center O
I
O
O O
O O
Panel Board O
I
O
Custom Panels
Specs
LV Switchgear
Section 26. 26 00.11
Low Voltage Metal-Enclosed Drawout Switchgear (MaxSG)
1.01 SUMMARY
A This specification defines low voltage metal-enclosed switchgear assemblies utilitzing ABB
MaxSG Low Voltage Metal-Enclosed Draw-out Switchgear Assemblies constructed to ANSI
C37.20.1 standards, UL 1558.
B Circuit breakers shall be draw-out type ABB Emax circuit breakers with ABB electronic trip
units. Circuit breakers shall have interrupting ratings and withstand capabilities to meet
system application. Circuit breakers shall be available in 800, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200,
and 4000 A frame sizes.
1.02 STANDARDS
A Switchgear shall be designed, manufactured and tested in accordance with the following:
2. ANSI C37.50 Test Procedure for Low Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in
Enclosures
B Main and Feeder Circuit Breakers used in MaxSG shall be designed, manufactured and tested
in accordance with the following:
1.01 SUMMARY
A This specification defines the requirements for low voltage motor control centers
utilizing ABB MNS-MCC Low Voltage Motor Control Centers constructed to UL
845. Motor Control Centers as specified and as shown on the contract drawings
shall be furnished and installed by the contractor.
1.02 STANDARDS
PART 1 GENERAL
1.01 SCOPE
A. The Contractor shall furnish and install the panelboards as specified and as shown on the
contract drawings.
1.03 REFERENCES
A. The panelboards and all components shall be designed, manufactured and tested in
accordance with the latest applicable standards of NEMA and UL as follows:
1. UL 67 Panelboards
2. UL 50 Cabinets and boxes
3. NEMA PB1
4. Fed. Spec. W-P-115C
5. Circuit breaker Type I class I
Switchgear A
switching/interrupting device used
in combination with generation,
transmission, distribution, and
conversion of electrical power for
controlling, metering protecting
and regulating devices.
LV Switchgear
Switchgear Standards
Equipment performance
However, unlike the '50s, when the vast majority of loads served
by MCCs were electric motors with across-the-line starters,
today's MCCs can accommodate a wide variety of different
devices required in modern facilities.
LV Motor Control Center (MCCs)
Standards
lighting or distribution
panelboards;
incoming-line equipment, such
as main lugs, fusible switch,
isolation switch, or circuit-
breaker;
control or lighting transformers;
special equipment assemblies;
combination contactor units.
Distribution Equipment
Standards
Specs and One lines
LV Switchgear
LV MCC
LV Switchboards
LV Panelboards
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