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POWER SOURCES APPENDIX F: R56 COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST
F.4 POWER SOURCES
❐ All conductor connections to the MGB follow approved connection methods.
❐ Subsystem Ground Bar (SSGB), if required is properly installed.
❐ SSGB is bonded back to the MGB as required.
❐ All conductor connections to the SSGB follow approved connection methods.
❐ Where required, an internal perimeter ground bus is properly installed.
❐ Only ancillary equipment is bonded to the Interior Perimeter Ground Bus (IPGB)
❐ Each ancillary support apparatus is properly bonded to the MGB, SSGB, or IPGB.
❐ Surge suppression device (SPD) metal housings are bonded to the MGB, SSGB, or IPGB
as required.
❐ Separately derived AC electrical systems are bonded to the MGB or SSGB as required.
❐ Primary telephone, control, and data network circuit SPDs are bonded to the MGB or
SSGB as required.
❐ RF transmission line SPDs are bonded to the MGB or a separate equipment area SSGB as
required.
❐ Cable trays are bonded to the MGB or SSGB as required.
❐ Each cable tray section is bonded to the adjoining section as required.
❐ Ground bus conductors and their extensions are sized as required.
❐ All ground bus conductors, ground bus extensions, and equipment grounding conductors
are routed toward the MGB or SSGB as required.
❐ Bonded connections to a ground bus or its extensions have been properly insulated as
required.
❐ Racks and cabinets have been properly bonded to the MGB, SSGB, or ground bus using
approved methods.
❐ Any RGB located within a rack or cabinet has been properly bonded to the MGB, SSGB,
or ground bus using approved methods.
❐ Individual system component chassis equipment is properly bonded as required.
❐ Secondary telephone, control, and data network circuit SPDs are properly insulated and
bonded back to the MGB, or SSGB as required.
❐ All required control center and dispatch equipment is properly bonded back to the MGB,
SSGB, or ground bus conductor as required.
❐ Circuit breakers are labeled to identify the receptacle outlet they are protecting.
❐ Power panels are installed with proper clearance requirements.
❐ Outlet boxes are permanently marked to identify their assigned circuit breakers and
panels.
❐ Power receptacle outlets are securely mounted to the supporting structure.
F-4 68P81089E50-B 9/1/05