Winter 2016

Editorial
Sit Stand
BS6396:2008 Electrical Systems
in Office & Educational Furniture
Kindly provided by Brendan White - Broadpower
BS6396 applies to electrical
installations in office and educational
furniture connected to the supply by
a 13A plug.
Most commonly this is via an outlet
within a floorbox or a perimeter
trunking system. installations
connected by other means such as
underfloor track tap-offs, Industrial
connectors or hard wiring should
be installed in accordance with
BS7671 - Requirements for Electrical
installations.
To meet the requirements of BS6396
the points listed below must be
followed when specifying electrical
systems within office or educational
furniture.
Any electrical system being fed from
one 13 Amp UK plug must not consist
of more than;
• Six sockets if individually fused
at 3.15 Amps each
• Four sockets if individually fused
at 5 Amps each
These restrictions are to ensure that
no equipment rated higher than
5 Amps can be plugged into the
electrical system, minimising the
risk of overloads or excessive earth
leakage currents back to the supply.
Even if surge protectors, RCBOs etc.
are fitted you still need to individually
fuse each socket at 3.15 Amps or 5
Amps.
However, sometimes the provision
for higher rated office equipment is
necessary. If equipment such as laser
printers require a supply greater
than 5 Amps they must be connected
directly to their own 13A supply
socket.
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and equipment becoming common
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never has the correct specification of
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START
Desk
power
modules
supplied
via a
13amp
outlet to
BS1363?
YES
NO
Install to
BS6396
Install to
BS7671
Regulation
543.7
How many
sockets being
supplied?
6+
Not to be
supplied via
13amp plug
1-4
4-6
Each socket
individually
fused to 5amp
Each socket
individually
fused to
3.15amp
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