HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

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65 65 • The compartment shall be isolated by barriers; and, metered and unmetered busses shall be separated by barriers. • Bus arrangements for low voltage (below 600) shall accommodate 12 inch long CT bars (multiple bars are ¼” x 3” x 12”). • Units with voltage above 300 (phase-to-phase), shall have provisions for mounting VTs. • Any removable or hinged covers over unmetered busses or connections shall have sealing provisions or approved tamper-proof fasteners. Upo n installation of the switchgear, any existing removable CT links/supports must be removed. For all switchgear or transclosure installations, it shall be the responsibility of the customer to install instrument transformers and make primary connections. For an installation where the neutral conductor does not pass through the instrument transformer compartment, an insulated stranded copper neutral conductor, not smaller than #12 AWG, shall be brought into and connected to an insulated terminal in the instrument transformer compartment. A 1 1/4 inch minimum metallic conduit, furnished and installed by the customer, shall be run continuous from the meter enclosure to the instrument transformer compartment. This conduit shall be either rigid metal conduit (RMC) or intermediate metal conduit (IMC) and be properly bonded to provide an effecti ve ground-fault current path (per Section VII of this handbook and NEC Article 250). Note: the metering cable/conduit shall not pass thru any other vertical sections/compartments of the switchgear.
66 66 The mounting of <strong>Company</strong> meters in switchgear is not recommended and generally will not be approved. Requests for special permission for such installations shall be accompanied by detaile d plans showing arrangements of all cables, busses and other apparatus which are adjacent to the proposed meter locations. All switchgear arrangement drawings must be submitted to the <strong>Company</strong>’s Meter Engineer for approval.
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HANDBOOK OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTR
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To contact us for information or as
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CENTRAL MAINE POWER TOWNS SERVED TO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 1
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501. Conductor Identification 502.
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XI. UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT SPECIFICA
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25. [364-9 & 364-10] Large 9’ x 9
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2 102. REVISIONS OF REQUIREMENTS Th
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4 II. General Requirements 200. APP
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6 Dwelling Application is used when
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8 be any duty or obligation on the
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10 214. CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY 1
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12 be provided with suitable automa
Page 29 and 30: 14 219. CUSTOMER CONSTRUCTED/OWNED
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Page 41 and 42: 26 Refer to paragraph 219 for the r
Page 43 and 44: 28 Company requirements. Following
Page 45 and 46: 30 conductor to the neutral. Meteri
Page 47 and 48: 32 ith outlets used as mobile home
Page 49 and 50: 34 34 protection shall be installed
Page 51 and 52: 36 36 conductors must extend at lea
Page 53 and 54: 38 505. SERVICE MAST CONSTRUCTION U
Page 55 and 56: 40 40 of sufficient size to readily
Page 57 and 58: 42 42 double-throw switch or other
Page 59 and 60: 44 VII. GROUNDING AND BONDING 700.
Page 61 and 62: 46 2. Metal frame of building or st
Page 63 and 64: 48 electrode/conductor or metallic
Page 65 and 66: 50 building or structure grounding
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Page 69 and 70: 54 54 804. POLE MOUNTED METERS Pole
Page 71 and 72: 56 56 identify the area served by e
Page 73 and 74: 58 58 “connected to the grounded
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Page 77 and 78: 62 Meter mounting devices shall be
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Page 95 and 96: 80 80 Section 321 B. During back-fi
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Page 101 and 102: 86 service only if it is built to C
Page 103 and 104: 88 X. SERVICE FROM UNDERGROUND MAIN
Page 105 and 106: 90 XI. UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT SPECIF
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