Design Guidelines and Standards Electrical Standards Division 16 November 2004 Office of the University Architect Construction Management P.O. Box 210181 Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0181
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Specification Titles Raceways (R) R 1 R 1 R 2 R 2 R 2 R 3 Wire, Cable, and Terminations (WCT) Guide Specification: Medium-Voltage Wire, Cable, and Terminations Guide Specification: Wires and Cables (600 Volts and Below) Wiring Devices (WD) Building Power Distribution (BPD) Emergency Lighting and Power (ELP) Alternate Power Sources Emergency Standby Equipment Systems WCT 1 WCT 1 WCT 1 WCT 2 WCT 2 WCT 3 WCT 5 WCT-12 WD 1 WD 1 WD 1 WD 2 WD 2 WD 2 BPD 1 BPD 1 BPD 4 BPD 4 BPD 5 BPD 5 ELP 1 ELP 1 ELP 1 ii
General Requirements (GR) GR 1 GR 1 GR 3 GR 4 GR 4 GR 4 Lighting (L) L 1 L 1 L 6 L 6 L 6 L 8 Motor Control Centers (MCC) MCC 2 MCC 3 Panelboards (P) P 1 P 1 P 1 P 2 P 2 P 3 Power Quality (PQ) PQ 1 PQ 1 PQ 2 PQ 2 PQ 2 iii
Switchboards (S) S 1 S 1 S 1 S 2 S 2 S 4 Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) Guide Specification Disconnect Switches (DS) Products Execution Grounding System (GS) Drawings and Specifications Service Ground Transformer Grounds Equipment Grounds Receptacles Exterior Lighting Standards Protection in Hazardous Atmospheres ATS 1 ATS 1 ATS 1 ATS 2 ATS 2 ATS 2 ATS 3 DS 1 DS 1 DS 1 GS 2 GS 2 GS 2 Transformers (T) T 1 T 1 T 1 T 1 T 2 T 6 Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) Guide Specification VFD 1 iv
Electrical Identification (EI) Guide Specification Specification Language: Section 16111D Underground Ducts, Manholes, Handholes, and Pullboxes EI 2 v
AC Armored cable AEIC Association of Edison Illuminating Companies AFC Adjustable frequency controller AIC Amps interrupting capacity AWG American Wire Gauge Acronyms And Abbreviations BIS Bypass isolation switch CFR Code of Federal Regulations CM University of Cincinnati Construction Management CMCS Central Management Control System CRI Color rendering index DDC DNP Direct digital control Double neoprene pad EMF EMT EPA EPR ETC FA FCC FLN FMC Electromagnetic field Electrical metallic tubing United States Environmental Protection Agency Ethylene-propylene rubber Electrical testing contractor Forced air Federal Communications Commission Floor level network Flexible metal conduit GFCI Ground fault circuit interrupter HID High-intensity discharge HOA Hand-off-automatic HPS High-pressure sodium HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning IAC IBC Interlocked armored cable International Building Code vi
ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Associations IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IES Illuminating Engineers Society IGBT Insulated gate bipolar transistor IMC Intermediate metal conduit Acronyms And Abbreviations LED Light-emitting diode MC Metal-clad MCC Motor control center NEC National Electrical Code NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NETA National Electrical Testing Association NFPA National Fire Protection Association NPNP Non-programmed neutral position PNP PVC RFI RGS rms RTD SMR THD UL VSN VFD VPI Programmed neutral position Polyvinyl chloride Radio frequency interference Rigid metallic conduit Root mean square Resistance temperature detector Surface metal raceway Total harmonic distortion Underwriters Laboratories Voltage sensing network Variable frequency drive Vacuum pressure impregnated vii