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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

PROGRAM

ELECTRICAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES / BSEE 4-A

SUBJECT AND SECTION

ASSIGNMENT

TITLE OF THE REPORT/ACTVITY / ASSIGNMENT

JOSHUA E. FORTEZA

NAME

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

DATE

___________________________________________
__________________________________________ ENGR. ALFREDO BACORRO JR.

GROUP NUMBER
INSTRUCTOR
 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions

FOREWORD

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organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical
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International Standard IEC 60364-1 has been prepared by IEC Technical

Committee 64: Electrical installations and protection against electric shock.

This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition, published in 2001.
It constitutes a technical revision.

The main changes with respect to the previous edition are:

– in order to complete the scope, the new items external lighting and similar
installations, medical locations, mobile or transportable units, photovoltaic power
supply units and low voltage generating sets are added;

– in Clause 131, "Fundamental principles", the list of hazards which may arise in
electrical installations is completed; furthermore, a new subclause dealing with
protection against voltage disturbances and measures against electromagnetic
influences and a new subclause dealing with protection against power supply
interruption are added;
– in Clause 132, "Design", the new subclause "Documentation for the electrical
installation" is added;

– in Clause 134, "Erection and verification of electrical installations", the new

subclause " periodic verification" is added;

– the former Clause 312, "Types of distribution system" is renamed "Conductor

arrangement and system earthing" and, in the relevant subclauses, several new
figures are included for better understanding of the different kind of a.c. and d.c.
circuits and types of systems and their earthing being applied nowadays in IEC
member countries;

– in 33.1, "Compatibility of characteristics", a new item for excessive PE conductor

currents is added;

– a new Clause 36, "Continuity of service", is included;

– Annex B is aligned with the second edition of IEC 60050-826:2004.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found
in the report on voting indicated in the above table.

This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives,
Part 2.

IEC 60364 consists of the following parts, under the general title Low-voltage
electrical installations:

Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions

Part 4: Protection for safety

Part 5: Selection and erection of electrical equipment

Part 6: Verification
Part 7: Requirements for special installations or locations

The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain
unchanged until the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date,
the publication will be

• reconfirmed;

• withdrawn;

• replaced by a revised edition, or

• amended.

The contents of the corrigendum of August 2009 have been included in this
copy.

IEC 60364-1 gives the rules for the design, erection, and verification of
electrical installations. The rules are intended to provide for the safety of persons,
livestock, and property against dangers and damage which may arise in the
reasonable use of electrical installations and to provide for the proper functioning
of those installations.

IEC 60364-1 applies to the design, erection, and verification of electrical

installations such as those of

a) residential premises;

b) commercial premises;

c) public premises;

d) industrial premises;

e) agricultural and horticultural premises;

f) prefabricated buildings;

g) caravans, caravan sites, and similar sites;

h) construction sites, exhibitions, fairs, and other installations for temporary

purposes;
i) marinas;

j) external lighting and similar installations (see, however ,11.3e));

k) medical locations;

l) mobile or transportable units;

m) photovoltaic systems;

n) low-voltage generating sets.

NOTE "Premises" covers the land and all facilities including buildings
belonging to it.

IEC 60364-1 covers

a) circuits supplied at nominal voltages up to and including 1 000 V a.c. or 1 500

V d.c.;

For a.c., the preferred frequencies which are taken into account in this standard
are 50 Hz, 60 Hz and 400 Hz. The use of other frequencies for special purposes
is not excluded.

b) circuits, other than the internal wiring of apparatus, operating at voltages

exceeding 1 000 V and derived from an installation having a voltage not exceeding
1 000 V a.c., for example, discharge lighting, electrostatic precipitators;

c) wiring systems and cables not specifically covered by the standards for
appliances;

d) all consumer installations external to buildings;

e) fixed wiring for information and communication technology, signaling, control

and the like (excluding internal wiring of apparatus);

f) the extension or alteration of the installation and also parts of the existing
installation affected by the extension or alteration.

NOTE The rules of IEC 60364-1 are intended to apply to electrical

installations generally but, in certain cases, they may need to be
supplemented by the requirements or recommendations of other IEC
standards (for example, for installations in explosive gas atmospheres).
IEC 60364-1 does not apply to

a) electric traction equipment, including rolling stock and signaling equipment;

b) electrical equipment of motor vehicles, except those covered in Part 7;

c) electrical installations on board ships and mobile and fixed offshore platforms;

d) electrical installations in aircraft;

e) public street-lighting installations which are part of the public power grid;

f) installations in mines and quarries;

g) radio interference suppression equipment, except where it affects the safety of

the installation;

h) electric fences;

i) external lightning protection systems for buildings (LPS);

NOTE Atmospheric phenomena are covered in IEC 60364-1 but only insofar
as effects on the electrical installations are concerned (for example, with
respect to the selection of surge protective devices).

j) certain aspects of lift installations;

k) electrical equipment of machines.

IEC 60364-1 is not intended to apply to

- systems for distribution of energy to the public, or

- power generation and transmission for such systems.

NOTE 1 Countries wishing to do so may, however, use this standard in

whole or in part for that purpose.

NOTE 2 According to IEC 61936 which provides common rules for the
design and the erection of electrical power installations in systems with
nominal voltages above 1kV a.c. and nominal frequency up to and including
60 Hz, low-voltage a.c. and d.c. protection and monitoring systems should
be in accordance with IEC 60364 series.