SECTION 16655 Radiology Electrical Systems

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SECTION 16655
RADIOLOGY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
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if not applicable to project. Also delete
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PART 1- GENERAL
1.1 DESCRIPTION
A. This section specifies the furnishing, installation and connection of
raceway systems and wiring for the radiology equipment.
B. Radiology equipment and the high voltage cables will be furnished by the
Government.
1.2 RELATED WORK
A. Section 13091, LEAD RADIATION SHIELDING: Requirements for lead radiation
shielding.
B. Section 16050, BASIC METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS (ELECTRICAL): General
electrical requirements that are common to more than one section of
Division 16.
C. Section 16111, CONDUIT SYSTEMS: Conduits, fittings, and boxes for
raceway systems.
D. Section 16127, UNDERFLOOR DUCTS: Under-floor raceway systems.
E. Section 16127, CABLES, LOW VOLTAGE (600 VOLTS AND BELOW): Cables and
conductors.
1.3 SUBMITTALS
A. Submit in accordance with Section 16050, BASIC METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS
(ELECTRICAL).
B. Shop Drawings:
1. Sufficient information, clearly presented, shall be included to
determine compliance with the drawings and specifications.
2. Show size and location of raceway components, main feeders panels and
pullboxes, ductwork and equipment provided by other trades, and
radiology equipment items. Carefully coordinate with manufacturer’s
shop drawings. Shop drawing approval is required by the radiology
equipment manufacturer’s technical representative prior to
fabrication and installation of the raceway and conductor system.
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//3. Megavoltage therapy unit door interlock interconnection wiring

diagrams for each room prior to making the interlocking
installations. //
C. Certifications: Two weeks prior to final inspection, submit four copies
of the following to the Resident Engineer:
1. Certification that the materials are in accordance with the drawings
and specifications.
2. Certification, by the Contractor, that the complete installation has
been properly installed and tested.
3. Certification, by the Contractor, that the radiology equipment
manufacturer’s representative has approved the complete installation.
1.4 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS
Publications listed below form a part of this specification to the
extent referenced. Publications are referenced in the text by the basic
designation only.
A. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
70-2002.................National Electrical Code (NEC)
99-2002.................Health Care Facilities
B. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL):
884-1998................Underfloor Raceways and Fittings
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 TROUGH TYPE RACEWAY
A. Factory fabricate, assemble, and fit. Raceways in the floors shall be
watertight.
B. Material shall be steel.
C. Sides and bottoms, 2 mm (0.0747 inch) minimum thickness.
D. Covers, 2 mm (0.0747 inch) minimum thickness for wall trough, and 6 mm
(1/4-inch) thick minimum for floor trough. Covers shall be bare, carpet-
insert, or tile-insert as required.
E. Coordinate dimensions of the straight lengths, elbows, junction boxes
and other components.
F. Hot-dip galvanized steel connections, joiner plates and screw-fastened
covers. Floor-trough covers shall be fully gasketed.
G. Raceway bushings:
1. Cast aluminum.
2. Install when the radiology equipment is installed.
3. Split ring type bushed nipples for the high voltage cables.
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4. Smooth edges of the openings in the raceways for the bushings.

H. Provide chase nipples and other components as required.
I. Protect cables at their egress from the raceways with fittings which are
mechanically secure to the raceways.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 SYSTEM INSTALLATION
A. Provide as required by the NEC and the manufacturer’s shop drawings the
raceways, barriers, conductors, boxes, disconnects, grounds and other
equipment for the radiology equipment and the final connections to the
equipment // in accordance with the details shown on the drawings //.
The radiology equipment and the high voltage cables will be furnished by
the Government. The Government will furnish the services of a
manufacturer's representative to technically supervise the installation,
connection, adjustment and testing of the equipment.
B. Coordinate the raceway systems with the floor, wall, and ceiling
structural supports for the radiology equipment, the locations of the
radiology equipment and its auxiliaries, and with the lead shielding in
the walls, floors and ceilings
1. Prior to fabrication of the raceway systems, obtain detailed layout
information from the Resident Engineer for the radiology equipment
and high voltage cables.
2. Install raceways with a minimum of bends in the shortest practical
distance considering equipment and building layout. Individual
raceway runs shall not exceed the radiology equipment manufacturer’s
specified maximum distances.
3. Raceways, boxes and devices recessed into or penetrating through lead
shielded walls, floors and ceilings:
a. Line or clad surfaces of the boxes and devices with the equivalent
thickness of lead shielding shown for the room, except the
removable cover.
b. Line or clad raceway surfaces with the equivalent thickness of
lead shielding shown for the room.
c. Overlap the lead shielding on boxes, devices and raceways with the
lead shielding for walls, floors and ceilings by not less than one
inch.
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d. Arrange the installations so radiation within the rooms will not

penetrate the raceway paths through the lead shielded walls,
floors and ceilings.
C. Interconnecting wiring shall be copper, stranded or solid, and of the
type and size as required by the radiology equipment manufacturer.
However, in no case shall the insulation class be less than 600 volts,
or the conductor size for low voltage power and grounding wiring be less
than #12 AWG, unless approved by the Resident Engineer.
D. Equipment Grounding Conductors:
1. Install an equipment grounding conductor in each raceway. The
conductor shall be copper, sized as shown, and shall have green
insulation. The conductor size shall at a minimum be equal to the
size of the largest current-carrying conductor present at that point.
2. Bond all of the equipment grounding conductors in each enclosure.
3. Trough-type raceway sections shall be made electrically continuous by
short bonding jumpers between adjacent sections. Jumpers shall be
exothermically bonded to each raceway section. Jumpers shall be sized
per radiology equipment manufacturer’s requirements.
4. Provide not less than one 3000mm (ten foot) equipment grounding
conductor pigtail at each box or junction point where an item of
equipment is connected.
5. The grounding conductors shall be continuous back to the electrical
system ground from which the radiology equipment is served.
E. Install protective barriers between the high voltage power cables, the
low voltage power conductors and medical systems conductors where
conductors of different types share a common raceway component.
F. Install cables and conductors as required for the radiology equipment.
Provide 3000 mm (ten-foot) pigtails on the wires at all the connection
points to radiology equipment. Wiring shall be tagged and identified at
each end.
G. Fit and preserve fill-in pieces of floor covering for the raceways.
Install the fill-in pieces after the cables and conductors have been
installed in the raceways.
//H. In existing facilities where it is not feasible to provide radiology
raceways as specified above:
1. Install point to point conduit and conductor systems for the
radiology equipment.
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2. Run the raceways for the high voltage cables in the shortest
practicable manner as approved by the Resident Engineer and the
equipment manufacturer.
3. Line holes in the floors, walls and ceilings for conduit penetrations
with equivalent thickness of lead sleeves curved or offset, caulked
and flanged for adequate shielding so the X-rays will not penetrate
the floors, walls and ceilings. //
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Include the following
paragraph for mega voltage therapy units
only.
//3.2 RADIATION THERAPY UNIT DOOR INTERLOCK

A. This requirement for interlocking applies to megavoltage therapy units.
B. For rooms which have lead shielding within the walls for radiation
therapy protection, install interlocking between the doors for each room
and the therapy equipment within the room so the therapy equipment
cannot be operated unless the doors are closed.
C. Interlock doors using door jamb switches. Switches shall not be visible
when the doors are closed.
D. Interlock the therapy equipment as recommended by the manufacturer of
the X-ray equipment. //
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SPEC WRITER NOTE: Delete between //----//

//3. Megavoltage therapy unit door interlock interconnection wiring

4. Smooth edges of the openings in the raceways for the bushings.

d. Arrange the installations so radiation within the rooms will not

//3.2 RADIATION THERAPY UNIT DOOR INTERLOCK

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