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Electrical Installation Guide

According to IEC standards

Design engineers of electrical design offices will find in the Electrical installation guide all they need to define an industrial, tertiary or domestic electrical installation.
From general advice to principle schemes, they will be guided step by step through the electrical design process according to IEC Standard. Updated 08/2008, 400 pages.
Electricity is one of the two core businesses of Schneider Electric.You can rely on this technical information provided by our best electrical distribution specialists.

Some of the featured information:
General rules of electrical installation design
Connection to the MV utility distribution network
Connection to the LV utility distribution network
MV & LV architecture selection guide
LV Distribution
Protection against electric shocks
Sizing and protection of conductors
LV switchgear: functions & selection
Protection against voltage surges in LV
Energy Efficiency in electrical distribution
Power factor correction and harmonic filtering
Harmonic management
Characteristics of particular sources and loads
Residential and other special locations
EMC guidelines

There is also a French version of this guide adapted to French standards, and a Romanian version which conforms to CEI 60364 standards.

Click here to see a two page excerpt of chapter G which looks at voltage drop, maximum voltage drop and the calculation of voltage drop.

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