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AS/NZS 3012:2010
[Available Superseded]Electrical installations - Construction and demolition sites
Sets out requirements for electrical installations which supply electricity to equipment on construction and demolition sites. Includes requirements for the inspection and testing of electrical equipment used on building construction sites.
Published: 22/06/2010
Pages: 59
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
2 Installation
2.1 Supply
2.1.1 Construction wiring
2.1.2 Appliances, luminaires and electrical equipment
2.1.3 Identification of source of supply
2.1.4 Connection devices
2.1.5 Polarization
2.1.6 Separate circuit requirements
2.2 Maximum demand
2.3 Switchboards installed for the purpose of construction and demolition
2.3.1 Location
2.3.1.1 General
2.3.1.2 Distribution boards
2.3.2 Switchboard construction
2.3.2.1 General requirements
2.3.2.2 Alternative switchboard construction
2.3.3 Mounting of switchboards
2.3.4 Socket-outlets
2.3.5 Support of cables entering switchboards
2.3.6 Guide to arrangement of switchboards, wiring and equipment
2.4 Control and protection
2.4.1 Control
2.4.2 Securing of isolating switch
2.4.3 Marking of isolating switches
2.4.4 Size of marking
2.4.5 Overload protection
2.4.5.1 Sub-mains
2.4.5.2 Final sub-circuits
2.4.6 Additional protection—basic protection (protection against direct contact) and fault protection (protection against indirect contact)
2.4.6.1 Final sub-circuits of construction wiring
2.4.6.2 Appliances, luminaires and other electrical equipment supplied by final sub-circuits of permanent installation wiring
2.4.6.3 Electrical equipment supplied by low-voltage generators
2.4.6.4 Electrical equipment supplied by inverters
2.4.6.5 Permanent wiring located where construction or demolition work may be carried out
2.4.7 Switching of single-phase socket-outlets
2.5 Construction wiring
2.5.1 Cables and fittings
2.5.2 Installation of cables
2.5.3 Protection against mechanical damage
2.5.4 Marking
2.5.5 Use of unarmoured cables
2.5.6 Location and marking of overhead wiring (including aerial and catenary wiring)
2.5.7 Type of aerial conductor
2.5.8 Cables supported by a catenary
2.6 Flexible cords, cord extension sets, flexible cables and accessories
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Minimum conductor size and core configuration
2.6.3 Type of flexible cord and cable
2.6.4 Colour
2.6.5 Current-carrying capacity
2.6.6 Accessories for connection
2.6.7 Maximum length
2.6.8 Limitations on the use of cord extension sets
2.6.9 Protection of flexible cords or cables
2.6.10 Portable socket-outlet assemblies (PSOAs)
2.6.11 Auxiliary socket-outlet panels
2.6.12 Electrical portable outlet devices (EPODS)
2.7 Lighting and luminaires
2.7.1 General lighting
2.7.2 Mechanical protection
2.7.3 Emergency lighting
2.7.3.1 General
2.7.3.2 Verification
2.7.4 Hand-held luminaires
2.7.5 Edison screw type lampholders
2.7.6 Festoon lighting
2.7.7 Portable luminaires
2.8 Lift shafts
2.8.1 General
2.8.2 Multiple lift shafts
2.8.3 Emergency lighting
2.8.4 False-car (Guided work platform)
2.9 Transportable structures
3 Verification (inspection and testing)
3.1 Application
3.2 Frequency of verification (inspection and testing)
3.3 Personnel
3.4 Construction wiring and transportable structures
3.4.1 Initial verification
3.4.2 Periodic verification
3.5 RCDs
3.6 Other electrical equipment on site
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Protective earthing continuity
3.6.3 Insulation resistance or leakage current
3.6.4 Arc welding equipment
3.7 Connection between generator windings, frame and equipotential bonding system
3.8 Actions resulting from inspection and test
3.8.1 Construction wiring
3.8.2 Non-compliant equipment
3.8.3 Compliant equipment
3.9 Portable generator sets and inverters
3.10 Documentation
Appendix A
Appendix B
B1 General
B2 Specific clause variations
2.3.1.2 Distribution boards
2.6.8 Limitations on the use of cord extension sets
Appendix C
C1 Principles of classification
C2 Classifications
Appendix D
D1 General
D2 Regulatory authorities and regulatory instruments
D2.1 New South Wales
D2.2 Victoria
D2.3 Queensland
D2.4 Australian Capital Territory
D2.5 Tasmania
D2.6 Northern Territory
D2.7 South Australia
D2.8 Western Australia
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
G1 Prior to introduction to service on site and at intervals in accordance with clause 3.2
G2 Prior to each use and at least once per day
Appendix H
H1 Marking and documentation
H2 Verification of inverter separation and rcd operation
H2.1 General
H2.2 Electrical separation for isolated inverters
H2.3 Bonding and RCD operation for RCD protected inverters
H2.3.1 Bonding test
H2.3.2 RCD test
H3 Periodic testing intervals
Appendix I
I1 Introduction
I1.1 Verification
I1.2 Verification form
Appendix J
Appendix K
K1 Scope
K2 Alternative supply systems
K2.1 Installation and verification
K3 General requirements and functions of assemblies for construction sites (ACS)
K3.1 General
K3.2 ACS description
K3.3 ACS installation system
K3.4 Assembly characteristics
K4 General classification of ACS assemblies
K4.1 Transportable ACS unit
K4.2 Mobile ACS unit
K4.3 Incoming ACS unit
K4.4 Metering ACS unit
K4.5 Transformer ACS unit
K4.5.1 General
K4.5.2 LV/ELV ACS unit
K4.5.3 LV/LV ACS unit
K4.6 Outgoing ACS unit
K5 Interconnecting cables
K5.1 General
K5.2 Connections
K5.3 Detachable sub-main, plugs, cord connectors and appliance inlets
K5.4 Distinction of sub-main sockets from other socket-outlets
K5.5 Overcurrent protection socket-outlets for detachable sub-mains
K5.6 Labelling
K6 Installation of ACS assemblies
K6.1 General
K6.2 Openings
K6.3 Interconnecting cables
K6.4 Strain relief
K7 Initial and periodic verification
K7.1 Initial verification
K7.2 Periodic verification
Amendment control sheet
AS/NZS 3012:2010
Amendment No. 1 (2015)
Revised text
Cited references in this standard
[Obsolescent]
Lifts, escalators and moving walks, Part 2: Passenger and goods lifts — Electric
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