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AS/NZS 4871.6:2013
[Current]Electrical equipment for mines and quarries, Part 6: Diesel powered machinery and ancillary equipment
This Standard specifies general requirements for the design, construction and testing of the electrical systems for diesel powered mobile or transportable plant intended for mining and quarrying activities. It also sets out specific requirements for fire-protected and explosion-protected plant.
Published: 16/09/2013
Pages: 24
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Existing plant
1.4 Referenced documents
1.5 Definitions
2 Common requirements
2.1 General
2.1.1 Engineering standards
2.1.2 Risk management
2.1.3 Remote control
2.1.4 Personnel proximity detection
2.1.5 Warning devices
2.2 General arrangement, control and protection
2.2.1 Protection against damage
2.2.2 Ingress protection
2.2.3 Rating of conductors and cabling
2.2.4 Protection of cables and cable harnesses
2.2.5 Restraint of cables and cable harnesses
2.2.6 Segregation of wiring
2.2.7 Circuits utilizing machine frame
2.2.8 Equipotential bonds
2.2.9 Terminations
2.2.10 Cable connectors
2.2.11 Redundant parts
2.2.12 Redundant cabling
2.2.13 Protection of live parts
2.2.14 Fixings, fastenings and supports
2.2.15 Surface temperature
2.3 Electrical protection
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Protection devices
2.3.3 Protection of safety systems
2.3.4 Unprotected circuits
2.3.5 Location of protection devices
2.4 Control systems
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Operator controls
2.4.3 Control voltages
2.4.4 Current ratings of control devices
2.4.5 Voltage ratings of control devices
2.4.6 Fuel flow relays and switches
2.4.7 Electronic based systems
2.5 Battery systems
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Battery charging
2.5.3 Fuses and switching devices
2.5.4 Battery cables
2.5.5 Starting circuits
2.5.6 Tapping of batteries
2.5.7 Jump-start facilities
2.6 Isolators
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Battery isolator
2.6.2.1 General
2.6.2.2 Single pole isolator
2.6.2.3 Double pole isolator
2.6.3 Fire-protection circuit isolator
2.6.4 Auxiliary/Starter isolator
2.7 Alternators
2.7.1 Cable rating
2.7.2 Cable protection
2.7.2.1 General
2.7.2.2 Short-circuit protection
2.7.2.3 Overload protection
2.8 Lighting
2.8.1 Circuits
2.8.2 Cables
2.9 Safety systems
2.9.1 Safety critical circuits
2.9.2 Engine shut-down systems
2.9.2.1 General
2.9.2.2 Safety shut-down system
2.9.2.3 Emergency stop system
2.9.3 Location of safety devices
2.9.4 Power alternator or generator speed limitation
3 Marking and labelling
3.1 Circuit identification
3.2 Cable and cable harness marking
3.3 Component identification
3.4 Isolators
3.5 Jump-start receptacle
3.6 Warning labels
3.7 Plant identification plate
4 Documentation
4.1 Manuals
4.2 Circuit diagrams
4.3 Safety file
5 Underground coal mines—Specific requirements for fire-protected plant
5.1 General
5.2 General arrangement, control and protection
5.2.1 Battery
5.2.2 Battery isolator
5.2.3 Connections to frame
5.2.4 Alternators
5.2.5 Electrical power outlets
5.2.6 Cables
5.3 Engine shut-down system
5.4 Methane monitoring system
5.5 Zone safety control system
6 Underground coal mines—Specific requirements for explosion-protected plant
6.1 General
6.2 General arrangement, control and protection
6.2.1 Explosion-protection
6.2.2 Connections to frame
6.2.3 Electrical protection
6.2.4 Alternator voltage regulation
6.2.5 Type of cable and conductors
6.2.6 Cables for engine shut-down systems
6.2.6.1 Marking and identification
6.2.6.2 Specification
6.2.7 Protection of cabling systems
6.2.8 Segregation of cabling systems
6.3 Engine shut-down systems
6.4 Methane monitoring system
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Design
6.4.3 Manufacture
6.4.4 Methane monitoring system operation
Appendix A
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