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JUNCTION CABLING DESIGN CERTIFICATION 667/DS/20664/000
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above by the person who has edited the detail / designed the junction cabling
layout.
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CONTENTS
1...INTRODUCTION......................................................................................4
1.1 Purpose..................................................................................................4
1.2 Scope......................................................................................................4
1.3 Related Documents...............................................................................4
1.4 Glossary.................................................................................................4
1.5 Use..........................................................................................................4
3...CABLING.................................................................................................6
3.1 Cable Maximum Loading (Limited by the heating effect)....................6
3.2 Loading limited by Cable Voltage Drop (thus associated with cable length) 7
4...DUCTING................................................................................................8
4.1 Capacities..............................................................................................8
5...CABLE IMPEDANCES............................................................................11
5.1 1mm2 Armoured Cable........................................................................11
5.2 1.5mm2 Armoured Cable.....................................................................12
LAST PAGE.................................................................................................20
Issue History
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
This document is intended to allow an assessment to be made on the suitability of the cabling design for a traffic
controlled junction installed by STC using STC provided cable. Providing all of the criteria noted in the subsequent
sections and sub sections are complied with within the junction design, the cable and terminations design can be
certified as complying with BS7671 and Electrical Installation Certificates signed off.
1.2 Scope
This document only applies to cables 998/4/70468 and 4/MC832 supplied by STC, and cable terminations supplied in STC
traffic controllers and Poles Caps.
1.4 Glossary
1.5 Use
The tables in the body of the document allow a quick check of the electrical design. For a more detailed check should
one be required or if the values or extent of the tables are exceeded the calculation form in the appendix should be
used.
The process is to edit the data in this document for the particular customer / site and then provide a paper or magnetic
copy to the customer, who should then forward it on to the appropriate installing company. To edit the forms in the
appendices of this document, you will need Microsoft Excel, double click on them and they will open up in Excel to
allow editing. When you have edited the data, click back on the body of the main word document and the modified
tables will be copied back to the word document. Then save the word document in the normal way. Please remember to
edit the document series number picking a base number appropriate to your STC base i.e. DEPOT and selecting the next
variant in order. The site reference must also be edited in the footer to ensure each page indicates the site for which it
is relevant.
The standard size of cable drum used in the field by STC is 250M anything else is a special order.
STCs Recommendations are that LV, ELV and detector cabling are run in separate ducts, where ever possible.
2.1 Introduction
Street wiring faults can sometimes affect the display of traffic signals on-street. Poor connections, for example in pole
top termination blocks usually leads to the failure of signals to illuminate properly which may be detected by lamp
monitoring where this is implemented.
2.2 Context
Where common neutral connections are used it is possible for the failure of a neutral connection to cause unexpected
signal displays, where one or more signals within a given signal head are incorrectly illuminated simultaneously. This
lack of neutral connection is not detectable by the controller because the signal voltage presented at the controller
terminals does not exceed the required thresholds for conflict or correspondence monitoring.
When incandescent signals are used a cable fault of this type usually causes the signals to be illuminated at a low level
and is not particularly noticeable. For LED signals however it is possible for the signals to flash, at least at their 'dim'
level. Although the rate of signal flashing is such that they are only typically illuminated for a very short time, less than
the conflict / correspondence time defined in TR2500, it can be more noticeable than the display seen with
incandescent lamps.
2.3 Procedure
Normally this type of fault only affects a single signal head or pole and due to other signals displaying correctly is
unlikely to cause signalisations that could be considered dangerous, so retrospective action is not essential.
Therefore we are not mandating retrospective action on existing sites, however if the customer wishes to re-wire then
we can do this on a chargeable basis
However for new LED sites where it is desired to reduce the likelihood of incorrect displays, particularly involving green
signals, it is recommended that individual neutral returns are used for each green signal. For existing incandescent
sites where LED signals are being now fitted and spare cables cores are available these may be used to provide
additional neutral connections.
3 CABLING
The following is based upon the worst case with all cores carrying the specified current and the maximum number of
any type of cable possible, i.e. the worst case condition (thus removing the need to calculate all scenarios),whilst also
taking into account the controller maximum load per aspect drive. (See also LIMTS OF LOADING IMPOSED BY MAXIMUM
DUCT CAPACITIES). Provided that the loading per core is kept below the maximum number of heads / maximum current
value specified below, then the requirements of BS 7671 can be guaranteed. If loadings above these are required then
Engineering at Poole should be consulted. This later is extremely unlikely.
LOADING
Core Size Amps Reg Halogen LED
Signs Lamp Aspects
Aspects
1.00 mm2 3.5 10 12 24
1.50 mm2 4 12 14 28
1.8 Loading limited by Cable Voltage Drop (thus associated with cable length)
Note the following tables are based on the load of a normal tungsten halogen lamp, an LED aspect load, is generally half
that of a tungsten halogen lamp and therefore these tables provide a worst case scenario. If all LED aspect are used on
a cable run the after careful consideration as to the future use of the cables it is feasible that the lengths could be
doubled.
1.0mm2
Length Of Cable Run
aspect per cable core
Number of singal
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15
20
25
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
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150
160
170
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210
220
230
240
250
1
2
3
4 2 2 2 2 2 2
5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1.5mm2
Length Of Cable Run
aspect per cable core
Number of singal
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15
20
25
30
40
50
60
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80
90
100
110
120
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230
240
250
1
2
3
4
5 2 2
6 2 2 2 2 2 2
The voltage drop in the installation must be no more than 4% of the incoming supply, for a 230 volts supply this is 9.2
volts. The tables above should be checked to ensure that for the selected core size and loading the voltage drop is lower
than this maximum. If the voltage drop exceeds the 4% cores / conductors may be paralleled up to reduce it, note NO
MORE than 3 cores should be connected in parallel. The numbers in the cells within the tables indicate the number of
cores required to meet the voltage drop requirement.
4 DUCTING
1.9 Capacities
Based on BS 7671 ‘Selection and Erection’ Appendix A Cable capacities on conduit and trunking section e) the following
tables and rule of thumb has been produced.
50mm Un Armoured 8 4 28 31
50mm Un Armoured 12 3 28 33
50mm Un Armoured 16 2 23 28
50mm Un Armoured 20 2 23 29
100mm Armoured 8 13 20 22
100mm Armoured 12 8 19 23
100mm Armoured 16 7 17 21
100mm Armoured 20 6 16 20
100mm Un Armoured 8 19 18 19
100mm Un Armoured 12 13 16 19
100mm Un Armoured 16 11 15 18
100mm Un Armoured 20 10 13 16
It should be ensured that none of the conduits in the installation exceed these recommendations.
Ducts should not be over filled with a visual check of the above it would appear as a maximum of 50% filled.
For Detector Feeder Cables The following applies
A mixture of cable sizes i.e. a number of cables in a duct with different numbers of cores in the cables, becomes
complex calculation
(and appendix b can be used), however a rule of thumb whithout refering to the spreadsheet in appendix B, would be as
follows
NOTE some customers have there own requirements for DUCT capacities and these must be complied with on
contracts with those customers, check with customers and /.or their requirements specifications.
Bend Radii in a Traffic Signal Junction Installation meet the requirements of IEE Regs On Site Guide, provided a) the
conduits are not over filled (see earlier paragraphs with reference to duct capacities and, b) standard ‘Slow bends’ are
fitted in conduits (e.g. for 50mm conduits 350mm radius, 100mm conduit 450mm radius), or chambers are fitted at such
bend points allowing cable minimum bend radii to be met.
Allowable bend Radii are
For Armoured cable min bend radius is 6 X Dia For Un Armoured Cable min bend radius is 4 X Dia
5 CABLE IMPEDANCES
The approporiate impedances below should be combined and added with the Ze (earth loop impedance at origin)
supplied by the Electricity supply authority or Local Authority. Firstly the combined value should not be greater than the
required ELI value for the fuse in the controller. Finally these values should be used to cross check the Earth Loop
Impedances measured during the testing of the installation. The tables assume 1 core used, at measured at 20˚C, this
allows comparison with the max values allowed in 667/HE/20664, as the max values have been reduced by the IEE regs
‘Rule of Thumb’, 0.8 to take into account being measure at 20˚C. Note the impedances below are the loop of 1 core plus
the armouring.
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30
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230
240
250
8
0.13
0.26
0.39
0.52
0.65
0.78
1.04
1.30
1.55
1.81
2.07
2.33
2.59
2.85
3.37
3.63
3.89
4.14
4.40
4.66
4.92
5.18
5.44
5.70
5.96
6.22
6.48
12 3.11
0.23
0.34
0.45
0.57
0.68
0.91
1.13
1.36
1.58
1.81
2.04
2.26
2.49
2.72
2.94
3.17
3.39
3.62
3.85
4.07
4.30
4.53
4.75
4.98
5.20
5.43
5.66
0.11
16
0.22
0.33
0.44
0.55
0.67
0.89
1.33
1.55
1.78
2.00
2.22
2.44
2.66
2.88
3.33
3.55
3.77
3.99
4.22
4.44
4.66
4.88
5.10
5.33
5.55
0.11
1.11
3.11
20
0.22
0.33
0.44
0.55
0.65
0.87
1.09
1.31
1.53
1.75
1.96
2.18
2.40
2.62
2.84
3.06
3.27
3.49
3.71
3.93
4.15
4.37
4.58
4.80
5.02
5.24
5.46
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170 3.28 2.78 2.71 2.64
160 3.09 2.61 2.55 2.48
150 2.89 2.45 2.39 2.33
Length Of Cable Run
Site Reference: ??
20 0.39 0.33 0.32 0.31
15 0.29 0.24 0.24 0.23
10 0.19 0.16 0.16 0.16
5 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.08
Number of Cores in
12
16
20
the cable
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JUNCTION CABLING DESIGN CERTIFICATION 667/DS/20664/000
It is required that the Verification calculations sheet in appendix A is filled out for the longest cable run and the
shortest cable run. Double Click
On the form (this will open it in EXCEL to allow editing), answer yes to macros. Once completed Click back on the Word
document page to save it back to the word document. Once Complete the sheets should be checked for the following.
NB The TARGET ELI value given in the blank form is that for and ST700 or ST800 with 160 volt dimming, for other
scenarios please refer to 667/HE/20664/000
Note for all of the above extra cores may be used to assist in bringing the design within requirements (no more than 3
dcores in parallel).
The completed sheets sheets should be signed and filed with the design.
Note 1
Cabling and armouring impedances are based on worst case figures from STC cable
suppliers.
Note 2
For the Voltage drop for the designed installation to be acceptable it should be less
than 4% as noted in section 525 of the IEE Regs BS7671. The calculations for voltage
drop in this document are based on the worst case current for the aspects used in the
installtion and a RED/AMBER starting condition. If other than standard Tungsten
Halogen lamps are used then you may need to refer to the signal suppliers details to
obtain the current required. However if the voltage drop is within the acceptable 4%
limit using the figure given for Tungsten Halogen, you need not necessarily consider
other lamps types, as in general other lamps have lower current requirements.
Note 3 As noted in Note 1 above the IEE Regs sets the voltage drop limit within an
installtion at 4% (section 525) and the value highlighted in red (9.2 volts) is 4% of the
nominal 230 volt supply.
Note 4
For the earth loop impedance of the design to be acceptable, the calculated Earth Loop
impedance must be less than the target impedance selected from the Installation
Handbook for the particular controller and dimming voltage, (handbook
667/HE/20664/000 can be used for STC controllers). (NB As the dimming voltage is taken
into account in the target impedance design calculations do not need to consider this).
R1 Circuit Phase
Conductor
Resistance
R2 Circuit Protective
Conductor Resistance
In the IEE regs all earth loop impedance calculations are normalised to the likely
measurement temperature of 20 Celcius (as this allows for comparison when
measuring this value during the test and inspection phase of an installation), hence the
values calculated here are normalised to this same 20 celcius.
The figures calculated include the impedance as for the supply as given by the
electricity board supplier, and thus are higher by this same amount than the loop
impedances given in section 5 of this document.
Note 5
For the earth loop impedance of the design to be acceptable, the calculated Earth Loop
impedance must be less than the target impedance selected from the Installation
Note 6
The minimum cross sectional area for a conductor is calculated as noted in the IEE
regs 543-01-03, and provided the conductor size in the cable used is greater than this
calculated figure, this part of the design is acceptable.
Detector Feeder
Armoured Unarmoured Armoured Unarmoured Allowed ?
Duct Size 8 12 16 20 8 12 16 20 1 Pr 2 Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr
1 100 1
2 100 1
3 100 1
4 100 1
5 100 1
6 100 1
7 100 1
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10 100 1
11 100 1
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