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EARTHING HIGH VOLTAGE APPARATUS

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CONTENTS

1. SCOPE

2. DEFINITIONS

3. APPARATUS IDENTIFICATION

4. DANGERS

5. GENERAL EARTHING REQUIREMENTS

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1. SCOPE

This Code of Practice applies the principles established by the Company

Safety Rules to give guidance on the positioning of Earthing Devices to
achieve Safety from the System for personnel requiring to work on or
test High Voltage Apparatus.

2. DEFINITIONS

Definitions printed in bold type are as defined in the Safety Rules.

3. APPARATUS IDENTIFICATION

HV Apparatus on which work or testing is to be carried out must be

readily identifiable or have fixed to it a means of identification which will
remain effective throughout the course of the work or testing.

4. DANGERS

The main Dangers to personnel applying earths to HV Apparatus are

electrical shock, burns or from falling arising from:-

i) the application of earths to Live HV Apparatus;

ii) badly connected or insecure Earthing Devices;
iii) the incorrect sequence or method of application or removal of
Portable Earths;
iv) this inadvertent earthing of Live HV Apparatus by the loss of
control or difficulty in the handling of portable earthing equipment.

5. GENERAL EARTHING REQUIREMENTS

The requirements detailed below must be met with regard to the earthing
of High Voltage Apparatus.

Primary Earths must be applied within the Isolated zone and, where
reasonably practicable, be positioned between the point of work and all
point(s) of isolation excluding Low Voltage (LV) connections but
including,

where applicable, the point of isolation from common neutral earthing

equipment. Where the points of isolation of HV Apparatus include LV
connections and the HV Apparatus can, during the course of the work,
become disconnected from the rest of the Earthed HV Apparatus in the
Isolated zone, a Primary Earth must be applied to the HV Apparatus or

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the work carried out in accordance with an Approved procedure, if

inadvertent energisation could cause Danger.

Primary Earths must be of adequate cross-sectional area and be

efficiently connected between earth and the Isolated HV Apparatus so
as to discharge safely the resultant fault current due to any inadvertent
energisation. Portable Primary Earths for use at the power station must
have a cross section of not less than 65mm2 (0.1 sq.in) copper equivalent.

Where possible a circuit breaker or specially provided earth switch or fixed

Earthing Device must be used to make the first Primary Earth
connection.

Where it is not reasonably practicable to apply Primary Earths between

the point of work and the points of isolation, they may be placed in an
alternative position so as to have a similar electrical effect to that which
would occur if they were placed between the point of work and the points
of isolation. Such a position could be:-

i) on a permanent connection teed between the point of work and the

point of isolation at a distance not exceeding 9m (30ft) from the tee
point.
ii) at a point of not more than 9m (30ft) beyond the point of work from
the point of isolation.

When compliance with the above requirements does not give adequate
protection from induced voltages, Drain Earths must be applied in
accordance with an Earthing Schedule.

It is not necessary to earth every part of the HV Apparatus within an

Isolated zone provided that the requirements of the Company Safety
Rules have been met.

The application and removal of fixed Primary Earths including the closing
and opening of earth switches and fixed Earthing Devices when used as
Primary Earths must be carried out by the Designated Person or
Safety Controller who has received instruction from the Safety
Controller or in the case of a Person under training, carried out in
accordance with the requirements of procedure no. TgBin-TTB-SH-78012 -
High Voltage Switching. Under the terms of a Permit Test, however, the
recipient of the Permit (Test) may remove or replace those Primary
Earths defined on the Permit (Test) without reference to the Safety
Controller.

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Portable Earthing Devices should be examined immediately before use

by the Person responsible for the application of such Earths. At any time, a
defective Portable Earthing Device must be withdrawn from service
immediately.

The Designated Person or Safety Controller responsible for the

earthing must take all reasonably practical steps, including making
arrangements with the Safety Co-ordinator or Safety Controller for
switching out additional equipment if necessary, to ensure that earthing by
means of a Portable Earth using an Approved pole is carried out in
situations where clearances from adjacent Live HV Apparatus are
adequate to prevent Danger should control of the pole be lost.

Earthing Poles should be examined immediately before use by the Person

responsible for applying the Earth. At any time, a defective Earthing Pole
must be withdrawn from service immediately.

Where Portable Primary Earths are to be used, care should be taken to

ensure that the points at which the Portable Primary Earths are to be
applied to the HV Apparatus are of adequate capacity so as to safely
discharge the resultant fault current due to any inadvertent energisation
after they have been secured in position.

The points of application of Portable Primary Earths should not be such

as to inhibit the operation of any protective devices or other ancillary
equipment which is in service and which may be required to operate.

Except for the removal and re-application of Portable Primary Earths

under a Permit Test, two Persons must be present in open type
substations during the application and removal of Portable Primary
Earths, one of whom must be a Designated Person or a Safety
Controller and the other, a Person acting under the Personal
Supervision of that Designated Person or Safety Controller.

If the Primary Earths through which the HV Apparatus is Earthed are

not close to and visible from the points of work, the HV Apparatus should
be Earthed by means of Drain Earths at those points of work unless
there can be no reasonable doubt that the correct Apparatus is to be
worked on and that no Danger from induction can arise at the points of
work.

However, in the case of metalclad switchgear spouts, procedure no. TgBin-

TTB-SH-78014 - High Voltage Metalclad Switchgear with Spouts" should

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apply. The purpose of this clause is to avoid the necessity of requiring that
a Drain Earth be applied to Apparatus on one side of a wall, e.g. when
the Apparatus has a Primary Earth connected to it on the other side of
the wall and there cannot be any possibility of error or identification or of
Danger from induction.

Drain Earths issued with a Permit must be applied and removed by an

Acceptor in accordance with the requirements of the Earthing Schedule.

Drain Earths issued with a Permit (Test) must be applied and removed
in accordance with the requirements of the Earthing Schedule by a
Designated Person or a Person under the Personal Supervision of a
Designated Person.

When either the Primary Earths or Drain Earths would prevent access
to the points of work, the HV Apparatus on which work is to be done must
be efficiently connected to earth at the nearest points to the points of work
and these Drain Earths may be removed in turn when work is to be done
but each earth so removed shall be replaced before another earth is
removed.

When HV Apparatus has been disconnected from all supplies and bodily
removed from its service position, the use of Primary Earths on that HV
Apparatus is not necessary, provided that the HV Apparatus is
electrically discharged.

When sub contractors are working in High Voltage enclosures where

Drain Earths are required and which may be applied or moved by the
contractors within a defined safe working area, the Drain Earths may be
issued to the contractor and recorded on his Permit. At the discretion of
the Safety Controller issuing the Permit these Drain Earths may be
issued to a Company Acceptor who may be supervising the work and
must then be recorded on his Permit.

When Drain Earths are required for work on overhead lines they must be
issued and applied in accordance with the Local Grid Control, if they do not
exist, the Site Manager should produce a Local Safety Instruction to cover
this Safety Instruction for High Voltage Overhead Lines.