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AS/NZS 3835.1:2006

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Earth potential rise - Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant Code of practice

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27-09-2006

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Standards Australia

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1 - AS/NZS 3835.1:2006 EARTH POTENTIAL RISE-PROTECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK USERS, PERSONNEL AND PLANT - CODE OF...
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - FOREWORD
8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
8 - 1.1 SCOPE
8 - 1.2 EXCLUSIONS
9 - 1.3 APPLICATION
9 - 1.4 GENERAL
10 - 1.5 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
12 - SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS
12 - 2.1 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO POWER SYSTEMS
12 - 2.1.1 Distribution substation
12 - 2.1.2 HV site
12 - 2.1.3 Voltage
12 - 2.1.4 Multiple earthed neutral (MEN) system
12 - 2.1.5 Normal operation or ‚normally™
12 - 2.1.6 Overvoltage
12 - 2.1.7 Power utility
13 - 2.1.8 Total stress voltage
13 - 2.2 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO HV CIRCUITS
13 - 2.2.1 Category A circuit
13 - 2.2.2 Category B circuit
13 - 2.2.3 Category C circuit
13 - 2.2.4 High reliability circuit
14 - 2.3 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO HV INSTALLATION EARTHING
14 - 2.3.1 Earthing system and elements
15 - 2.3.2 Grid impedance
15 - 2.3.3 Soil resistivity
15 - 2.4 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO EARTH POTENTIALS
15 - 2.4.1 Earth potential
15 - 2.4.2 Earth potential rise (EPR)
15 - 2.4.3 Hazard zone
15 - 2.4.4 Remote earth
15 - 2.4.5 Standing voltage
15 - 2.4.6 Voltage gradient
16 - 2.5 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16 - 2.5.1 Surge protection device (SPD)
16 - 2.5.2 HV isolating link
16 - 2.5.3 HV isolation device
16 - 2.5.4 Low frequency induction (LFI)
16 - 2.5.5 Main distribution frame (MDF)
16 - 2.5.6 Public switched telephone network (PSTN)
16 - 2.5.7 Telecommunications carrier
16 - 2.5.8 Telecommunications facilities
16 - 2.5.9 Telecommunications network boundary
16 - 2.5.10 Hybrid fibre coax network
17 - SECTION 3 EPR COORDINATION-PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES
17 - 3.1 EPR HAZARD INVESTIGATION
17 - 3.2 PLANNING
18 - 3.3 CONSIDERATION OF POWER UTILITY CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS
18 - 3.3.1 HV sites (excluding distribution substations)
18 - 3.3.2 HV circuits
18 - 3.3.3 Distribution substations and miscellaneous HV earths
19 - 3.4 CONSIDERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS
19 - 3.5 AGREEMENT ON SOLUTION
19 - 3.6 MINIMIZATION OF COSTS
20 - SECTION 4 EPR HAZARD VOLTAGE LIMITS
20 - 4.1 AUSTRALIAN LIMITS
20 - 4.1.1 Australian EPR hazard voltage limits
20 - 4.1.2 Limits for telecommunications exchanges and street located carrier equipment
21 - 4.2 NEW ZEALAND EPR HAZARD VOLTAGE LIMITS
22 - SECTION 5 ASSESSMENT OF EPR
22 - 5.1 INTRODUCTION
22 - 5.2 CONSIDERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOW FREQUENCY INDUCTION (LFI)
23 - SECTION 6 FIELD TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
23 - 6.1 GENERAL
23 - 6.2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
24 - SECTION 7 MITIGATION
24 - 7.1 INTRODUCTION
24 - 7.2 SCOPE OF MITIGATION
24 - 7.3 MITIGATION MEASURES
25 - 7.4 MITIGATION MEASURES APPLIED TO THE POWER SYSTEM PLANT
25 - 7.5 MITIGATION MEASURES APPLIED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLANT
25 - 7.5.1 General
25 - 7.5.2 Mitigation measures for telecommunications plant passing through an EPR hazard zone
26 - 7.5.3 Mitigation measures for telecommunications plant terminating within a HV site or an EPR hazard zone
31 - 7.5.4 Lightning and surge protection for telecommunications equipment at HV sites or within an EPR hazard zone
31 - 7.5.5 Safety equipment and work practices for telecommunications personnel working at a HV site
34 - APPENDIX A - SUBJECTS FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN POWER UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS
34 - A1 COST OBJECTIVE
34 - A2 ALLOCATION OF COSTS (IN AUSTRALIA)
35 - A3 ALLOCATION OF COSTS (IN NEW ZEALAND)
35 - A4 COST ESTIMATES
36 - APPENDIX B - REQUIREMENTS FOR HV ISOLATION EQUIPMENT
36 - B1 SCOPE
36 - B2 HV ISOLATING LINKS
36 - B2.1 Classification
36 - B2.2 Voltage withstand
36 - B2.3 Accessibility of conductive parts
36 - B3 HV ISOLATION DEVICES
36 - B3.1 Voltage rating
36 - B3.2 Voltage withstand
38 - APPENDIX C - LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
39 - APPENDIX D - BIBLIOGRAPHY

Specifies requirements and code of practice to minimize hazards due to earth potential rise for the protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant.

Committee
ET-007
DevelopmentNote
Standard has been given Pending Revision status.
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 7407 5
Pages
33
ProductNote
Pending Revision indicates that as a result of the Aged Standards review process, the document needs updating. If no project proposal, meeting the quality criteria, is received within the 12 month timeframe, the document shall be withdrawn.
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Current
Supersedes

First published as AS/NZS 3835.1:2006.

AS 4262.1-1995 Telecommunication overvoltages Protection of persons
AS/NZS 60479.1:2002 Effects of current on human beings and livestock General aspects
AS 4262.2-1999 Telecommunication overvoltages Protection of equipment
AS/NZS 60695.2.10:2001 Glowing/hot wire based test methods Glow-wire apparatus and common test procedure
AS/NZS 60695.1.1:2001 Fire hazard testing Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - General guidelines
AS/NZS 3000:2000 Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)
AS/NZS 2053.1:2001 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations General requirements (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS/NZS 60695.2.13:2001 Fire hazard testing Glowing/hot wire based test methods - Glow-wire ignitability test method for materials (IEC 60695-2-13:2000, IDT)
AS/NZS 60695.11.4:2004 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 50 W flames - Apparatus and confirmational test methods
AS/NZS 60695.11.5:2005 Fire hazard testing Test flames - Needle-flame test method - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance
HB 87-1997 (CJC 1) Joint use of poles, The placement on poles of power lines and paired cable telecommunications lines
HB 101-1997 (CJC 5) Coordination of power and telecommunications - Low Frequency Induction (LFI) - Code of practice for the mitigation of hazardous voltages induced into telecommunications lines
AS/NZS 2053.4:1995 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Flexible plain conduits and fittings of insulating material (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 60695.4-2006 Fire hazard testing - Terminology concerning fire tests for electrotechnical products
AS/NZS 60695.2.12:2001 Fire hazard testing Glowing/hot wire based test methods - Glow-wire flammability test method for materials
AS/NZS 60695.2.11:2001 Fire hazard testing Glowing/hot wire based test methods - Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products (IEC 60695-2-11:2000, MOD)
AS 60695.7.2-2006 Fire hazard testing Toxicity of fire effluent - Summary and relevance of test methods
AS 60695.6.30-2006 Fire hazard testing Guidance and test methods on the assessment of obscuration hazard of vision caused by smoke opacity from electrotechnical products involved in fires - Small scale static method - Determination of smoke opacity - Description of the apparatus
AS 1931.2-1996 High-voltage test techniques - Measuring systems
AS 60695.6.1-2006 Fire hazard testing Smoke obscuration - General guidance
AS 60695.6.2-2006 Fire hazard testing Smoke obscuration - Summary and relevance of test methods
AS 60695.8.1-2006 Fire hazard testing Heat release - General guidance
AS/NZS 1477:2006 PVC pipes and fittings for pressure applications
AS/NZS 3835.2:2006 Earth potential rise - Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant Application guide
AS/NZS 60695.11.3:2004 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 500 W flames - Apparatus and confirmational test methods
AS 60695.8.2-2006 Fire hazard testing Heat release - Summary and relevance of test methods
AS 60529-2004 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) (Reconfirmed 2018)
AS 60695.5.2-2006 Fire hazard testing Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - Summary and relevance of test methods
AS 60695.9.2-2006 Fire hazard testing Surface spread of flame - Summary and relevance of test methods
AS 2225-1994 Insulating gloves for electrical purposes
AS 60695.1.40-2006 Fire hazard testing Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Insulating liquids
AS 60695.7.3-2006 Fire hazard testing Toxicity of fire effluent - Use and interpretation of test results
AS 60695.7.1-2006 Fire hazard testing Toxicity of fire effluent - General guidance
AS 60695.9.1-2006 Fire hazard testing Surface spread of flame - General guidance
HB 102-1997 (CJC 6) Coordination of power and telecommunications - Low Frequency Induction (LFI) - Application Guide to the LFI Code
AS 60695.6.31-2006 Fire hazard testing Smoke obscuration - Small-scale static test - Materials
AS 60695.10.3-2006 Fire hazard testing Abnormal heat - Mould stress relief distortion test
AS 1931.1-1996 High-voltage test techniques - General definitions and test requirements
AS/NZS 60695.10.2:2004 Fire hazard testing Abnormal heat - Ball pressure test
AS 1319-1994 Safety signs for the occupational environment (Reconfirmed 2018)
AS/NZS 60950.1:2003 Information technology equipment - Safety General requirements (IEC 60950-1:2001, MOD)
AS/NZS 60695.11.2:2004 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 1 kW nominal pre-mixed flame - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance
AS 60695.5.3-2006 Fire hazard testing Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - Leakage-current and metal-loss test method
AS 60695.5.1-2006 Fire hazard testing Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - General guidance
HB 100-2000 (CJC 4) COORDINATION OF POWER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Manual for the establishment of safe work practices and the minimization of operational interference between power systems and paired cable telecommunications systems
AS 60695.11.40-2006 Fire hazard testing Test flames - Confirmatory tests - Guidance
AS 60695.7.51-2006 Fire hazard testing Toxicity of fire effluent - Estimation of toxic potency - Calculation and interpretation of test results
AS 60695.7.50-2006 Fire hazard testing Toxicity of fire effluent - Estimation of toxic potency - Apparatus and test method
AS 60695.11.21-2006 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 500 W vertical flame test method for tubular polymeric materials
AS/NZS 1768(INT):2003 Lightning protection
AS/NZS 60695.11.10:2001 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods
AS/NZS 60695.11.20:2001 Fire hazard testing Test flames - 500 W flame test methods

HB 219:2006 Earth potential rise - Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant - Worked examples for the application guide (Reconfirmed 2020)
AS/NZS 1768:2007 Lightning protection
AS/NZS 7000:2016 Overhead line design
HB 331-2012 Overhead line design
AS 2067-2008 Substations and high voltage installations exceeding 1 kV a.c.
AS/NZS 3084:2017 Telecommunications installations - Telecommunications pathways and spaces for commercial buildings
AS/NZS 7000:2010 Overhead line design - Detailed procedures
AS 2067:2016 Substations and high voltage installations exceeding 1 kV a.c.

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