Basics on Switchboards & their General Arrangement drawings

🎓 [Basics on Switchboards & their General Arrangement (GA) Drawings] 🏗️⚡

Course Headline:

"MCC Electrical Panel - Basics & considerations for general arrangement (GA) drawings for Switchboard / control panel / Electrical Panels"

Course Description:

Are you looking to dive into the world of electrical switchboards and control panels? Or perhaps you're an electrician, engineer, or student eager to understand the fundamentals of designing general arrangement (GA) drawings for switchboards? This course is your perfect starting point! 📐🔌

We will guide you through the essentials of switchboard design, focusing on the creation of GA drawings. From the very basics to more advanced concepts, this course is structured to ensure a comprehensive understanding of what goes into a GA drawing and why it's a critical component in electrical system planning. 📚✏️

Course Breakdown:

1) Basic details on Switchboards & GA Drawings 🗺️

• What is a GA drawing? 🤔
• Where is it used? 🛠️
• Why is it needed? 🧩
• Inputs required to draw a GA drawing? 📋
• Variations in GA drawings 🎨
• Basic Building blocks of a Switchboard or GA drawings. 🏗️

2) Feeders / Modules/ Functional Units 🔵

• Basics on feeders / modules / functional units. 📈
• Different feeder types 🔃
• Feeder sizing / module sizing ✅
• Feeder placement 📎

3) Switchgear ⚙️

• ACB's, MCCB's, and other components 🏗️
• Heat generating equipments 🔥
• Interlocks and feeder placement 🔒
• Din-rail mounted components 🚫
• Mounting and placement of CT's & PT's 🔗
• Heat generating equipments ❄️

4) IP Protection 💧

• What is IP protection? 🛡️
• Why it's important? 🚫
• How it impacts Electrical Switchboards? 🏗️
• Significance of the 2 digits in IP rating 🤔
• IP's Applicable for Electrical Switchboards 🛠️
• Understanding different IP ratings 🔍

5) Form of Segregation 🔨

• What form of segregation is? 📦
• Why segregation is required? ⏱️
• Various forms of segregation 🗂️

6) Different variations of panel design and how they define the GA drawing 🎨

• Single unit panels 🔹
• Multi unit panels 🔸
• Selection of panel design 📈
• Full height feeders ⬆️

7) Vertical dropper rating and sizing & diversity factor. And lastly Practice Exercise. 🧮

• How vertical dropper rating is decided. ✅
• What is diversity factor 🔁
• SUP's & MUP's - Various possibilities 🌐
• Why a certain design is selected 🤔
• Total vertical count ⬆️⬇️
• Optimum feeder placement 📍

Practice Makes Perfect! 🤝

To solidify your understanding, this course includes a practice exercise where you'll apply what you've learned to real-world scenarios. This hands-on approach ensures that by the end of the course, you'll have a solid grasp of creating and interpreting GA drawings for switchboards! 🖊️

Enroll now and take the first step towards mastering switchboard design and general arrangement drawings! 🚀🎓