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TPRE Distribution
SAP Document Code: SOP. #. KE/TPRE/SOP/606
Index
1.0 Objective
1.1 To assure safe work place and environment for maintenance, operation at KE 11 KV HT
Aerial Bundled Cable Distribution Network. Promote and facilitate continuous
improvement of electrical safety policies and practices.
2.0 Scope
2.1 This SOP shall apply to all KE employees for line isolation of HT ABC, visitors, onside
contractors, subcontractors and any other related person, to prevent electrical and related
hazards.
3.0 Responsibility
4.1 Supervisor / Lineman shall use a coin or a solid metal object to tap the pole starting at
shoulder height and moving down and listening to the sound. A sharp ringing sound will
indicate a healthy pole while a dull broken sound is indication of some defect. If the pole is
defective / rusted, supervisor / lineman shall not climb on the pole before taking safety
measures as defined in this SOP.
4.2 In case of above two defects are observed remove / break the cemented pole base and dig 1
to 1 ½ feet around the pole base to physically check whether the pole is corroded or not.
Corroded poles are to be replaced.
4.3 Pole Support i.e. Stay Wire, Strut Unit, Flying Stay etc along with Foundation shall be
thoroughly checked and if found damaged, same shall be replaced accordingly. Before
climbing on an elevated structure, every employee shall first assure that the structure is
strong enough to sustain his weight safely. If pole or cross arm seems apparently unsafe
because of decay or unbalanced tensions of wires on them, shall be first properly braced or
guyed before to climb.
4.4 For climbing over HT / LT steel tubular pole / steel lattice pole, the opposite side of the stay
wire / strut unit should be used.
4.5 The workman shall avoid using conductors, insulators, insulator pin / clamp etc. for self
support / holding and should not rest on street light fixtures on the poles or structures.
4.6 AE / supervisor should make sure that linemen are well equipped with required PPEs/SPEs
prior to the start of work on poles / towers.
4.7 Healthiness of Pole Hardware’s i.e. Brackets, Clamps, and Insulators etc shall be inspected
thoroughly. If found in deteriorated position, shall be replaced accordingly. Special care of
the Poles should be taken in conversion schemes of HT overhead mains into HT ABC.
5.1 In no case MTL driver will place the MTL under pole (site of work) unless directed by Site
/ Field In-charge i.e. AE / Supervisor / Lineman. This will only be done after the supervisor
obtains prior clearance from AOC that correct feeder (s) has/have been shut down. To
confirm, he will hand over the phone to L/M concerned to verify what has been told by
switch board officer. All gang members should strictly comply with the instructions issued
by Field In-charge from time to time.
6.0 Disconnect
6.1 Isolate and dead the particular portion of HT ABC network on which shut down is to be
arranged, for carrying out a specific work, by managing necessary sequence of operations,
as per the area network of HT/LT ABC or HT ABC with LT O/H mains along with street
light position at that location by AOC and IBC or LT Network
7.1 After disconnecting / isolating the specific portion of HT ABC network through required
sequence of operations, AOC AE/Supervisor (Electrical) should check & verify for dead /
no supply status with Live Line Tester. Tester must be tested for healthiness on live line
prior to check / verify for no voltage / dead.
7.2 After disconnecting/isolating the specific portion of LT ABC/LT O/H mains/service and
street lights under the feeding of HT ABC/O/H network through required sequence of
operations IBC AE/Supervisor should check and verify for dead/no supply status in LV
network with live line tester. Tester must be tested for healthiness on live line prior to
check/verify for no voltage/dead in LT network.
8.0 Procedure for arrangement of shutdown & Short & Ground to work on HT ABC:
8.1 MTL’s to be placed away from the system and not positioned at the work site till
confirmation of feeder or feeders shut down given by supervisor.
8.2 To avoid distraction while working, no phone calls to be made to L/M after they have been
dispatched, any emergency call may be made to accompanying Karkun or supervisor/AE.
8.3 For arranging a shutdown, for attending an HT ABC fault by Operation gang itself or by
IBC/LT Network M&C gang, on an 11kv feeder, the AE/Supervisor; Area Operation Center
(AOC), would isolate the HT ABC by putting the O/H side OCB/VCB “OFF” TL/TFS and
if there is no s/s in the loop then he would get the feeder OFF with TFS (Trolley Fist Stage)
WDB (with danger board) from the G/S, through the duty shift Engineer Operation Control
as per the instruction and 11 KV network current status.
8.4 After performing necessary operations as per instructions by Shift Engineer Operations,
Supervisor/AE will ensure “absence of supply” on each Phase of the HT ABC by using
“Live Line Tester”
8.5 The working portion of the HT ABC will further be made dead by operation AE/Supervisor
by isolating of all far end HT ABC isolation points, including loops/T-offs from all sides of
HT Network including HT O/H, U/G feeding along with the LT Network of O/H, U/G, LT
ABC and street light by concerned IBC/LT Network.
8.6 Lineman will discharge all the three phases of the required portion loops of HT/LT network
with discharging rod / stick and then short on lugs & ground all three phase by connecting it
to earth point for HT AOC and for LT concerned IBC/LT Network
8.7 Operation Lineman will be responsible for making the working portions short/ground from
all isolation points along with dropping PMT HT fuse links under the supervision of
AE/Supervisor (Operation).
8.8 If there are one or more PMTs in the working portion of the HT ABC, and there are no LT
Breakers/DBs installed, then Operation line man will drop all the HT Links of all such
PMTs under the supervision of AE/Supervisor before giving written clearance for work
requesting/availing department to work to his gang or Supervisor/Lineman of LT Mains
Maintenance by AE/Supervisor.
8.9 However, if LT Breakers/DBs are available on the PMTs in the working portion, then
Supervisor Operation/Lineman and Supervisor/Lineman of M&C/IBC (LT network) will
both be responsible for putting OFF all LT Breakers and pulling out all the HRC
fuses/Copper pieces fromthe DBs of the PMTs along with short and ground
8.10 If there is any other L.T circuit feeding, emanating from other feeder and PMTs, then that
L.T circuit will also be isolated accordingly by AE/Supervisor IBC and will be energized
after completion of work and removal of shorts.
8.11 As each member of the gang is responsible for the safety of one another, in view of this
“AE/Supervisor” is held responsible for ensuring that;
8.13 All HT 11 KV performed operation must be clearly noted in AOC log book and HT
network/drawing to be made on B-form (Shutdown form) with list of all earth and
grounding points. Same practice to be adapted by IBC to isolation of LT network and street
light with list of earth and grounding position prior to start of work.
8.14 A Safety Coordinator may be nominated from each IBC/VIBC, for checking and ensuring
the working portion dead and giving clearance to the Mains Maintenance gang, before
starting the work.
8.15 After completing the work, the Mains Maintenance (IBC) gang will remove his own shorts
and grounds and then will give written clearance to Supervisor Operation, who will remove
his own shorts and grounds and normalize the HT ABC and PMTs as per instructions and
coordination of duty Shift Engineer in the Operation Control Room and the Mains (IBC)
Supervisor.
The precautions mentioned below should be adapted to the extent applicable and possible.
9.1 Examine earthing devices periodically and always prior to their use.
9.2 Use only earthing rod/earthing switches or any other special apparatus where provided for
earthing.
9.3 Grounding of poles and equipment’s must be checked for healthiness in the portion need to
be shut down, there must be at least one healthy point (where the portion of the network to
be shutdown can be effectively grounded) ground terminal resistance must be less than or
equal to 1Ω.
9.4 The short circuiting equipment must first be connected to the earth then short circuiting of
the Conductors /parts be carried out. At the time of normalizing the shutdown reversed
procedure is to be adopted i.e. the short circuiting equipment would be disconnected first
from the conductors / poles then from the earth /ground terminal.
9.5 Earthing should be done in such a manner that the persons doing the job are protected by
earth connections on both sides of their working zone.
9.6 All the three phases should be effectively earthed and short circuited though work may be
even proceeding on one phase only.
9.7 Short circuit and ground points should be well within the visual range of the place of work.
9.8 The discharging rods should be kept at least two feet away from the body. This procedure is
necessary in order to make sure that the line to be worked on is actually the line that has
been isolated. Rubber gloves along with leather shall be used on both hands during the
above procedure.
9.9 Before the start of work a final check must be made by the supervisor to ensure that proper
short and earth have been provided.
10.1 Availing department will send 'A' Form (duly filled) to the concerned operation section one
week prior to the commencement date of shutdown, with purpose and portion of the
network needs to be availed during shutdown due to the shutdown, inform the requesting
section about the area affected and for the publication of the shut down through media and
Newspapers.
10.2 The requesting department will send 'B' Form (Shutdown form)along with check list and the
copy of the publication of the shutdown (A-Form) to operation section, at least 48 Hours
prior to the shutdown.
10.3 The manager / shift engineer operation section will be responsible to mention the operations
to be carried out for arrangement of shutdown, by filling up the portion of 'B' Form and fill
up check list by AE AOC and will then responsible to send / communicate it to duty
supervisor of concerned operation center for arrangement of shutdown.
10.4 The authorized supervisor of requesting / availing department will contact operation center
with copy of ‘B’ Form duly signed by Manager (operation), supervisor (operation) center
will arrange shut down and fill up the relevant portion of 'B' Form and check list with
operations carried out and will give written clearance to requesting / availing department’s
Supervisor for the commencement of work. After receiving written clearance on ‘B’ Form
from the supervisor of requesting / availing departments, the operation supervisor will
reverse the operations as per instruction of duty / shift engineer operation control.
10.5 After normalization of shut down, the operation center will send copy of ‘B’ Form to
Manager (operation) for record purpose
10.6 In case of considerable number of operations are required to be carried out for the
arrangement of shutdown, such as shutdown of Grid Power Transformer a 'C' Form must be
filled by the shift engineer (operation) & must be counter checked by senior engineer /
Manager Operation. The 'C'Form will have all details and sequence of operations to be
carried out for normalization of shutdown. The shift engineer will send this “C” Form to
concerned operation center well before the date and time of shutdown. Supervisor operation
centre will arrange shutdown for the date and time mentioned in accordance to the
instructions of shift engineer (on duty).
10.7 Forced shut down will be arranged in case of area affected or in emergency for which a "B"
form would have to be provided to operation section by the requesting section.
11.1 To keep abreast / informed of every one about the work in progress, live parts and isolated /
dead points must be segregated by using prominent warning / danger boards / signs by site
supervisor.
11.2 Warning sign / board as “DO NOT TOUCH, EQUIPMENTS ARE ALIVE, WORK IN
PROGRESS" (Also in Urdu).
12.1 HT ABC is mostly used in KE Network to replace HT O/H in order to minimize frequent
wire broken, theft of Copper conductor and burning of HT Jumpers that causes interruption
of large duration in HT network. Major affected areas are near coastal belt comprising of
IBC Defence and IBC Clifton areas that faces lot of problems due to faults on HT O/H.
12.2 In order to localize faults and isolate faulty HT ABC cable, PMTs, cable ends etc shutdown
is arranged. For that proper isolation guideline is essential for creating safe working
environment of AOC and LT Network staff working in the field along with various shut
down request/availed by different departments of HT/LT network
12.3 Following scenarios regarding HT ABC can be witnessed on site, whose method of
isolation is elaborated as below:
13.0 Scenario “A”:HT ABC connect through small bus bar arrangement at single pole
K/S
13.1 In this case as shown in fig 13-A, HT Bus Bar of Mushtaq Ahmed PMT is being energized
with HT U/G Cable which is terminating at HT pole with 11 KV knife switch installed on it.
If shutdown is taken to isolate the HT ABC cable marked “A1” or “A2” then following
steps are required for safe HT operation
13.1.1 HT feeder of said HT Bus Bar and its complete feeding must be clearly mentioned to
AOC
13.1.2 The incoming HT feed must be completely OFF/Trolley lower/Ground from feeding
end. If it is fed through RMU then is should be OFF and ground from RMU side. If
it is fed through S/S 11 KV switch then it must be OFF and trolley lower. If through
isolator then it must also be OFF and ground. Likewise, if fed through K/S then
knife switch must be OFF with lock and key. If through HT O/H jumper of HT O/H
must be opened and shut then lead of HT cable must be opened and short
13.1.6 As per above sketch HT ABC cable “X” is connected to a pole where HT U/G cable
is also connected to feed PMT Nasir Saleem -02 10 C lane-8. After checking the
supply via live line tester and by putting short at O/H Pole the leads of HT ABC
cable “X” to be opened and short
13.1.7 Similarly after isolating the HT feed from M. Iqbal PMT, check the HT line via live
line tester/ground, the HT lead of HT ABC cable “Y” is to be opened and short
13.1.8 Now the pole mounted HT bus bar and 02 Nos. HT ABC cables are isolated along
with the HT cable feeding the bus bar
13.1.9 AOC can perform the desired operation accordingly and may isolate HT ABC “X”
or “Y” if it is faulty.
14.0 Scenario “B”:HT U/G Cable to energize D/PMTs Bus Bar with HT ABC span ahead
14.1 In this case as shown in fig 14 (A), D/PMTs (Rasheed Zulqarnain PMT and M. Yaqoob 9th
Comm. PMT) are energized through HT U/G cable that is coming from another PMT i.e. M.
Iqbal Qureshi and next PMT installed after the D/PMTs is energized through HT ABC. On
both HT U/G and HT ABC, knife switches are installed
14.2 If shutdown is taken to isolate the HT ABC cable marked “A2” or to work on the PMTs
during fault, following steps are required for safe HT operation
14.2.1 Supply to D/PMTs needs to be put OFF first i.e. main 11 KV feeder must be shut
and knife switch installed at the HT U/G cable “Z” as mentioned in fig 14 (A) is to be put
off and also put LT circuit and street light off and ground by IBC
14.2.2 Now Supply of 11 KV is to be checked through live line tester at D/PMT Bus Bar if
supply is found dead then put short and ground to PMT Bus Bar.
14.2.3 After this, knife switch at HT ABC cable side marked “Y” also need to be put OFF
and opening the HT ABC cable from both ends to ensure that HT ABC cable is completely
dead
14.2.4 If the work is of longer duration then HT U/G cable is to be opened from point
marked “X” as well
14.2.5 All HT spans must be short and ground and check the 11 KV supply with live line
tester
14.2.6 The LT circuits of PMTs must also be put OFF along with the HT to avoid any
chances of accident by removing HRC fuses from the DBs and outgoing cable leads to be
opened and then short and ground them as well. . All t-off circuits are also to be opened
with proper isolation to avoid risk of any back feeding
14.2.7 Now D/PMTs, HT ABC Cable and tail end Sehar Comm. PMT are dead and work
can be carried out by AOC staff safely on them
15.0 Scenario “C”:HT ABC Cable feeding to tail end PMT directly at D/O Cut out
15.1 In this case as shown in fig 15 (A), a PMT is energized through HT ABC which is at tail
end and HT ABC is directly connected to the D/O Cut out
15.2 If shutdown is taken to isolate the HT ABC cable marked “A3” or to work on the PMT
during fault, following steps are required for safe HT operation
A-3
15.2.1 Supply to PMT needs to be put OFF first i.e. main 11 KV feeder must be shut since
knife switch is not installed on either end of HT ABC Cable. Therefore, HT ABC cable is to
be opened from both sides.
15.2.2 After opening HT ABC cable from both ends, short and ground the HT and check
the 11 KV supply with live line tester
15.2.3 Switch off the LT Breaker and then remove HRC fuses from the DBs outgoing cable
leads to be opened and then short and ground them as well. . All t-off circuits are also to be
opened with proper isolation to avoid risk of any back feeding
15.2.4 Now the supply to tail end PMT is OFF as well as the HT ABC cable is isolated and
AOC staff may now work on them safely
16.1 In this case as shown in fig 16 (A), HT O/H is linked with HT ABC Cable along with knife
switch “X” in ON state and PMTs are energized through HT ABC Cable
16.2 If shutdown is taken to isolate the HT ABC cable marked “A4” or to work on the PMT
during fault, following steps are required for safe HT operation
HT O/H
K/S “X”
HT ABC
16.2.1 Supply to PMT needs to be put OFF first i.e. main 11 KV feeder must be shut and
knife switch installed at position marked “X” must also be put OFF
16.2.2 If work is to be carried out on PMT 08 then HT ABC cable needs to be opened from
its end marked “Y” so as to completely isolate the PMTs ahead from supply
16.2.3 After opening HT ABC cable, short and ground the HT and check the 11 KV supply
with live line tester
16.2.5 Switch off the LT Breaker and then remove HRC fuses from the DBs outgoing cable
leads to be opened and then short and ground them as well. . All t-off circuits are also to be
opened with proper isolation to avoid risk of any back feeding
16.2.6 Now the supply to this PMT is OFF as well as the HT ABC cable feeding the PMT
and AOC staff may now work on them safely
17.0 PPEs and tools shall be provided to every LT field staff as per nature of job
Fig – 13 (B)
Fig – 14 (B)
Fig – 15 (B)
Fig – 16 (B)