Top 200 Electrical System Check list for Fire Safety

Top 200 Electrical System Check list for Fire Safety

Top 200 Electrical System Check list for Fire Safety

Check List for Fire Safety Device 

• Access limited or barred to DB / DB blocked
• Access limited or barred to the panel / panel blocked
• Access limited/barred to MCB/MCCB-box
• Access limited/barred to Socket. Access limited/barred to Switch-Board
• Access limited: Earth-bar not accessible inside the panel
• Air gap between phases less than 25 mm in cases of bare conductors (e.g., bus-bars)
• Ammeter / Voltmeter/indicator/PFI auto-controller not working
• Ammeter/Voltmeter’s selector switch bad
• Bunch of cable/multiple wires /looping wire connected at incomer MCCB/MCB’s input/output terminal
• Bunch of cable: looping from incomer MCCB/MCB’s input terminal
• Bunch of cable connected at bus-bar
• Bunch of cable: Multiple connections through one outlet of final-BBT
• Bunch of cable: Multiple connections ( more than two) through one socket outlet
• Burning sign on conductor at incomer MCB/MCCB’s input/output terminal
• Burning sign on conductor at the connection point to bus-bar
• Burning sign on Current Transformer inside the panel
• Burning sign on phase bus-bar, Burning sign on socket
• combustible wooden board : Use of wooden board/enclosure for MCCB/MCB
• Combustible material in the generator room
• Combustible material in the substation
• Combustible material near the HT panel/ HT line
• combustible wooden board: Tube light /Bracket Light/spot light/Normal light installed on wooden Board
• Combustible wooden board: X-former installed on combustible wooden plank
• combustible wooden board: Grinding M/C (or other M/Cs) installed on wooden platform/table/combustible material
• combustible : Light-shed tied with combustible material
• Combustible material in touch of MCB/MCCB-Box
• Combustible material in touch of Socket
• Combustible material in touch of Switch-Board
• Combustible material is used to seal the Panel Board
• Combustible material on / touching (adjacent to)/attached on the panel
• Combustible material on Cable Tray
• Combustible material on or touching (adjacent to) Cable Tray
• Combustible material in Cable Trench, Combustible material tied with/in touch of BBT
• Combustible material touching exhaust fan
• Combustible material used as support for the Cable Tray
• Combustible material used as support for the panel
• Combustible materials: Socket installed on combustible materials
• combustible wooden board: Cable channel made with combustible wooden board
• combustible wooden board: SB installed on combustible material/wooden board
• Combustible wooden board: The live parts of the panel (buses) are guarded with combustible wooden board
• Combustible material in touch of / near motor
• Combustible material in touch of/near wire/cable
• Combustible material near the Cable Tray
• Combustible material near the panel ( Just below or with in 3feet)
• Combustible material near any Electrical Apparatus
• Combustible material near BBT, Combustible material near IPS-Unit
• Combustible material near Light-shed
• Combustible material near MCCB/MCB-box
• Combustible material near Switch-Board
• Combustible material near/surrounding Socket
• Combustible material used as support for any installation
• Combustible material: IPS-Unit kept on combustible material
• Earth-bar shorted with neutral-bar
• Earthing cable not connected properly at the panel door
• Earthing: One point frame earthing of the generator instead of two
• Flexible cord’s outer insulation discontinued
• Lint/dirt present in the transformer area
• Lint/dirt present on the top and at the bottom of the transformer
• Lint/dirt: Lint/dirt present in the S/S or generator room
• Lint/dirt present in the S/S room
• lint/ dirt, spider-net or combustible material present inside the panel board
• Improper installation of light sheds
• Improper installation of MCB/MCCB
• Improper installation of socket
• Improper installation:-Cable laying on the Cable Tray improperly
• Improper installation:-Ceiling fan blade at accessible height
• Improper installation:-Chemical stored inside the maintenance room without any proper separator.
• Improper installation:-DB installed at a height out of normal reach
• Improper installation:-DB installed in the chemical room / chemical store
• Improper installation:-Empty earth-bar
• Improper installation:-Empty neutral-bar
• Improper installation:-Equipment-earthing and system-earthing shorted
• Improper installation: Extension line taken from ceiling rose point instead of socket outlet.
• Improper installation:-Lamp holder at an accessible height & without any lamp
• Improper installation:-MCB/MCCB installed without enclosur
• Improper installation:-Neutral & earthing of transformer are connected at the same point
• Improper installation: No neutral-bar at all
• Improper installation:-Normal light (uncovered) above combustible materials
• Improper installation:-Normal light above combustible materials or chemical in store
• Improper installation:-Normal Socket installed in the chemical room /chemical store
• Improper installation:-Normal Switch Board installed in the chemical room / chemical store
• Improper installation:-Pump/Motor base not made properly
• Improper installation:-Pump/Motor not fixed with base properly
• Improper installation:-SB installed at an inaccessible height
• Improper installation:-Scotch tape used to tie wires inside the panel board instead of cable tie.
• Improper installation:-Cable conduit on wall not clipped properly
• Improper installation:-Rod-gap not aligned
• Improper installation:-Indicators not in proper sequence (R-Y-B)
• Improper installation:-No cover on cable trench specially in sub-station and generator room.
• Improper installation:-Undressed messy wire present inside the panel.
• Improper installation:-Undressed power electrical conduits.
• Improper installation:-Wiring channel under the table
• Lighting: No/insufficient light on working platform in the maintenance room
• Lighting: No/insufficient lighting inside the S/S or generator room
• Loose:-Bracket light holder loos
• Loose:-Ceiling rose loose
• Loose:-Light shed loo
• Loose:-MCB/MCCB-box loose / broken / not sealed
• Loose:-Socket loose / broken / not sealed
• Loose:-Tube light guard loosens and tied with copper-wire
• Mechanical guard :-No/ broken /discontinued /insufficient mechanical guard on power cable at wall/floor
• Mechanical guard :-No/ broken /discontinued /insufficient mechanical guard on wiring cable
• Missing: Horn-gap upper/lower part missing
• Missing: Bracket light cover missing
• Missing: Silica gel of x-former breather becomes brown
• Missing: Transformer breathers oil pot em
• No earthing connection at electric iron (if metal body)
• No earthing connection at spot removing spray gun
• No ECC:-Motor ECC not done
• No frame earthing at generator
• No earth bus-bar at all
• No earthing connection at any rotating M/C
• No earthing connection at auto shaker M/C at lab
• No earthing connection at cad tester M/C at lab
• No earthing connection at fridg
• No earthing connection at grinding M/C
• No earthing connection at kettle
• No earthing connection at Socket
• No earthing connection at the welding M/C
• No earthing connection at the welding M/C (or other M/C)
• No ECC at any electric equipment
• No ECC:-at IP
• No ECC:-Cable armor not connected with the ECC
• No ECC: Pump suction and delivery pipe ECC not done
• Inadequate ECC at electrical equipment/Panel/ Motor
• No earthing connection at the panel door
• No ECC:-Cable channel body earthing not done
• No ECC:-Cable trunking body earthing not done
• No/insufficient/incomplete lightning protection
• No/insufficient/unsafe stair at the entrance of the substation     
• No/insufficient/unsafe stair to the entrance of lift room
• Not sealed:-BBT end cover missing
• Not sealed: Drill M/C (or other M/C’s) connection terminal not sealed properly
• Not sealed: Generator’s supply terminal box not sealed
• Not sealed: Motor connection terminal cover not sealed / glanded
• Not sealed:-No cover is used over ceiling rose
• Not sealed: Pump/Motor connection terminal cover not sealed / glanded properly
• Not sealed:-Top-Bottom of Energy meter Box/Enclosure open (not sealed)
• Not sealed:-Bottom of the panel (cable entry-exit point) is open
• Not sealed:-Panel door not sealed properly
• Not sealed:-Switch-Board loose / broken / not sealed
• Not sealed:-Tap-off box not sealed
• Not sealed:-The changeover switch enclosure not sealed
• Not sealed:-The Panel board not sealed
• Not sealed:-Top and bottom of the generator’s supply terminal box open
• Not sealed:-Top of the panel (cable entry-exit point) is open
• Not sealed: Circular Box cover broken
• Not sealed: Circular Box without cover
• Not sealed: No bush / gland at the cable entry-exit point
• Nut-bolt-washer for electrical connection rusted
• Panel door: Door lock bad
• Panel door:Panel door-hinge broken
• Panel door:Panel door cannot be closed fully
• Panel door:Panel door cannot be opened fully
• Panel door: Panel cover is fixed by nut-bolt
• Panel door:Panel door is locked by pad-lock
• Protection: Bypassing the Fuse
• Protection: Bypassing the incomer MCBB/MCB
• Protection: Bypassing the MCBB/MCB
• Protection: MCCB/MCB’s knob broken
• Protection: The incomer MCCB/MCB’s knob broken
• protection: Lines taken for indicators/Voltmeter/Ammeter w/o fuse or MCB
• Rubber mat ;-No rubber mat in front of the panel
• Rubber mat ;-Non-graded rubber mat in front of the panel
• separator :One slot left without phase separator at incomer MCCB’s input /output terminal
• separator: No/insufficient phase separator at incomer MCCB’s output terminal
• separator: No/insufficient phase separator at the MCCB’s input terminal
• Splicing / improper cable joint at the same point of both phase and neutral conductors
• Splicing / improper cable joint at the same point of both phase conductor and ECC
• Splicing / improper cable joint at the same point of both phases
• Splicing joint used instead of using earth-bar
• Splicing joint: No ceiling rose used to connect the tube light /tube light shed (connected by splicing joint)
• Splicing joint on cable inside Cable Channel without PIB tape
• Splicing joint: Exhaust fan connection through no outlet (connected by splicing joint)
• Splicing joint: Splicing at earthing bar
• Terminal open:-Battery terminal is open
• Terminal open:-Generator self starter’s connection terminal open
• Terminal open:-IPS-battery terminal open
• Unterminated /exposed wire/exposed conductor/exposed bus-bar end (live/dead) inside the panel
• Unterminated/open/exposed wire (live/dead) throughout the factory.
• W/O Lug: Connection at incomer MCCB’s input / Output terminal w/o lug
• W/O Lug: Connection without lug at phase bus-bar
• W/O lug: Wire connected to the PFI capacitor terminals without lug
• W/O Lug: Connection without lug at earth bar
• W/O Lug: Connection without lug at neutral bar
• W/O Lug: Earthing connected with x-former body w/o lug
• Water: Rain water enters into the substation
• Water dropping on the board
• Water dripping on exhaust fan
• Water line (tap) touching (adjacent to) the Panel
• Water line (tap) touching (adjacent to)/near the socket
• Water line (tap) touching (adjacent to)/near the switch-board
• Water line (tap) touching (adjacent to)/near to the light/light shed
• Measurement, Current, voltage measurement for all circuits in the LT,DB,MDB,SDB with connected load
• Insulation resistance, leakage current measurement for all power cables.
• Earth resistance test for all earth pits.
• Thermal scanning for all electrical joints. ( Transformer, Generator, LT, MDB,DB,SDB, power cables, Floor electrical joints general views)
• Earth continuity test for the electrical equipment and related accessories as sample bases.
• Document checking, Previous inspection result, notice for periodic inspection
• Design drawing, As built drawing, layout drawing, approved electrical demand note etc.