Practitioner's Guide to Temporary Power Systems

James Eade is a Chartered Engineer who has worked in the entertainment industry for over 25 years, covering most genres including touring, theatre, corporate events and permanent installations. As well as providing engineering consultancy services, James was Technical Editor of Lighting & Sound International and Chair of the annual Industry Innovation Awards. He is involved with various trade associations and represents the industry on many national and international standards committees dealing with such standards as IEC 60364-5-55(551), BS 7671 and BS 7909. James also provides electrical safety management guidance and acts as an expert in insurance and legal cases.

• Section 1: IntroductionSection 2: The electrical supplySection 3: Earthing and bondingSection 4: ProtectionSection 5: Isolation and switchingSection 6: Power quality and energy efficiencySection 7: Special locations and emergency requirementsSection 8: Inspection and testingSection 9: Example temporary systemsAppendix A: Maximum permissible measured earth fault loop impedanceAppendix B: Current-carrying capacities and voltage drop for common flexible cablesAppendix C: Resistance of copper and aluminium conductorsAppendix D: Circuit-breaker operating curves 101Appendix E: Operating times of RCDs to BS EN 61008 & BS EN 61009 (including DC performance characteristics)Appendix F: BS 7909 model formsAppendix G: Schedule of Test Results