Specifications

St. David Catholic School Manning Architects
Gym and Classroom Replacement N10.024.00
New Orleans, Louisiana July 20, 2012
PANELBOARDS 16400 -5
IDENTIFICATION
Identify field-installed conductors, interconnecting wiring, and components; provide warning
signs as specified in Division 16 Section "Basic Electrical Materials and Methods."
Panelboard Nameplates: Label each panelboard with engraved metal or laminated-plastic
nameplate mounted with corrosion-resistant screws.
Circuit Directory: Create a directory to indicate installed circuit loads after balancing panelboard
loads. Obtain approval before installing. Use a computer or typewriter to create directory;
handwritten directories are not acceptable.
FIELD QUALITY CONTROL
Testing and Inspection: After installing panelboards and after electrical circuitry has been
energized, demonstrate product capability and compliance with requirements.
Balancing Loads: After Substantial Completion, but not more than 60 days after Final
Acceptance, measure load balancing and make circuit changes as follows:
1. Measure as directed during period of normal system loading.
2. Perform load-balancing circuit changes outside normal occupancy/working schedule of
the facility and at time directed. Avoid disrupting critical 24-hour services such as fax
machines and on-line data-processing, computing, transmitting, and receiving
equipment.
3. After circuit changes, recheck loads during normal load period. Record all load readings
before and after changes and submit test records.
4. Tolerance: Difference exceeding 20 percent between phase loads, within a panelboard,
is not acceptable. Rebalance and recheck as necessary to meet this minimum
requirement.
END OF SECTION 16400