Stepping on electrical cables
Stepping on electrical cables
(OP)
I recently had an incident where one of our mine operatives stepped on a submersible cable and it exploded (We later discovered that the cable was scavenged from the scrap yard). This cable was only carrying 20 A.
My initial thought was to bar everyone from stepping on cables even armoured XLPE cables. And then I also thought, I should put a policy in place that would prohibit stepping on cables. Now I want to run these suggestions by my boss, are these viable solutions?
My initial thought was to bar everyone from stepping on cables even armoured XLPE cables. And then I also thought, I should put a policy in place that would prohibit stepping on cables. Now I want to run these suggestions by my boss, are these viable solutions?






RE: Stepping on electrical cables
Forget about the cable 'only carrying 20A' becasue that is totally irrelevant. The condition you need to consider is the available fault current at that point, not the load current. It cound be many thousands of amps, perhaps tens of thousands.
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RE: Stepping on electrical cables
RE: Stepping on electrical cables
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If we learn from our mistakes I'm getting a great education!
RE: Stepping on electrical cables