Course

Electrical Safety - ELEC9716

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications

Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course covers the very broad and important area of electrical safety in domestic and industrial installations. Topic areas include, the effects of electric current passing through the human body; lightning hazards; protection of personnel: earthing and double insulation; protection of personnel: residual current detectors; effects of electric and magnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation; electrosurgical hazards; electrical fires and their investigation; electrical safety and the law; electrical safety in hazardous atmospheres: area classification; gas grouping; temperature classification; flameproof protection; intrinsic safety protection; increased safety protection; non-sparking protection; special protection; pressurization or purging protection; encapsulation, sand filled and oil filled protection; dust ignition proof equipment; cabling and terminations; certification, marking and quality control and maintenance requirements.


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