BICSI N3 2020
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ANSI/BICSI N3-20, Planning and Installation Methods for the Bonding and Grounding of Telecommunication and ICT Systems and Infrastructure
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BICSI | 2020 |
Prevent injury and equipment damage through proper installation of an ICT bonding and grounding system. With the complexity of today’s infrastructure with little margin for outages, any system, including the grounding and bonding network, can be the weakest link. As the best design can be undone by poor implementation, ANSI/BICSI N3 specifies aspects of the planning and installation of telecommunications bonding and grounding systems. ANSI/BICSI N3 is also compliant with NFPA 70, National Electrical Code® and the primary ICT bonding and grounding infrastructure design standards (i.e., ANSI/TIA-607, ISO/IEC 30129), helping to ensue the effectives of these systems.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | BICSI International Standards |
| 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| 8 | INDEX OF FIGURES |
| 10 | INDEX OF TABLES |
| 14 | 1 Introduction 1.1 General 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Categories of Criteria |
| 16 | 2 Scope Figure 2-1 Example Illustration of a Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding System |
| 18 | 3 Required Standards and Documents |
| 20 | 4 Definitions, Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units of Measurement 4.1 Definitions |
| 21 | 4.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations 4.3 Units of Measurement |
| 22 | 4.4 Standardized and Regional Terminology Equivalents Table 4-1 Regional Terminology Equivalents – by Standardized Term |
| 23 | Table 4-2 Regional Terminology Equivalents – by Regional Term |
| 24 | 5 Regulatory and Safety 5.1 Requirements 5.2 Recommendations |
| 26 | 6 Components 6.1 General 6.2 Conductors 6.3 Busbars 6.3.1 Primary Bonding Busbar (PBB) Figure 6-1 Example of a PBB 6.3.2 Secondary Bonding Busbar (SBB) Figure 6-2 Example of an SBB |
| 27 | 6.4 Bonding Connectors 6.4.1 Compression 6.4.2 Mechanical 6.4.3 Exothermic Figure 6-3 Examples of Compression Connectors Figure 6-4 Example of a Mechanical Connector Figure 6-5 Example of an Exothermic Weld |
| 28 | 7 Planning 7.1 General 7.2 Electrical System 7.2.1 Bonding to the Electrical Power System 7.2.2 Primary Protector 7.3 Bonding Conductors 7.3.1 General 7.3.2 Size 7.3.3 Usage |
| 29 | 7.4 Busbars 7.4.1 Primary Bonding Busbar (PBB) 7.4.2 Secondary Bonding Busbar (SBB) 7.5 Bonding Connections 7.6 Connections to the PBB/SBB 7.6.1 Electrical Distribution Panel (EDP) 7.6.2 Structural Metal 7.6.3 Conduit 7.6.4 Telecommunications Equipment Bonding Conductor (TEBC) |
| 30 | 7.7 Bonding Equipment, Racks and Cabinets 7.7.1 General 7.7.2 Methods to Bond Equipment Racks to the Bonding System |
| 31 | Figure 7-1 Example of Three Methods to Bond Equipment and Racks |
| 32 | 7.7.3 Rack Isolation Figure 7-2 Example of Rack Isolation Using a Rack Isolation Pad |
| 34 | 8 Installation Practices 8.1 Electrical Systems 8.1.1 Bonding to the Electrical Power System 8.1.2 Primary Protector 8.2 Bonding Conductors |
| 35 | 8.3 Bonding Connections 8.4 Primary Bonding Busbar / Secondary Bonding Busbar (PBB/SBB) 8.4.1 Installation of the PBB/SBB 8.4.2 Connections Between a PBB/SBB and an EDP 8.5 Bonding the TBC, BBC, TEBC, UBC, or RBC to the PBB or the SBB 8.5.1 General Figure 8-1 Example of an Exothermic Connection and a Two-Hole Lug Connection to a Busbar Figure 8-2 Example of a Two-Hole Lug |
| 36 | 8.5.2 Installation Figure 8-3 Example of Trimmed Insulation from a Conductor Figure 8-4 Example of a Conductor Seen Through the Inspection Port Figure 8-5 Example of Crimping a Conductor in the Barrel of the Lug Figure 8-6 Example of a Barrel with Three Crimps Applied |
| 37 | Figure 8-7 Example of a Mold for an Exothermic Weld Figure 8-8 Mold Being Locked and Disk Inserted Figure 8-9 Pouring Weld Metal into a Mold Figure 8-10 Igniting the Accelerant |
| 38 | Figure 8-11 Removing Oxidation from a Busbar Figure 8-12 Applying an Antioxidant to the Cleaned Area of a Busbar Figure 8-13 Attaching a Lug to a Busbar |
| 39 | Figure 8-14 Lug Mounting Configuration Figure 8-15 Illustration of the Use of a Belleville Washer |
| 40 | 8.6 Routing the TEBC from the PBB/SBB to the Rack/Cabinet 8.6.1 General Figure 8-16 Example of a TEBC to Rack Bonding Conductor Connection |
| 41 | Figure 8-17 Example of a TEBC Routed on a Cable Tray 8.6.2 Bends Figure 8-18 Illustrated Bend Radius of a TEBC 8.6.3 Separation 8.7 Bonding Equipment Cabinets and Racks 8.7.1 TEBC Method |
| 42 | Figure 8-19 Illustration of a Connection Point to a Rack from a TEBC 8.7.2 Supplemental Bonding Structure Method Figure 8-20 Example of Equipment Rack Bonding to a Mesh-BN |
| 43 | 8.7.3 Structural Bonding of Equipment Cabinets/Equipment Racks Figure 8-21 Example of Detachable Bond Connections to a Cabinet Side Panel and Door |
| 44 | 8.8 Bonding Equipment to the Rack Bonding Conductor or Rack Bonding Busbars 8.9 Bonding Cable Runways and Cable Trays 8.9.1 General Figure 8-22 Illustration of Acceptable and Unacceptable Equipment Bonding |
| 45 | Figure 8-23 Examples of Two-Hole Lugs and a Wire Connector Figure 8-24 Example of a Bonding Jumper and its Installation Between Cable Tray Segments |
| 46 | 8.9.2 Installation 8.10 Ancillary Bonding Figure 8-25 Examples of a Flange Type Bonding Connector and Exothermic Weld Connection |
| 48 | 9 Testing and Inspection 9.1 Two-Point Ground/Continuity Testing Figure 9-1 Example of an Earth Ground Resistance Tester 9.2 Inspection |
| 50 | Appendix A Related Documents (Informative) |
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