Transport Publication TP 127 E
35.1 The following items shall be considered as essential services for the purpose of these Standards:
- air compressors for main engines;
- scavenge blowers;
- bilge pumps;
- ballast pumps;
- fire and sprinkler pumps;
- circulating and cooling water pumps;
- condenser circulating pumps;
- condensate pumps;
- feed water pumps;
- fuel valve cooling pumps;
- lubricating oil pumps;
- oil fuel pumps;
- boiler fans for forced and induced draught;
- steering gear;
- windlasses;
- C.P. propeller stand by servo oil pump motors;
- lighting;
- cargo oil pumps;
- machinery space ventilation;
- ventilation fans for hazardous areas;
- thruster motors (not to include bow thruster(s); and
- communication equipment, in accordance with the applicable Regulation(s) and/or Rules as listed in subsection 35.2.
35.2 Notwithstanding the items listed in subsection 35.1, the Regulations and Standards listed below will provide specific requirements for electrical equipment and communicating equipment in each class or type of vessel:
- Fire Detection & Extinguishing Equipment Regulations;
- Small Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations;
- Large Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations;
- Collision Regulations;
- Hull Construction Regulations;
- Small Vessel Regulations;
- Towboat Crew Accommodation Regulations;
- Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations;
- Search Initiator Buoy Regulations;
- Ships Elevator Regulations.
- Marine Machinery Regulations
36. Drawings and Data for Submission
36.1 For new construction, the following drawings and data are to be submitted to the Board for inspection:
- Load Analysis;
- Short-circuit Analysis;
- Co-ordination Study of Main and Emergency Distribution Systems;
- Elementary Single Line Diagram of Main and Emergency Distribution;
- Elementary Single Line Diagram of Propulsion System, Wiring Diagram of Propulsion Control Circuits;
- Switchboard (to include general arrangement, wiring diagram, nameplates and bill of material);
- Starter Drawings (for all Essential Services as listed in Section 35);
- Lighting Circuits Wiring Deck Plan or Book of Diagrams (including symbol list);
- Power Circuits Wiring Deck Plan or Book of Diagrams (including symbol list) for passenger ships only;
- Cable Routing Arrangements or Wiring Deck Plans for vital and emergency circuits;
- Essential Interior Communication Systems-Block Diagrams;
- Essential Alarm Systems-Block Diagrams;
- Fire Detection System-Wiring Deck Plan and Block Diagram and Bill of Material;
- Automation or Remote Control Systems and Boiler Controls (including description of operation);
- Plan of Hazardous Zone(s) including type and classification of all electrical equipment located there-in;
- the emergency diesel generator automatic start wiring diagram and description of operation for the automatic start circuitry ;
- Machinery Arrangement of Emergency Generator Room;
- Programmable Logic Controllers - details of the hardware configuration and graphic representation of the program, e.g. flow charts, statement list, function or block diagram.
36.2 Where reconstruction or modifications are being carried out on an existing installation, plans covering all aspects of the modifications are to be submitted to the Board for inspection.
37. Distribution Panels and Sub-Distribution Assemblies other than Switchboards for Distribution or Propulsion
37.1 Distribution panels shall be constructed of corrosion resistant material with the degree of protection suitable for the location in accordance with the most recent edition of CSA Canadian Electrical Code Part 1 C22.1 or IEC Standard 592.
37.2 All current carrying components shall be manufactured from copper and surfaced to inhibit corrosion and reduce contact resistance; bus sizes to be in accordance with Table 9-1 of Section 9.
37.3 Each outgoing circuit shall be identified with a nameplate or a number and placed on a directory card affixed to the panel door or adjacent to the circuit.
37.4 Circuit breakers shall be suitable for the type of voltage ( ac or dc ), the voltage range and be in accordance with Section 2.7.
37.5 Distribution panels or sub-assemblies constructed of a molded composition shall be of a flame retardant material in accordance with ASTM D229-96 (American Society for Testing and Material Standards) and shall also be impervious to oil, moisture and ultra violet radiation.
37.6 Circuit breakers provided in distribution panels and sub-assemblies shall be in accordance Sections 9.3.10, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8 and 11.9.