ELEC-08002 Practical Project Electrical installations for Single Phase Service Entrances
This practical course trains students to confidently install single‑phase service entrances for both single‑dwelling and multi‑dwelling residential buildings. Learners apply electrical codes, standards, and safe work practices to plan, install, and test service equipment, main disconnects, distribution panels, and sub‑panels
You had to design and explain how electricity enters a single house, is measured, protected, and safely distributed. The assignment covered the service entrance, meter base, feeder cable, distribution panel, grounding, safety steps, costs, and testing.
Showed the service entrance cable going into the meter base neatly through a brass gland.
Explained how the meter base separates live and neutral before feeding the panel.
Designed the distribution panel with a main breaker, bus bar, and space for branch circuits.
Added a grounding system using a 16 mm² bonding conductor to an 8‑ft ground rod.
Wrote a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) listing hazards, risks, and prevention steps.
Prepared a cost estimate for cables, panel, breakers, ground rod, conduit, and accessories.
Outlined inspection and testing (continuity, polarity, voltage, and functional tests).
This assignment required me to design and explain how a splitter unit divides a single‑phase service entrance into multiple feeders for separate dwellings.
What I did:
Showed how the splitter safely distributes power using busbars, mechanical lugs, and brass glands.
Wrote a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) covering hazards like live conductors, sharp edges, and incorrect torque, with control measures such as PPE and lockout/tagout.
Prepared a material list with costs for the enclosure, busbars, glands, conductors, ground rod, and accessories.
Explained grounding and bonding using a 6 mm² copper conductor connected to a 2.4 m ground rod, bonding the enclosure, meter bases, and panels.
Outlined testing procedures including continuity, polarity, insulation resistance, earth resistance, voltage, and load tests.
Summarized that the splitter unit provides a safe, TTBS‑compliant way to supply multiple dwellings with secure distribution and proper grounding.