Introduction to Electrical Safety Audit
Pro Arc Flash provides electrical system safety compliance audit and assessment for existing electrical systems and installations. This electrical safety compliance audit service is part of our Electrical System Audit & Assessment consulting services.
Why We Need an Electrical Safety Compliance Audit?
Identifying potential electrical hazards to prevent or minimize loss of life and property is perceived seriously by many industries the world over.
Benefit of Electrical Safety Audits
A properly designed, planned and executed electrical safety audit can bring out many hazards that could save life and property of the organization. The main benefits of electrical system safety assessment or audit are following:
- Identify hidden failure modes and electrical safety risks
- Identify actions required to meet new performance targets or regulations
- Electrical hazards to minimize the risk of accidents like fire due to short-circuiting
Scope of Electrical Safety Audits
Engineering
- Review of protection devices and systems
- Review of adequacy of cables and motors based on actual load current measurements and cable current carrying capacities.
- Examination of adequacy of plant lightning protection system as per national and international standards to suggest recommendations as per applicable
- Review of the hazardous area classification carried out in the plant and to review the selection, installation of special electrical equipment.
- To evaluate the earthing system (installation and maintenance) in the plant.
- Review of the following test records, evaluating the test results and to suggest recommendations as per applicable
- Transformer oil
- Insulation Resistance
- Earth Resistance
- To evaluate the potential electrical fire hazards in the plant electrical installation and to suggest fire protection measures as per applicable standards
- To identify the ESD (Electro-Static Hazards in the plant and to suggest recommendations as per applicable
