Feeder Pillars Explained: Features, Functions & Future-Proofing
Similar to a junction box, a feeder pillar box protects cables from moisture and filth and prevents anyone from touching live wires.
Feeder Pillar Components
A feeder pillar resembles a large steel closet. A feeder pillar’s exterior body normally has a thickness of 2 millimetres.
Electrical feeder pillars are commonly made of steel or aluminium sheets that have been electro- or electro-galvanized. Constructions with one or two walls can be found in a 4/6/8 distribution.
These include voltmeter-equipped instrument panels, selection switches, whole-house surge protectors, service fuses, and ammeters. All types of lighting applications are compatible with the design, buildings, and construction. On top of a steel base, the entire feeder pillar unit is placed.
Features of Feeder Pillars
- With front-end jointing for all incoming connections, rear and front-mounted phase busbars make it simple to examine, maintain, and install equipment.
- For dependable performance in all outdoor situations, canopies, double doors, weatherproof coating, rubber seal gaskets, and other features are included.
- Earth busbars, neutral earth busbars, and channel base earthing are all available for safely transporting any fault current.
- Features for increased security and dependability include tamper-proof locks, robust moulded DMC phase barriers spanning fuse-links and MCCB, and others.
- Through the use of appropriate cable clamps, feeder pillars are intended to handle various kinds of cable arrangements.
Electrical Distribution Feeder Pillars
Larger metering pillars can be designed ready to install on-site or supplied as empty enclosures for construction and modification by the contractor. These feeder pillars provide electrical power connections for single units to larger complex developments in the residential and commercial sectors. Smaller pillars for unmetered electricity supply include an isolation unit, cable earthing blocks, and a gland to suit armoured cables.
With high-security vandal-resistant locks, single or three-phase pillars with individual or group switching and fuse gear options give a secure and dependable power supply of up to 1600 amp current.
Parts of Feeder Pillars
A feeder pillar is like a big closet made of steel. The outside body of a feeder pillar is typically 2 millimetres thick.
Typically, electrical feeder pillars are constructed from electro-galvanized or electro-steel sheets. A 4/6/8 distribution contains one- or two-wall constructions.
These consist of ammeters, whole-house surge protectors, selection switches, instrument panels with voltmeters, and service fuses. Every kind of lighting application works well with the architecture, structures, and construction. The entire feeder pillar box is positioned atop a steel base.
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