UK DNO Cable Marker Tapes and Cable Protection Tiles

Electric Cable Protection

SP Scottish Power Energy Networks

 

Approved cable marker tapes shall be installed 200mm above all low voltage cables and cable joints.

Approved cable marker tapes shall be installed 250mm above all 11kV cables and cable joints.

Where an 11kV cable is installed directly below another cable, the cable protection tape should be installed immediately below the higher cable.

Approved cable protection tiles shall be installed 75mm above all 33kV cables and cable joints.

Where existing cable warning markers on any LV-HV cable are disturbed or removed during excavation, these cable markers shall be replaced or renewed.

Where existing low or high voltage cables without cable warning markers are uncovered during the course of cable excavation, new marker tape or cable tile shall be installed over the complete exposed section of the existing cables.

Avoiding Danger from Underground Cables HSG47

UK DNO Cable Marker Tapes and Cable Protection Tiles