Installation
96/293 Revision 11 • INSTALLATION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS • NXPLUS C • 802-9081.9
13 Before installation
13.1 Preliminary clarifications
In order to load the transport units in a suitable installation order, the regional Siemens
representative requires the following information from you several weeks before delivering the
switchgear:
• Sketch of the installation room including the locations and numbers of the individual panels
and the storage space for the accessories
• Sketch of the access route from the public road to the switchgear building and information
concerning the condition thereof (meadows, arable soil, sand, gravel, etc.)
• Sketch of the transport route inside the switchgear building with the locations and
dimensions of doors and other narrow points, as well as the floor number of the installation
room
• Information about available lifting equipment, e.g. mobile crane, fork-lift truck, lifting truck,
hydraulic jack, roller pads. If no lifting equipment is available, please notify this explicitly
13.2 Intermediate storage
If the comprehensive accessories, the delivered switchgear or parts thereof have to be stored
before installation, a suitable storage room or place has to be selected and prepared.
Intermediate storage of the transport units:
• In original packing as far as possible
• Observe the permissible storage temperature from -25 °C to +70 °C in accordance with the
installed secondary devices
WARNING
Overloading of the storage space
Can cause serious injury. Can damage the storage place or the stored goods.
➭ Observe the load-bearing capacity of the floor.
➭ Do not stack the transport units.
➭ Do not overload lighter components by stacking.
WARNING
Fire risk
The transport unit is packed in flammable materials.
➭ No smoking.
➭ Keep fire extinguishers in a weatherproof place.
➭ Mark the location of the fire extinguisher.
NOTICE
Damaged packings of desiccant bags
Can cause corrosion of switchgear parts and formation of creepage distances by high air
humidity.
In the ambient air, the desiccant bags lose their effectiveness and cannot be used anymore.
➭ Do not damage or remove packing of desiccant bags.
➭ Do not unpack desiccant bags before use.
NOTICE
Outdoor storage of unpacked transport units
Can damage the transport units.
➭ Store transport units outdoors packed in seaworthy crates and in a weatherproof place.