Electrical Safety

Arming you with electrical installation instructions would be like handing you 5 gallons of gas and a lighted match. No good would even come of it and the building would likely burn to the ground.

- How to install the cables / wires? Hire a qualified electrician.

-where to install the cables /wires? Hire a qualified electrician.

- What kind of cables or wires should be installed in the cooking area? Hire a qualified electrician.

-What kind of pipes should be used ? Hire a qualified electrician.

- Where the plugs should be installed? Hire a qualified electrician.

-what about the hood lamps? Hire a qualified electrician.

- what about shut-off switch? Hire a qualified electrician.

Unless you pay the price for a qualified electrician you will be at risk:

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Of course NFPA70e should be the ruling document.

Rule 1: Hire a QUALIFIED electrician

Rule 2: If in doubt see Rule 1

No arguments no compromise, if your local electrician is not properly qualified then hire one from somewhere who is or you will achieve fame but no fortune as a Darwin Award recipient.

If unpopularity with the building's fire insurance company is a thing to be avoided, hire a qualified Electrician and obtain test certification documents to confirm that the installation is correct before paying the final invoice; these documents may be needed by the local Planning office before a building works completion certificate is issued and without it the freehold of the building could not be sold. In the UK, this individual will follow BS7671 to produce a compliant installation.

One problem with providing a concrete answer is that we do not know where Mr/Mz Kazzi is. The resources available in Albany, NY, for example, are quite different from *click*click*umba*click* in the middle of the African Savanna(1).

It could be that where Kazzi is, there are no enforced building or electrical codes, no consistent licensing and training of electricians, and no competent government officials to set up the official standards.

From Kazi's command of the English language, I'm reasonably sure that he is outside the North American or European continents, so he may be coming to us for help that his own country's leaders are unwilling/unable to supply. I for one am willing to give the benefit of the doubt and wait until we find out a little more about the conditions that let him to ask a forum of almost-anonymous Engineers for help.

Notes:

1) I specifically chose a no-running-water, no-electricity, no-internet village that has yet to see a white man so I wouldn't accidentally offend anyone. With no internet, they'll never know I picked on them here.

Friend,

The advice to find a qualified electrician is good. If you are wanting to do this work yourself and you don't already have at least 3-years of full-time SUPERVISED experience in the electrical trade, don't do it. The various electrical code books are NOT design guides nor are they texts that tell how to do the work--they are standards against which the finished work is measured. The experience and training received during those 3+ years of prior work are necessary to understand the hazards and ways to avoid them. The codes have been developed, based on over 100 years' experience with what works and what doesn't.

Things to consider:

1. Heat is your enemy. When carrying a load, wires produce heat and they are also exposed to heat in their environment. These add-up. The insulation on the wire can only be exposed to a certain amount of heat before it will be damaged and eventually cause a fire.
2. Every wire has a safe amount of electricity it can carry, called amps.
3. Every wire's insulation has a safe level of electricity it can protect, called volts.
4. Every circuit has a specific type or arrangement of wires to carry the electricity--such as single-phase, three-phase wye, and a number of others.
   
5. Every appliance used in a kitchen should have a label that tells you the amps, volts, and circuit type needed for that appliance. For motors, the label data leaves vital information that you will need to get from code tables.
6. Every circuit will run through areas that may expose its wires to elevated temperatures.
7. Every circuit must be protected against short circuits, overloads, and very often) ground faults.
8. The code books give tables that help to match wire size, insulation type, and protection devices against the needs of the appliance(s).
   
9. Put these things together and you can start.
10. But, you still need the experience and training to get the right stuff installed in a way that will keep it working safely. This includes any raceways or conduit needed, how to install them, protection from physical damage, labeling, testing, and many other items.

I suggest you ask the people who claim to know how to wire a commercial kitchen--have them give you references of completed work, proof of experience and training, licensing (if it is done where you live), and a written warranty against any faults or problems for at least 1 full year (this may mean some form of liability insurance and completed works insurance). If the person cannot supply these items, then I would agree with your opinion that they are part of the "95%" of people who don't know what they are doing.

--John M.

I have found a cook book for you while googling for safety and precautions
Electricity at work-Safe working practices "HSG85 (Third edition)Published 2013"
Go through it.
We hope it will help you in your kitchen.