APC 5000 User Manual

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2. Installation
2.15 Running the control/communications cables
Single UPS
The following assembly recommendations must be followed to ensure correct positioning and support of the various strands 
of the control and communication cables on the front face of the UPS.  
  
  
Separate the control and communication 
cables from the power cables.
Run the cables together in front of the 
protection panels and tie them to the panels 
as indicated in the figure opposite.
Slot for relay communications card
Free slot for optional communication cards
Tie
Screw-type terminal block for connection of 
EPO and battery circuit-breakers.
Ties
Cable description
Insulation level
Location on illustration
Relay communication card
SELV or LV
3
Optional communication card
SELV
4
General-shutdown cable
SELV
6
External battery circuit-breaker cables
SELV
7
 
To ensure sufficient isolation of exchange-current, CAN and external bypass cabinet cables, they must be run 
separately from the power cables. Reinforce the insulation of these control and communication cables if any risk of 
contact with the power cables subsists.
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