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Australian Standard
This standard, prepared by Committee EL/1, Wiring Rules, was approved on behalf of
the Council of the Standards Association of Australia on 3 November 1981, and was
published on 25 January 1982.
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ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL
INSTALLATIONS IN DOMESTIC
PREMISES
PREFACE
not intended as a replacement for AS 3000, SAA Wiring Rules, which stipulates the
minimum safety requirements relating to electrical installations in buildings.
This standard requires reference to the following standards:
AS 1680 Code of Practice for Interior Lighting and the Visual Environment
AS 3000 SAA Wiring Rules
CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
APPENDICES
A Guide to the Planning of Lighting Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B Guide to the Selection of Equipment and Appliances . . . . . . . . . 15
AS 3006—1982 4
Australian Standard
for
ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN DOMESTIC PREMISES
FOREWORD
requirements and having no margin to cope with an increase in the supply of electricity
necessary for the operation of additional electrical appliances.
Irrespective of the size of mains or the adequacy of final subcircuits in existing
premises, the occupants purchase and use an increasing number and variety of
appliances. In many cases this is done with an innocent lack of knowledge of the
capacity of the installation and, unfortunately, often with a complete disregard for the
dangers of improvization by using many appliances from one power point. It is most
important, therefore, at the time of planning the construction of the building, that
adequate provision should be made for all the electrical services which may be
required immediately and during the intended useful life of the building, otherwise the
householder may be forced to make use of adaptors and thereby risk overloading the
circuits.
The need, at some later stage in the life of the building, to extend and increase the
electrical installation may involve structural problems. In multiple dwellings, wiring
alterations may be difficult because the wiring is frequently encased in the building
with little or no facility provided to make it reasonably accessible for modification or
extension. In these buildings, the attendant structural problems, usually involved when
the electrical installation is to be extended or increased in capacity, may make even
minor alterations expensive.
This standard has been prepared in an effort to ensure that the electrical installation
in domestic premises is adequate to enable occupants to enjoy normal use of electrical
appliances without inconvenience and has been written in a form so as to be suitable
for reference to, or incorporation in, building specifications by those concerned with
the construction of single and multiple dwellings. It provides advice on the distribution
and positioning of lighting and power points for effect, comfort, convenience and
security, and is recommended as a guide for those planning a home.
5 AS 3006—1982
1.1 SCOPE. This standard sets out requirements for 1.4.2 Habitable room—a room having a minimum
electrical installation in domestic dwellings to floor area of 7.5 m 2 that is designed, constructed or
facilitate the satisfactory performance of household adapted for activities associated with domestic
electrical appliances. living.
The minimum requirements necessary to ensure safety NOTES:
from fire and electric shock are contained in AS 3000, 1. This defi niti on includes any bedroom, li ving room,
and are not dealt with in this standard. lounge room, music room, television room, kitchen,
dining room, sewing room, study, playroom,
sunroom and the like, but excludes any bathroom,
1.2 APPLICATION. The requirements in this laundry, toilet, food storage pantr y, walk-i n
standard are those which are considered essential to wardrobe, corr idor, (passage) hallway, lobby,
meet the foreseeable needs of an average household. photographic darkroom, clothes-drying room and
other spaces of a specialized nature occupied neither
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Sections 1, 2 and 3 apply to the electrical installation fr equently nor for extended peri ods.
in all domestic dwellings. Section 4 applies to installa- 2. Special considerati on is required in respect of a
tions where all appliances are to be electrically kitchen (see Clauses 3.1.1.2, 3.2.2.7 and 3.2.3.2).
operated. Section 5 applies to installations in which a
major appliance, such as a range or water heater, 1.4.3 Power point—any plug socket having a
utilizes an alternative energy source. Appendices A current rating of not less than 10 A and not more
and B are advisory only. Appendix A applies to than 20 A. This includes any plug socket of a 10 A
lighting facilities, types of luminaries, controls and multiple combination switch plug socket assembly,
arrangements, and Appendix B applies to the selection general purpose outlet, or any special purpose outlet.
of power appliances.
1.4.4 Lighting point—the termination of fixed
1.3 COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS. wiring specially intended for the connection of a
Every installation shall comply with AS 3000, which light fitting.
with this standard, shall be read in conjunction with
the regulations and any special requirements of the 1.4.5 Provision for—the provision of additional
Statutory Authority. capacity in final subcircuits and the installation of
any conduit or draw wire or other requirement to
facilitate the ready installation of wiring.
1.4 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this standard,
the definitions in AS 3000 and the following 1.4.6 Small dwelling—a domestic dwelling having
definitions apply. not more than four habitable rooms, one of which
1.4.1 Domestic dwelling—a single residence may include a kitchen.
individual flat or individual home unit but not
including a caravan, motel, hotel, boarding house,
hospital or other like residential premises.
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