GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ON
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ABBREVIATION
(Single) A
//TJ
2W Solid
3 cal cas
3 CD
3W Solid
4BJ
A
A (N)
ADV or ABP
AEP
AFP
AL
AL A
AL HVA
ALC PVC
ASB
B
B.S.
BJ
BL
Buttj
C
C.E.
CA
CAL CAS
CCTV
CD
CI
CNE
COMMS
CON
CONS
CS
CTV
Cu
FULL TERM
Single Armoured Cable
Parallel T Joint
2 Way Solid
Callendar casing 3 way
Cropton Davies Casing – 3 way
3 Way Solid
4 Way
Assumed or Armoured Cable
Armoured Cable Non Drain
Advertising Board/Pillar
Asbestos Everite Pipe
American Fibre Pipe
Aluminium Cable
Aluminium Conductor Armoured Cable
High Voltage Aluminium Conductor-Armoured
Aluminium Concentric (equivalent to CNE)
Advertising Sign Board or Alarm System Box
Blue
Bus Shelter/Stop
Breech/Trouser Joint
Bracket Lamp
Butt Joint or Dummy Breech Joint
Core
Cap End Joint
Concentric Armoured
Callender Casing
Closed Circuit TV
Cromton Davies Casing
Cast Iron Pipe
Combined Neutral and Earth
Communications Box
Concentric
Consac
Concentric Solid or Cut & Seal a Joint
Cable TV Box
Copper
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ABBREVIATION
D CAS
DBJ
DC DC +
DP
DUMMY
EHT
EHV
EOM
EWP
F.Pillar or FP
FS
GI
GIS
GND
GWB
H Type
H Type (Newer)
Doulton Casing
Double Breech Joint
Direct Current –ve
Direct Current +ve
Deep
Dummy Breech/Trouser Joint
Extra High Tension
Extra High Voltage (33000-132000 volts)
End of Main Joint
Earthen Ware Pipe
Feeder Pillar
Flat Seal Joint same as a CE or PE
Galvanised Iron Pipe
Geographical Information System
Geoschematic Network Diagram
Garden Wall Box
EVH Cables, larger than HV, Wire Armoured may have
communication cables running alongside
Black PVC Sheath, could be Wire Armoured or UnArmoured, sheath may be Graphite may have
communication cables
EVH Cables, larger than H Type, Wire Armoured may have
communication cables running alongside
High Voltage – (3300v-11000v)
High Voltage Armoured
High Voltage Joint
High Voltage Protected
High Voltage Wire Armoured
Ice Detector
Image Reflection Tool Kit
Unknown Joint
Keep Left
Kilo Voltage
Kilo Volt Amps
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ON
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HSL Type
HV
HVA
HVJ
HVP
HVWA
ICE DE
IRT
J
KL
KV
KVA
FULL TERM
ABBREVIATION
LB
LC
LP
LV
MP
MV
N
OOU
OS
P
P.Box
P.E.
PB
PCP
PICAS
PILC
PILCSTA
PILCSWA
FULL TERM
Lamp Bracket or Link Box
Lead Covered
Lamp Post
Low Voltage – (200-1000v)
Mini Pillar
Medium Voltage (equivalent to LV)
Neutral
Out of Use
Ordinance Survey
Protected Cable
Police Box
Post End or Pot End Joint
Pavement Box
Plastic Corrugated Pipe
Paper Insulated Corrugated Aluminium Sheathed
Paper Insulated Lead Covered
Paper Insulated Lead Covered Steel Tape Armoured – LV
Cable
Paper Insulated Lead Covered Steel Wire Armoured – HV
Cable
Usually laid alongside HV Cables, Wire/Tape Armoured –
Communication between Substations
Armoured Pilot
Protected Pilot
PVC Pilot
Pilot Joint
Protective Multiple Earth
Pawl Post
Parking Ticket Machine
Polyvynylchloride Pipes
Red
Road Sign
Resin Filled Joint
Road Management Unit – (Traffic Controllers)
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ON
PILOT A SP ENERGY NETWORKS DRAWINGS
PILOT
PILOT P
PILOT PVC
PJ
PME
PP
PTM
PVC
R
R.S.
RJ
RMU
ABBREVIATION
S + BJ
S + DBJ
S + TBJ
S.C.
S.E.
S.J.
S.L.P.
S.N.E.
S.S.
S/SLVE
S/Stn
SAC
SCA
SCCK or CCB
SPC PVC
St T
STA
SWA 33kv
T.A.
T.C.B.
T.S.
TBJ
TCA
TCS
TE
TELE J
TJ
TK or TCB
TM
TPN
TRIF J
TV AMP
TW
FULL TERM
Straight + Breech/Trouser Joint
Straight + Double Breech Joint
Straight + Triple Breech Joint
Speed Camera
Spare End
Straight Joint
Street Lighting Pillar or Switch Lamp Post
Separate Neutral and Earth
Speed Sign or Sleeve (Split) Joint
Sleeve Joint
Substation
Stranded Aluminium Conductor
Screen Wired Armoured
Speed Camera Control Kiosk (Speed Cameras)
Split Concentric (equivalent to SNE)
Steel Tape Armoured
Steel Tape Armoured
33kv Steel Wired Armoured (shown as a broken line in
1:500)
Tape Armoured
Traffic Control Box
Traffic Signal
Triple Breech Joint
Tape/Triple Concentric Armoured
Tape/Triple Concentric Solid
Tail End
Telephone Joint
Tee Joint
Telephone Kiosk
Traffic Management or Tap Meter (internal loop)
Triple Pole and Neutral
Trifurcating Joint (3 cables to 1 cable)
Television Amplifier
Twin Wire
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ABBREVIATION
VMU
W
WA
Waveform
WB or Wbox
XJ
XLPE
XMAS TREE
Y
YJ
ZC or ZX
FULL TERM
Vehicle Management System (traffic controllers)
White
Wire Armoured
Medium Density, Polythene – LV Cable
Wall Box
Low Voltage Joint
Single Core, un-armoured cable for 11/33kv, insulated in
Trefoil formation with separate earth conductors
Christmas Tree
Yellow
Breech/Trouser Joint or Straight & Breech/Trouser Joint
Zebra Crossing
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ON
SP ENERGY NETWORKS DRAWINGS