57-4 POWER WEFEWEWER BAWUR
Faction” This entice section devoted to the rire
nents for properly grounding elctsieal systems to
fensure safay. A dtnction is tage between Systems
‘over 790 V and those der that valine,
ales inthe grounding section rue lighting loads to
tse ye andl celts that we grounded ere to
tse omen entra conductor The proper ground
‘connections for systems F750 Vand below ae sw in
Fig ST-« Grounding connetions are at both the
sco and line (load) sie of «sevice extratoe (0 0
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‘The ampacty of grounding condutors is alo spac’
in this setion, The main specication Is that fat ce
‘rounding couductor The iven tine" determined by
the timourentchacactevstis ofthe fauls protestive
eve (the i, rctine relay ot breaker) und the
‘system impedance, The ampaeity comes fom manuf
ure! shortcrui withtond chart I the appropriate
valve snot determined, the grounding cond
te sacl for the Tul eed botinvons cae
supply transformer “a
. NESC PART 4
art 1 of the Safety Code tie “Rae op
lation and Maintenance of Bet Suyply
Equipment." Us park covers the leeks
‘ious as shown in Fig. 87-1(0). Elec
‘nist of reurating salons, eats
Sations "The ils sasume such are aoe
ualifedprsonnat” oly: That the gay
not expected tobe in the arta a
‘alo 110 requze ena for suply se
sist offences, seroons, arin, o malls Ti
feoponente within the sacha are al
Sloaranoereqlrenets tense pero
to come into contact with lve elcral
‘The enclosure generaly required to bel
to limit acces. Additionally the ets
Inside the enelonore nist have 4 sans
call afty clearance sone which depends
‘st voltage lve inthe substi, Ths ul
Signage os poate in ANSI 2395, The
isthat a warning sin ie posted on the
the basis breeched, a danse hn
tothe enclose
ANSI 2505 eipulates three pen of
‘warlng, md danger Caton sig ba
(round: and indie potential) haaa
Inoderate inno other consqutnee of
as. Warning signe ave an range
Indicate a potential basard of seis
Danger signs have «sed background
Immnvect hazard f brows inary or da
‘lamination levels are gvon in Rie 1
fable Iighing sna be ued to est th
alo 12 requitesNoors to be even and
‘ons mans be paint, marked, of po
signs, Stairways with Cee etps Jo
rally thew with Tour or more saps
bandas.
Rule 218 requires ext to be fie of
aultion, double exits are suited
‘nae a Sagi ee nucle.
Ral 123 requires protective gountl
with TERE Standart 80
Rule 124 requis ve part ovr 15)
Gane pi a pha! bat
{to verti Ceuence mint bs athe
Working spac, thats, hrzontsl
im Rule 195. ‘The space rogue i Oe
‘oltage level. The requiemcs
‘ocner ta 600 V an vols oF
orks at Jest 7 of hd larsce and 30 in of
hare cho maim. ‘The mocking spaces la NESC
15-1 ace for exposed enetized parts, and do nok
fi the pats are de-nergaed during maintenance
a
131 rogues that motors do not restart automat
ster a power outage if sich storing crear 6
rf personel. Thi meant that such motors
have low-voltage protection (LV) that requres
jerstor to plarcally restart tho motor folowing an
Le Lenwsotiage ruese (LVR) wa protedivg
fe tht allows cutomatie seta witht inerec:
Sich m human operator Sach LVR scheme are
ef werlag ins and tine jo are
Wo goveras the installation and use of batterie,
kn ras oft il, and associated rales hat
de ucuraulaton mut be kept below “expose
es thou the code dos ot mpeify an exponve
age. (The hydrogen percentage that explosive
roxmataly 6)
Stable forthe intended wae
Ssitable forthe envionment lorstion in which
‘se ind
5 voltage rating (he, lsulation rat) ade
Yolor the intended se
an ampacly (ie, curent eating) adequate for
fend woe
lg t0 Rulo 174 ses of move than 160 V to
6 carrying more than 60 A, set be cea
faoctng, ot be araca? ob able to disonaect
Bie power soure, or be rezoved wth lnulatad
Parstory ao common in the ult industry and
to protect equipment frm etching. ages
alge, Arretore are uentlone in Soon
+ 190-198. The hase requirements, however,
0 IEEE Standard C82 aed C6211
PART 2 -
the Sulety Code i titled “Safety Res fr the
i tod Maintenance of Overhead Electse Sp
[Pansouniation Lines” This part coves ove:
is shown in Fig, 87 1(b). The epecments
rnc mercer pew)
} and tbe strength of conssruetion.
1 for sevicing and maintennen is «concern
BX. The accanly se fe covered in Mle
WAYIGWAT ELECTRICAL -GAFETT CODE 57-5
219 and throughout Part 2 under te topics “ling
spac" *workig space” “working felitiey” and “clas
toe between conductors”
A wide variety of clearunoes are requied depending on
‘he stuasion. However, we important argutents cine
from the seg, and tension chart and the elects of
weather conditions, called loading, on the overt
lines. "The sag and tension chart ies the type ead
tempeatare of the cae, the spat length, aed ‘he
weather conditions (induding ior accumulation znd
‘wind speed) as inputs The output i the man
‘pected seg und tension othe overhead lie that is
then used to desanaine the construction grate, The sg
‘ud tension chact deta aren Ri 230, The crane
‘uted by Rule 250 vay with segions of the county,
‘ith Zone 1, 2, and 3 comeaponding to weather dedgu:
ons in fue 250 or heavy, ‘odium, aud lt,
respectively
‘Th standard weather condos for U.S. een are in
Rale 250 The lasietion ght, mean, and bene
‘The southera pares ofthe United Stats arn tbe kt
category the nrthwestem and central portions aren
the medium eatogory, andthe notteasleen portions ee
In the Bray category
‘The resultant construction grades rare ae ia Rk
240-243, snd are Gra 8 (the highest grade), Grade
(the maiium gre), and Grade N (che owese gra)
‘Tae strength requirements foreach construction gree
are ln Ral 200-268
8. ESC PART 2
ast 9c the Safety Code ited “Salety Rules forth
Installation and Maintenance of Underground Blctre
Supply’ and Communleation Linen” This port. coves
‘undergoand installations ae shown In Fig, Sf.
The reuiremente of Prt 3 fous on erro faa
latins for supply (power) and commusations (ile
‘hone and cable television, ate others). Theses
overlap at the underground rset aud overhead bok
btween Pare 2 ad Par 3
Acosibilty is a concern ofthis pat, The accesbiity
‘soe is covered in Rule 313 and throughout. Part 3
under te topes working apace, wotkng fect, nd
‘hacane betwen sondutors
Definitions are in Rule $20, and ate shown in Fig 87.5
Surprisingly, the Safety Code doce uot spect condi
bull depths but stead defers to "accep Bed prac
oc? which yenemlly means thatthe Rapienents of
he NEC are Sole
Rule 920 requires that conduit running longitudinally
Lunde: road shouldbe installed onthe shor and
fot praca, under one ane only, ‘Ths tla ue
quires that supply (power) asd eommanicaons line
Dosepartod a sow in Table 2,