National Electrical Safety Code /
"This publication consists of the parts of the National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC®) (Accredited Standards Committee C2) currently in effect . . . Major changes in the 2017 Edition include (1) adding definitions for communication and supply space, (2) adding exceptions for underground cable...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
IEEE,
2016.
PISCATAWAY : IEEE Press Books, 2016. |
| Edition: | 2017 edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the National Electrical Safety Code®
- Definitions of special terms
- References
- Grounding methods for electric supply and communications facilities
- Part 1: Safety rules for the installation and maintenance of electric supply stations and equipment. Purpose and scope of rules ; Protective arrangements in electric supply stations ; Installation and maintenance of equipment ; Rotating equipment ; Storage batteries ; Transformers and regulators ; Conductors ; Circuit breakers, reclosers, switches, and fuses ; Switchgear and metal-enclosed bus ; Surge arresters
- Part 2: Safety rules for the installation and maintenance of overhead electric supply and communication lines. Purpose, scope, and application of rules ; General requirements ; Relations between various classes of lines and equipment ; Clearances ; Clearance of wires, conductors, cables, and equipment from buildings, bridges, rail cars, swimming pools, and other installations ; Clearance for wires, conductors, or cables carried on the same supporting structure ; Climbing space ; Working space ; Grades of construction ; Loadings for Grades B and C ; Strength requirements ; Line insulation
- Part 3: Safety rules for the installation and maintenance of underground electric supply and communication lines. Purpose, scope, and application of rules ; General requirements applying to underground lines ; Underground conduit systems ; Supply cable ; Cable in underground structures ; Direct-buried cable and cable in duct not part of a conduit system ; Risers ; Supply cable terminations ; Equipment ; Installation in tunnels
- Part 4: Work rules for the operation of electric supply and communications lines and equipment. Purpose and scope ; Supply and communication systems, rules for employers ; General rules for employees ; Additional rules for communications employees ; Additional rules for supply employees
- Appendix A: Uniform system of clearances
- Appendix B: Uniform clearance calculations for conductors under ice and wind conditions
- Appendix C: Example applications for Rule 250C Table 250-2 and Table 250-3
- Appendix D: Determining maximum anticipated per-unit overvoltage factor (T) at the worksite
- Appendix E: Bibliography
- Index.