California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 5 - Electrical Safety Orders
Group 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 11 - Grounding
EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
Section 2395.51 - Effective Grounding

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 2395.51

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and conductor enclosures shall:

(1) be permanent and continuous, and

(2) have ample carrying capacity to conduct safely any currents liable to be imposed on it, and

(3) have impedance sufficiently low to limit the potential above ground and to facilitate the operation of the overcurrent devices in the circuit.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 250-51.)

1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(c), Health and Safety Code.

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