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
LOCATION OF SYSTEM GROUNDING CONNECTIONS
Section 2395.25 - Conductor to Be Grounded - Alternating-Current Systems

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 2395.25

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

For AC premises wiring systems the conductor required to be grounded by Section 2395.5 shall be as follows:

(a) One conductor of a single-phase, two-wire system shall be grounded;

(b) The neutral conductor of a single-phase, three-wire system shall be grounded;

(c) The common conductor of a multiphase system having one wire common to all phases shall be grounded;

(d) One phase conductor of a multiphase system where one phase is grounded shall be grounded; and

(e) The neutral conductor of a multiphase system in which one phase is used as a neutral conductor shall be grounded.

1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2. Repealer and new section filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code 142.3(a)(3) (Register 2008, No. 19).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

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