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Article 47 - Switches [Repealed]
Section 2480.3 - Enclosures

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 2480.3
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Switches shall comply with the following: All manually operated switches shall be of an approved externally operable type enclosed in boxes or cabinets, except where other types are specifically permitted by these orders. Switches are not required to be of the externally operable type when operating at 50 volts or less; as for example, in some electric furnace and electrolytic installations. In such cases the switches shall be protected by suitable guards or enclosures if they are exposed to danger of short circuiting or accidental contact.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 380-3.)

1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 2480.1 to Section 2480.3 filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37). For prior history, see 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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