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 2 - High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 27 - Transformers
Section 2878 - Grounding

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 2878
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Transformer windings, if grounded, and metallic cases or enclosures for transformers shall be grounded in accordance with Article 6.

EXCEPTION: Cases of pole-mounted transformers need not be grounded, unless grounding is required by General Order No. 95, Rule 58.3C3, Rules for Overhead Electric Line Construction of the California Public Utilities Commission.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 3-450 - 10.)

1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2. Amendment filed 12-10-87; operative 1-9-88 (Register 88, No. 1).

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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