New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter 2 - PLANT
Section 14:5-2.4 - Protection of cables installed parallel

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 14:5-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Where buried communication and buried supply conductors or cables are installed in the same trench generally parallel to each other, the buried supply conductors or cables shall be covered with concrete or rot-resistant treated wood planking or equivalent mechanical protection, except that this covering may be omitted in the following cases:

1. Where the voltage of the supply conductors does not exceed 550 volts between conductors;

2. Where the supply conductors or cables are encased in a continuous metallic sheath effectively grounded;

3. Where the supply conductors or cables are installed more than two feet horizontally from communication conductors; or

4. Where supply conductors over 550 volts between conductors are installed in accordance with 14:5-2.2(b)3.

(b) This separation and protection is not required where supply circuits having a potential of 550 volts or less between conductors and having a total transmitted power of not in excess of 3,200 watts are laid adjacent to communication cables, if all cables are used exclusively for the operation of a railway signal or supply system and are maintained by the same company.

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