Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL
Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY
LIGHTNING ARRESTERS
Section 39.182 - Provisions for disconnecting

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 39.182

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) Lightning arresters on circuits over 7,500 volts shall be so arranged, isolated, and equipped that they may be readily disconnected from conductors to which they are connected by air break manual disconnectors having air gaps of not less than four times the equivalent needle point sparking distance of the operating voltage of the circuit to which the arresters are connected, and never less than eight inches.

(b) The disconnectors, unless remotely controlled and operated, shall have the adjacent working spaces required by § 39.160(d) (relating to guarding live parts of switches and automatic cut-outs not installed on switchboards), for disconnectors generally.

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 39.201 (relating to storage batteries, transformers and lightning arresters).

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