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Subchapter 5. Electrical Safety Orders
Group 2. High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 8. Pull and Junction Boxes

§2752. Size of Pull Boxes and Raceway Entrance Locations.

(a) Pull boxes shall be of sufficient size and design to accommodate the installation and maintenance of all conductors installed in them without damaging the insulation on any conductor.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 3-370-51(a).)

(b) Where permanent barriers are installed in a box, each section shall be considered as a separate box.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 3-370-51(d).)

(c) One or more sides of a pull box shall be removable.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 370-51(c).)

(d) Horizontal conductors of 6 feet or more in length inside the box shall be supported.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 3-370-51(e).)

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(c), Health and Safety Code.

HISTORY

1. Editorial correction including renumbering of former Article 57 to Article 8
filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).

2. Amendment of article heading filed 4-1-2009; operative 4-1-2009. Submitted
to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3 (Register
2009, No. 14).

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