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Subchapter 5. Electrical Safety Orders
Group 2. High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
ARTICLE 20. INTERRUPTING AND ISOLATING DEVICES
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§2850. Interrupting Rating.


The interrupting rating of oil-filled cutouts shall equal or exceed the maximum fault current available at the cutout location, including contributions from all connected sources of energy, such as other lines, generators, large motors, etc.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 710-21(d)(2).)

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 189243(c), Health and Safety Code.

HISTORY

1. Editorial correction adding NOTE filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).

2. Amendment filed 12-10-87; operative 1-9-88 (Register 88, No. 1).

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