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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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.1 - General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Conductors and equipment shall be protected from
						  overcurrent in accordance with their ability to safely conduct
						  current.
1.
						  Repealer of Article 10 (Sections
						  2390.1-2390.83, not consecutive)
						  and new Article 10 (Sections
						  2390.1-2390.41, not consecutive)
						  filed 11-16-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
						  46).
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
						  45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 86, No. 37).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
						  5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
						  Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.10 - Grounded Conductors

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except for motor running overload protection,
						  overcurrent devices shall not interrupt the continuity of the grounded
						  conductor unless all conductors of the circuit are opened
						  simultaneously.
1. New
						  section filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only
						  pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.20 - Disconnecting Means for Fuses

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A disconnecting means shall be provided on the supply
						  side of all fuses in circuits over 150 volts to ground and cartridge fuses in
						  circuits of any voltage where accessible to other than qualified persons so
						  that each individual circuit containing fuses can be independently disconnected
						  from the source of power. However, a current-limiting device without a
						  disconnecting means is permitted on the supply side of the service
						  disconnecting means. In addition, a single disconnecting means is permitted on
						  the supply side of more than one set of fuses as permitted by the exception in
						  Section 2530.112 for group operation of
						  motors, and a single disconnecting means is permitted for fixed electric
						  space-heating equipment.
1. New
						  section filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only
						  pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.24 - Location

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Overcurrent devices shall be readily accessible to each
						  employee or authorized building management personnel. These overcurrent devices
						  shall not be located where they will be exposed to physical damage or in the
						  vicinity of easily ignitable material.
1.
						  Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
						  Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
						  37).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative
						  5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.41 - Arcing or Suddenly Moving Parts

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Arcing or suddenly moving parts shall comply with the
						  following:
(a) Location. Fuses and
						circuit breakers shall be so located or shielded that persons will not be
						burned or otherwise injured by their operation.
(b) Suddenly Moving Parts. Handles or levers
						of circuit breakers, and similar parts which may move suddenly in such a way
						that persons in the vicinity are likely to be injured by being struck by them,
						shall be guarded or isolated.
1.
						  Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
						  Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
						  37.)
3. Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE filed 5-5-2008;
						  operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.42 - Indicating. [Renumbered]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
						  Renumbering and amendment of Section
						  2390.42 to Section
						  2390.81 filed 8-27-86; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37). For prior history, see
						  Registers 83, Nos. 45 and 6.
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code; and Section
							 18943(c),
							 Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.43 - Circuit Breakers Used as Switches. [Renumbered]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
						  Renumbering and amendment of Section
						  2390.43 to Section
						  2390.83 filed 8-27-86; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37). For prior history, see
						  Registers 83, Nos. 45 and 6.
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code; and Section
							 18943(c),
							 Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.81 - Circuit Breakers

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						Circuit breakers shall clearly indicate whether they are in the open "off" or
						closed "on" position.
(b) Where
						circuit breaker handles on switchboards or in panelboards are operated
						vertically rather than rotationally or horizontally, the up position of the
						handle shall be the "on" position.
(c) Circuit Breakers Used as Switches.
Where used as switches in 120-volt and 277-volt
						  fluorescent lighting circuits, circuit breakers shall be listed and shall be
						  marked "SWD."
(d)
						Applications.
(1) A circuit breaker with a
						straight voltage rating, such as 240 V or 480 V, shall only be installed in a
						circuit in which the nominal voltage between any two conductors does not exceed
						the circuit breaker's voltage rating. A two-pole circuit breaker shall not be
						used for protecting a 3-phase, corner-grounded delta circuit unless the circuit
						breaker is marked 1[PHI] - 3[PHI] to indicate such suitability.
(2) A circuit breaker with a slash rating,
						such as 120/240 V or 480Y/277 V, shall only be installed in a circuit where the
						nominal voltage of any conductor to ground does not exceed the lower of the two
						values of the circuit breaker's voltage rating and the nominal voltage between
						any two conductors does not exceed the higher value of the circuit breaker's
						voltage rating.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 10 - Overcurrent Protection › Section 2390.83 - Circuit Breakers Used as Switches. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
						  Renumbering and amendment of former Section
						  2390.43 to Section
						  2390.83 filed 8-27-86; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37). For prior history, see
						  Registers 83, Nos. 45 and 6.
2. Repealer of section and amendment of
						  NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only
						  pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › Section 2395.1 - Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Article covers general requirements for grounding
						  and bonding of electrical installations, and specific requirements in Section
						  2395.1(a) through
						  (g) below.
(a) Systems, circuits, and equipment
						required, permitted, or not permitted to be grounded.
(b) Circuit conductor to be grounded on
						grounded systems.
(c) Location of
						grounding connections.
(d) Types
						and sizes of grounding and bonding conductors and electrodes.
(e) Methods of grounding and
						bonding.
(f) Conditions under which
						guards, isolation, or insulation may be substituted for grounding.
(g) Connections for lightning rods.
NOTE: Circuits are grounded to limit excessive voltages
						  from lightning line surges, or unintentional contact with higher voltage lines
						  and to limit the voltage to ground during normal operation.
NOTE: Conductive materials enclosing electric
						  conductors or equipment, or forming part of such equipment, are grounded for
						  the purpose of preventing a voltage above ground on these materials.
(Title 24, Part 3, Sections
						  250-1 and
						  3-250 -
						  1(g).)
1.
						  Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
						  Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
						  37.)
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code; and Section
							 18943(c),
							 Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › Section 2395.3 - Direct-Current Systems

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Systems to be Grounded. Systems that supply premises
						  wiring shall be grounded as follows:
(a) Two-Wire Direct Current Systems. Two-wire
						DC systems operating at over 50 volts through 300 volts between conductors
						shall be grounded.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
						A system equipped with a ground detector and supplying only industrial
						equipment in limited areas.
2. A
						rectifier derived DC system supplied from a grounded AC system.
3. DC Fire Alarm Circuits having a maximum
						current of 0.030 amperes.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › Section 2395.5 - Alternating-Current Circuits and Systems to be Grounded

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
AC circuits and systems supplying premises wiring shall
						  be grounded as provided for in this Section.
(a) AC circuits of less than 50 volts shall
						be grounded under any of the following conditions:
(1) Where supplied by transformers if the
						transformer primary supply system exceeds 150 volts to ground.
(2) Where supplied by transformers if the
						transformer primary supply system is ungrounded.
(3) Where installed as overhead conductors
						outside of buildings.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › Section 2395.6 - Portable and Vehicle-Mounted Generators

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The frame of a portable generator need
						not be grounded and may serve as the grounding electrode for a system supplied
						by the generator under the following conditions:
(1) The generator supplies only equipment
						mounted on the generator or cord- and plug-connected equipment through
						receptacles mounted on the generator, or both; and
(2) The noncurrent-carrying metal parts of
						equipment and the equipment grounding conductor terminals of the receptacles
						are bonded to the generator frame.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › Section 2395.7 - Circuits Not to be Grounded. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
						  Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
						  Editorial correction filed 11-3-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
3.
						  Amendment deleting subsection (a) designation only filed 8-27-86; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
4. Repealer of
						  section and amendment of NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to
						  OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › LOCATION OF SYSTEM GROUNDING CONNECTIONS › Section 2395.21 - Objectionable Current over Grounding Conductors. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Repealer filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › LOCATION OF SYSTEM GROUNDING CONNECTIONS › Section 2395.23 - Grounding Connections

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For a grounded system, a grounding
						  electrode conductor shall be used to connect both the equipment grounding
						  conductor and the grounded circuit conductor to the grounding electrode. Both
						  the equipment grounding conductor and the grounding electrode conductor shall
						  be connected to the grounded circuit conductor on the supply side of the
						  service disconnecting means, or on the supply side of the system disconnecting
						  means or overcurrent devices if the system is separately derived.
(b) For an ungrounded service-supplied
						  system, the equipment grounding conductor shall be connected to the grounding
						  electrode conductor at the service equipment. For an ungrounded separately
						  derived system, the equipment grounding conductor shall be connected to the
						  grounding electrode conductor at, or ahead of, the system disconnecting means
						  or overcurrent devices.
(c) On
						  extensions of existing branch circuits that do not have an equipment grounding
						  conductor, grounding-type receptacles may be grounded to a grounded cold water
						  pipe near the equipment if the extension was installed before May 5, 2008.
(1) When any element of this branch circuit
						  is replaced, the entire branch circuit shall use an equipment grounding
						  conductor that complies with all other provisions of Article
						  11.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › LOCATION OF SYSTEM GROUNDING CONNECTIONS › Section 2395.25 - Conductor to Be Grounded - Alternating-Current Systems

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For AC premises wiring systems the conductor required
							 to be grounded by Section
							 2395.5 shall be as follows:
(a) One conductor of a single-phase, two-wire
						  system shall be grounded;
(b) The
						  neutral conductor of a single-phase, three-wire system shall be
						  grounded;
(c) The common conductor
						  of a multiphase system having one wire common to all phases shall be
						  grounded;
(d) One phase conductor
						  of a multiphase system where one phase is grounded shall be grounded;
						  and
(e) The neutral conductor of a
						  multiphase system in which one phase is used as a neutral conductor shall be
						  grounded.
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Repealer and new section filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
							 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
							 Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › LOCATION OF SYSTEM GROUNDING CONNECTIONS › Section 2395.26 - Grounding Separately Derived Alternating-Current Systems. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Repealer filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › ENCLOSURE GROUNDING › Section 2395.32 - Supports, Enclosures, and Equipment to be Grounded

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Metal cable trays, metal raceways, and
						  metal enclosures for conductors shall be grounded, except that:
(1) Metal enclosures such as sleeves that are
						  used to protect cable assemblies from physical damage need not be grounded;
						  and
(2) Metal enclosures for
						  conductors added to existing installations of open wire, knob-and-tube wiring,
						  and nonmetallic-sheathed cable need not be grounded if all of the following
						  conditions are met:
(A) Runs are less than
						  25.0 feet (7.62 meters);
(B)
						  Enclosures are free from probable contact with ground, grounded metal, metal
						  laths, or other conductive materials; and
(C) Enclosures are guarded against employee
						  contact.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › ENCLOSURE GROUNDING › Section 2395.33 - Other Conductor Enclosures. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
							 Amendment filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
							 12).
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment deleting subsection (a) designation only filed
							 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
4. Repealer of section and amendment of NOTE filed 5-5-2008;
							 operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.42 - Equipment Fastened in Place or Connected by Permanent Wiring Methods (Fixed)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Exposed noncurrent-carrying metal parts of fixed
							 equipment that may become energized shall be grounded under any of the
							 following conditions:
(a) Where within
						  8 feet vertically or 5 feet horizontally of ground or grounded metal objects
						  and subject to contact by persons.
(b) Where located in a wet or damp location
						  and not isolated.
(c) Where in
						  electrical contact with metal.
(d)
						  Where in a hazardous (classified) location as covered by Article 59.
(e) Where supplied by a metal-clad,
						  metal-sheathed, or grounded metal-raceway wiring method.
(f) Where equipment operates with any
						  terminal at over 150 volts to ground.
(g) Grounding of equipment mounted on poles
						  shall comply with the Rules of Overhead Electric Line Construction of the
						  California Public Utilities Commission, General Order No. 95.
EXCEPTIONS: to Section
							 2395.42: Exposed
							 noncurrent-carrying metal parts of the following types of fixed equipment need
							 not be grounded:
1. Enclosures for
						  switches or circuit breakers used for other than service equipment and
						  accessible to qualified persons only;
2. Electrically heated appliances that are
						  permanently and effectively insulated from ground;
3. Distribution apparatus, such as
						  transformer and capacitor cases, mounted on wooden poles, at a height exceeding
						  8 feet (2.44 m) above ground or grade level; and
4. Listed equipment protected by a system of
						  double insulation, or its equivalent, and distinctively marked as
						  such.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.43 - Equipment Fastened in Place or Connected by Permanent Wiring Methods (Fixed) -Specific. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
							 Repealer and new section filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 79, No. 12). For history of former section, see Register 75, No.
							 42.
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
4. Repealer of section and amendment of NOTE
							 filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant
							 to Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.44 - Nonelectrical Equipment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The metal parts of nonelectrical equipment described
							 in (a) through (d) below shall be grounded.
(a) Frames and tracks of electrically
						  operated cranes and hoists.
(b)
						  Frames of nonelectrically driven elevator cars to which electric conductors are
						  attached.
(c) Metal partitions,
						  grill work, and similar metal enclosures around equipment.
(d) Hand-operated metal shifting ropes or
						  cables of electric elevators.
1.
							 Amendment of subsection (c) filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 79, No. 12).
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83
							 (Register 83, No. 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective
							 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
4. Amendment of
							 section and NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for
							 printing only pursuant to Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.45 - Equipment Connected by Cord and Plug

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The exposed noncurrent-carrying metal
						  parts of cord- and plug-connected equipment that may become energized shall be
						  grounded under any of the following conditions:
(1) Utilization equipment used in hazardous
						  (classified) locations (See Article 59).
(2) Any electric equipment which is operated
						  at over 150 volts to ground.
(3) If
						  the equipment is of the following types:
(A)
						  Refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners.
(B) Clothes-washing, clothes-drying and
						  dishwashing machines, sump pumps, and electrical aquarium equipment.
(C) Hand-held motor-operated tools,
						  stationary and fixed motor-operated tools, and light industrial motor-operated
						  tools.
(D) Motor-operated tools and
						  utilization equipment of the following types: drills, hedge clippers, lawn
						  mowers, snow blowers, wet scrubbers, sanders and saws.
(E) Cord- and plug-connected appliances used
						  in damp or wet locations or by persons standing on the ground or on metal or
						  exposed concrete floors or working inside of metal tanks or boilers.
(F) Portable and mobile x-ray and associated
						  equipment.
(G) Portable hand
						  lamps.
(H) Tools likely to be used
						  in wet and conductive locations.
EXCEPTIONS to 2395.45: The following equipment shall
							 not be required to be grounded:
(1)
						  Listed portable tools or utilization equipment likely to be used in wet and
						  conductive locations if supplied through an isolating transformer with an
						  ungrounded secondary of not over 50 volts.
(2) Listed or labeled portable tools and
						  utilization equipment protected by an approved system of double insulation.
						  Where such a system is employed, the equipment shall be distinctively
						  marked.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.50 - Equipment Grounding Connections. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
3. Repealer of section and amendment of NOTE filed 5-5-2008;
							 operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.51 - Effective Grounding

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The path to ground from circuits,
						  equipment, and conductor enclosures shall:
(1) be permanent and continuous,
						  and
(2) have ample carrying
						  capacity to conduct safely any currents liable to be imposed on it,
						  and
(3) have impedance sufficiently
						  low to limit the potential above ground and to facilitate the operation of the
						  overcurrent devices in the circuit.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-51.)
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.54 - Common Grounding Electrode

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Where an AC system is connected to a grounding
							 electrode in or at a building as specified in Section
							 2395.23, the same electrode shall
							 be used to ground conductor enclosures and equipment in or on that
							 building.
NOTE: Two or more electrodes that are effectively
							 bonded together shall be considered as a single electrode in this sense.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-54).
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.57 - Equipment Fastened in Place or Connected by Permanent Wiring Methods (Fixed) -Grounding

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Noncurrent-carrying metal parts of fixed equipment,
							 raceways, and other enclosures, where required to be grounded, shall be
							 grounded by an equipment grounding conductor that is contained within the same
							 raceway, cable, or cord, or runs with or encloses the circuit conductors. For
							 dc circuits only, the equipment grounding conductor may be run separately from
							 the circuit conductors.
1.
							 Repealer and new section filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 79, No. 12). For history of former section, see Register 75, No.
							 42.
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
							 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
							 Labor Code
							 142.3(a)(3)
							 (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.58 - Electric Equipment Considered Effectively Grounded

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following electric equipment, under the
							 conditions specified in (a) and (b) below, shall be considered effectively
							 grounded:
(a) Electric equipment
						  secured to, and in electrical contact with, a metal rack or structure that is
						  provided for its support and the metal rack or structure is grounded by the
						  method specified for the noncurrent-carrying metal parts of fixed equipment in
						  Section 2395.57.
(1) For installations made before April 16,
						  1981, electric equipment is also considered to be effectively grounded if it is
						  secured to, and in metallic contact with, the grounded structural metal frame
						  of a building. The structural metal frame of a building shall not be used as
						  the required AC equipment grounding conductor for installations made on or
						  after April 16, 1981.
(2) Effective
						  with installations on or after April 16, 1981, when any element of this branch
						  circuit is replaced, the entire branch circuit shall use an equipment grounding
						  conductor that complies with all other provisions of Article 11 of these Safety
						  Orders.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.59 - Cord- and Plug-Connected Equipment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Noncurrent-carrying metal parts of cord- and
							 plug-connected equipment, where required to be grounded, shall be grounded by
							 one of the methods indicated in (a), (b), or (c) below:
(a) By means of the metal enclosure of the
						  conductors supplying such equipment if grounding-type attachment plug with one
						  fixed grounding contact is used for grounding the metal enclosure, and if the
						  metal enclosure of the conductors is secured to the attachment plug and to
						  equipment by connectors approved for the purpose.
(b) By means of a grounding conductor run
						  with the power supply conductors in a cable assembly or flexible cord properly
						  terminated in grounding-type attachment plug with one fixed grounding contact.
						  An uninsulated grounding conductor shall be permitted but, if individually
						  covered, the covering shall have a continuous outer finish that is either green
						  or green with one or more yellow stripes.
(c) By means of a separate flexible wire or
						  strap, insulated or bare, protected as well as practicable against physical
						  damage, where part of an approved portable equipment.
1.
							 Repealer and new section filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 79, No. 12). For history of former section, see Register 75, No.
							 42.
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › EQUIPMENT GROUNDING › Section 2395.61 - Use of Grounded Circuit Conductor for Grounding Equipment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Supply-Side
						  Equipment. A grounded circuit conductor shall be permitted to ground
						  noncurrent-carrying metal parts of equipment on the supply side of the service
						  disconnecting means, such as meter enclosures, service raceways, etc., and on
						  the supply side of the main disconnecting means of separate buildings and of
						  separately derived systems.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-61(a).)
(b) Load-Side Equipment. A grounded circuit
						  conductor shall not be used for grounding noncurrent-carrying metal parts of
						  equipment on the load side of the service disconnecting means or on the load
						  side of a separately derived system disconnecting means or the overcurrent
						  devices for a separately derived system not having a main disconnecting means.
EXCEPTION: It shall be permissible to ground meter
							 enclosures by connection to the grounded circuit conductor on the load-side of
							 the service disconnect if:
a. No
						  service ground-fault protection is installed; and
b. All meter enclosures are located adjacent
						  to the service disconnecting means.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-61(b) without
							 Exceptions 1 or 2.)
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.70 - General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Bonding shall be provided where necessary to assure
							 electrical continuity and the capacity to conduct safely any fault current
							 likely to be imposed. (Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-70.)
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Amendment deleting subsection (a) designation only filed 8-27-86; effective
							 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.71 - Bonding Service Equipment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The metal noncurrent-carrying parts of equipment
							 indicated in (a), (b), and (c) below shall be effectively bonded
							 together:
(a) Service raceways cable
						  trays or service cable armor or sheath;
(b) All service equipment enclosures
						  containing service-entrance conductors, including meter fittings, boxes, or the
						  like, interposed in the service raceway or armor;
(c) Any metallic raceway or armor enclosing a
						  grounding electrode conductor.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-71(a).)
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.74 - Connecting Receptacle Grounding Terminal to Box

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An equipment bonding jumper shall be used to connect
							 the grounding terminal of a grounding-type receptacle to a grounded box.
EXCEPTION: No. 1: Where the box is surface-mounted,
							 direct metal-to-metal contact between the device yoke and the box shall be
							 permitted to ground the receptacle to the box. This Exception shall not apply
							 to cover-mounted receptacles unless the box and cover combination are listed as
							 providing satisfactory ground continuity between the box and the
							 receptacle.
EXCEPTION: No. 2: Contact devices or yokes designed
							 and listed for the purpose shall be permitted in conjunction with the
							 supporting screws to establish the grounding circuit between the device yoke
							 and flush-type boxes.
EXCEPTION: No. 3: Floor boxes designed for and listed
							 as providing satisfactory ground continuity between the box and the
							 device.
EXCEPTION: No. 4: Where required for the reduction of
							 electrical noise (electromagnetic interference) on the grounding circuit, a
							 receptacle in which the grounding terminal is purposely insulated from the
							 receptacle mounting means shall be permitted. The receptacle grounding terminal
							 shall be grounded by an insulated equipment grounding conductor run with the
							 circuit conductors. This grounding conductor shall be permitted to pass through
							 one or more panelboards without connection to the panelboard grounding terminal
							 so as to terminate directly at and equipment grounding conductor terminal of
							 the applicable derived system or service.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-74.)
1.
							 Editorial correction to add Exception No. 4 which was erroneously deleted in
							 Register 79, No. 12 (Register 79, No. 15).
2. Editorial correction
							 filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86;
							 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.75 - Bonding Other Enclosures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Metal raceways, cable trays, cable armor, cable
							 sheath, enclosures, frames, fittings and other metal noncurrent-carrying parts
							 that are to serve as grounding conductors, shall be effectively bonded.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-75.)
1. New
							 section filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
							 12).
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.78 - Bonding in Hazardous Locations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Regardless of the voltage of the electrical system,
							 the electrical continuity of metal noncurrent-carrying parts of equipment,
							 raceways, and other enclosures in any hazardous location as defined in Article
							 59 of these Orders shall be assured by any of the methods specified for
							 services that are approved for the wiring method used.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-78.)
1.
							 Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2.
							 Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
							 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.
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 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders › Article 11 - Grounding › BONDING › Section 2395.79 - Equipment Bonding Jumpers

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Material. Equipment bonding jumpers shall
						  be of copper or other corrosion-resistant material.
(b) Attachment. Equipment bonding jumpers
						  shall be attached in the manner specified by the applicable provisions of
						  Section 2395.113 for circuits and
						  equipment.
(c) Installation. The
						  equipment bonding jumper shall be permitted to be installed inside or outside
						  of a raceway or enclosure. Where installed on the outside, the length of the
						  equipment bonding jumper shall not exceed six (6) feet and shall be routed with
						  the raceway or enclosure.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section
							 250-79(a), (b) and
							 (e).)
1. New
							 section filed 3-20-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
							 12).
2. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No.
							 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
							 (Register 86, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code. Reference: Section
								142.3, Labor
								Code; and Section
								18943(c),
								Health and Safety Code.