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3SE BSEcE
Engr.Alvin C. Manongsong
8. Commercial power lines, being susceptible to voltage and current surges due to
lightning and switching operations, shall necessitate protection considerations to
prevent damage to equipment connected to such lines.
9. The minimum wire size is for electrical protection consideration only and if the
system design calls for portions of the grounding system network to carry
operating currents, the conductor size shall be increased correspondingly.
OUTDOOR PLANT SAFETY RULES
1. Outdoor electronic plants or systems should be of suitable design and
construction for their intended use, regard being given to the conditions under
which they are to be operated.
2. The owners and employees of such systems shall at all times exercise due care
to reduce to a minimum the hazard of accidental injury to their own or fellow
employees, to the public and other utilities.
3. Plants, in or out of service, shall be inspected regularly for the purpose of
insuring that they conform to the strength and electrical protection requirement of
this code.
4. Lines and portions of lines no longer required to provide the present or expected
service shall be removed by their owners or operators so that such lines shall not
become a public nuisance or hazard.
5. Where overhead wires passes through trees, safety and reliability of service
requires that a reasonable amount of tree trimming be done.
6. The poles or supporting structures of overhead lines shall be provided with an
earth ground whose earth resistance shall be no greater that 25 ohms, measures
by the fall of potential methods, and at intervals not greater than 400 meters.
7. Metallic sheaths of buried cables shall be bonded to an earth ground whenever
such cable makes an above ground appearance.
8. Communication entities owing poles or structures jointly used shall ascertain and
be responsible that strength and electrical protection requirements of this code
are met.
9. Communication circuits shall not be installed above supply circuits in excess of
7,500 volts.