S.C. Code Regs. 71-5100 - Safety Standards for New Installations

1. All facilities installed after July 1, 1986, shall comply with the officially adopted editions of the ASME A17.1 Elevator Code and all supplements thereto, at the time the permit is issued. In the alternative, manlifts may comply with the 1992 editions of the ANSI A90.1 Safety Standards for Manlifts and all supplements thereto. In the alternative platform and stairway chairlifts may comply with ANSI A18.1 and all supplements thereto. Compliance with any later edition of the required safety codes shall be accepted by the director as compliance with the section.

2. All new facilities shall be free from recognized hazards or defects which may cause serious injury.

3. All safety devices provided by the manufacturer and installed on any new installation shall be maintained so as to operate properly per manufacturer's specifications or be replaced with equivalent equipment.

4. Miscellaneous Safety Requirements for New Installations:

A. A 17.1 , Rule 100.7 is repealed. Substitute Rule 5100-4 A to read in its entirety-Hoistway doors shall have floor numbers, not less than four inches in height, located on the hoistway side of the door within the area allowable for opening by the door restrictor.

B. Electrolysis protection for underground hydraulic elevator cylinders. All newly installed underground hydraulic pressure cylinders shall be encased in an outer plastic containment to minimize electrolytic corrosion.

(1) The plastic casing shall be capped at the bottom and all joints must be solvent or heat welded to insure water tightness.

(2) The plastic casing shall be constructed of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The plastic pipe wall thickness must not be less than .125 inches (3.551mm).

(3) Replacements of existing hydraulic cylinders shall be protected by the aforementioned method where existing physical dimensions permit.

C. The key switches required to operate firefighters' service on Phase I and II shall use a five pin key, S.C. #1000.

D. A17.1, Rule 106.1(b)(3) is repealed. Sump pumps or drains are not required in elevator pits by these regulations. Where indicated by design consideration, sump pumps or drains shall comply with ANSI A17.1, Rule 106.1(b)(3).

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S.C. Code Regs. 71-5100

Added by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 6, dated June 27, 1986, eff July 1, 1986. Amended by State Register Volume 11, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1987; State Register Volume 12, Issue No. 5, eff May 27, 1988; State Register Volume 13, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 1989; State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 5, Part 3, eff May 28, 1993; State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2000.

Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 41-16-10 et seq.