(1)
WAC
296-24-95701 through
296-24-95713 contain design
safety standards for electric utilization systems, and cover electrical
installations and utilization equipment installed or used within or on
buildings, structures, and other premises, including:
(a) Yards;
(b) Carnivals;
(c) Parking and other lots;
(d) Mobile homes;
(e) Recreational vehicles;
(f) Industrial substations;
(g) Conductors that connect the installations
to a supply of electricity; and
(h)
Other outside conductors on the premises.
(2)Not covered. The provisions
of WAC
296-24-95701 through
296-24-95713 do not cover:
(a) Installations in ships, watercraft,
railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile homes
and recreational vehicles;
(b)
Installations underground in mines;
(c) Installations of railways for generation,
transformation, transmission, or distribution of power used exclusively for
operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling and
communication purposes;
(d)
Installations of communication equipment under the exclusive control of
communication utilities, located outdoors or in building spaces used
exclusively for such installations; or
(e) Installations under the exclusive control
of electric utilities for the purpose of communication or metering; or for the
generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric
energy located in buildings used exclusively by utilities for such purposes or
located outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility or on public
highways, streets, roads, etc., or outdoors by established rights on private
property.
(3)Extent of application.
(a) Requirements applicable to all
installations. The following requirements apply to all electrical installations
and utilization equipment, regardless of when they were designed or installed:
WAC
296-24-95703(3)(c), (4), (5), (6)(a), (b), and
(c), and (7)(b);
WAC
296-24-95705(1)(c), (6)(a)(i), (iv), and (v), and
(7)(a)(ii) through (v), (d), (e), (f)(iv)(A) through (D), (f)(vi), and
(h)(i);
WAC
296-24-95707(7)(a) and (b)(ii) and
(iii);
WAC
296-24-95711, except as specified
in WAC 296-24-95711(2).
(b) Requirements applicable to installations
made after March 15, 1972. Every electrical installation and all utilization
equipment installed or overhauled after March 15, 1972, must comply with the
provisions in WAC
296-24-95701 through
296-24-95713, except as noted in
subsections (3)(c) and (d) of this section.
(c) Requirements applicable only to
installations made after April 16, 1981. The following requirements apply only
to electrical installations and utilization equipment installed after April 16,
1981:
WAC
296-24-95703(8)(d);
WAC
296-24-95705(6)(a)(vii) and (viii) and
(7)(i)(i);
WAC
296-24-95707(10)(f)(ii)(D);
WAC
296-24-95709(3)(i), (9), and
(10)(e);
WAC
296-24-95713(1)(a), (3)(c), and
(4).
(d) Requirements applicable only to
installations made after August 13, 2007. The following requirements apply only
to electrical installations and utilization equipment installed after August
13, 2007:
WAC
296-24-95703(6)(d) and (e), (7)(a)(iv) and (vii),
and (8)(e)(vi);
WAC
296-24-95705(2)(a) and (c), (6)(b)(i)(A) and
(B) (but not the introductory text to WAC
296-24-95705(6)(b)(i) and
(iv)(A);
WAC
296-24-95707(3)(c)(ii) and
(e);
WAC
296-24-95709(1)(a)(ii), (3)(d), (e), (f), and (g),
(10)(a)(iii), and (11);
WAC
296-24-95713(1)(e)(v) and (vi)(B), (g), (2)(c),
(3)(c), and (6).
(4) Applicability of requirements for
disconnecting means. The requirement in WAC
296-803-30005 that energy
isolating devices be capable of accepting a lockout device whenever replacement
or major repair, renovation or modification of a machine or equipment is
performed, and whenever new machines or equipment are installed after January
2, 1990, applies in addition to any requirements in WAC
296-24-95703 through
296-24-95713 that disconnecting
means be capable of being locked in the open position under certain
conditions.
