Service Equipment BARRIERS 230.62(C)

A new section was added to service equipment for barriers.

230.62(C)  Barriers.

Barriers shall be placed in service equipment such that no uninsulated, ungrounded service busbar or service terminal is exposed to inadvertent contact by persons or maintenance equipment while servicing load terminations.

If disconnecting or de-energizing the service conductors supplying a service panelboard, switchboard, or switchgear is not feasible, it might be necessary for a qualified person to work on that equipment with the load terminals de-energized but with the service bus still energized. Barriers provide physical separation (adequate distance or an obstacle) between load terminals and the service busbars and terminals. This provides some measure of safety against inadvertent contact with line-energized parts during maintenance and installation of new feeders or branch circuits.image

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Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

Text taken from the enhanced Code Book 2020 NFPA 70.