Original Version
Rule 54.8-B5
54.8-B5 New Rule
Strikeout and Underline Version
Rule 54.8-B5
54.8-B5 ) Above Swimming Pools: Installations of
service drops above public and private swimming pools shall be avoided where
practicable. Where service drop conductors are installed above a swimming
pool, the conductors shall have a radial clearance of not less than 20 feet
from the top edge of the pool walls and shall have a vertical clearance of
not less than 18 feet above the highest water level of the pool surface.
Service drops having coverings of materials specially approved by the commission
for installation above swimming pools may have vertical clearances above
the pool and radial clearances from the top edge of the pool wall of not
less than 16 feet for public and commercially operated pools and not less
than 12 feet for residential pools.
No service drop may be installed less than 16 feet vertically above the horizontal
plane through a diving board or platform, the area of such plane being within
8 feet radially of the diving board or platform and over the water surface
of the pool.
No service drop may be installed less than 12 feet vertically above the horizontal
plane through a diving board or platform, the area of such plane being the
area within .3 feet radially of the diving board or platform and not
over the water surface of the pool.
Final Version
Rule 54.8-B5
54.8-B5) Above Swimming Pools: Installations
of service drops above public and private swimming pools shall be avoided
where practicable. Where service drop conductors are installed above a swimming
pool, the conductors shall have a radial clearance of not less than 20 feet
from the top edge of the pool walls and shall have a vertical clearance of
not less than 18 feet above the highest water level of the pool surface.
Service drops having coverings of materials specially approved by the commission
for installation above swimming pools may have vertical clearances above
the pool and radial clearances from the top edge of the pool wall of not
less than 16 feet for public and commercially operated pools and not less
than 12 feet for residential pools.
No service drop may be installed less than 16 feet vertically above the horizontal
plane through a diving board or platform, the area of such plane being within
8 feet radially of the diving board or platform and over the water surface
of the pool.
No service drop may be installed less than 12 feet vertically above the horizontal
plane through a diving board or platform, the area of such plane being the
area within .3 feet radially of the diving board or platform and not over
the water surface of the pool.