Change List for this Rule

 

Original 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.

 

Strikeout and Underline Version

Rule 54.8-B5

 

54.8-B5)    Above Over Swimming Pools: (See Rule 54.4-A4 and Fig 54-1)

 

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.

 

NOTE:    Portions Of This Rule Have Been Revised And Moved To Rule 54.4-A4.


Final Version

Rule 54.8-B5

 

54.8-B5)    Over Swimming Pools: (See Rule 54.4-A4 and Fig 54-1)

 

NOTE:    Portions Of This Rule Have Been Revised And Moved To Rule 54.4-A4.