Volume 1 Number 1
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Bulletin Board—NESC v. NEC, The
NESC Committee |
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Electric Supply Station Perimeter Fencing |
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Clearance from Down Guys to Service
Drops on Light Angles |
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Reader’s Rack—Direct-Burial
Depth of Communication Cables, Clearance Between Communication
Cables |
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The Safety Zone |
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Major NESC 1987 Changes |
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Documenting Internal Standards Development |
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Service Drop Conductor Clearance from
the Pole |
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Metal Fence Requirements |
Volume 2 Number 1
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Summary of Changes to the NESC-1990 Edition |
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Bonding Guys and Messengers on the Same
Structure |
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Random-Lay Supply Cable Grounding Options |
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Fiber Optic Cables |
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Grain Bin Clearances |
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Recent Activities |
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Reader’s Rack—Step and Touch
Potentials, Missing Code Sections, NESC Printing Errors, “Covered” vs. “Insulated” |
Volume 2 Number 2
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1990 Clearance Changes, Part 1 |
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Reader’s Rack—Above Ground
Gas Tank, Gas Pumps, Vents of Underground Tanks |
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Reader’s Rack—Clearance
Reductions, Clearance to Gas Meters, Driveway Clearances, Midspan
Triplex-to-Com Cable Clearance, Riser Clearance on a Joint
Use Pole, Rule 232-A-1, Rule 235C2b(3), Exception, Supply Crossing
Clearances—Table 233-1, Telco Drop Wire, Gas Meters and
Electrical Meters |
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Bulletin Board—Rule 235: Wires,
Conductors, or Cables Carried on the Same; Tentative Interim
Amendment to the NESC, Rules 236, 237, and 238: Climbing Space
and Working Space, Rule 239: Vertical and Lateral Facilities,
Rule 234: Clearances to Buildings Bridges and Other Installations,
Rule 233: Clearance of Wires, Conductors and Cables Carried
on Different Supporting Structures, Rule 232: Clearances Above
Ground, Roadway, Rail or Water Surfaces |
Volume 2 Number 3
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1990 Clearance Changes, Part 2 |
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Reader’s Rack—Schedule 40 “U” Guard |
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Strength and Loadings |
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Seminar Information |
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Investigating and Defending Utility Contact
Accidents |
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Grounding Update |
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Disturbing News |
Volume 2 Number 4
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Horizontal Displacement of Conductors |
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Deflection of Conductors and Cables
Under Loading |
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Calculating Forces on Conductors
and Cable Messengers |
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Horizontal Displacement Under Wind
Loading |
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Rules of Thumb for Estimating Horizontal
Displacement of Conductors by Wind |
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Horizontal Displacement of Suspension
Insulator Strings |
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Installation Problems: The Wrong
Tension Can Cause Serious Clearance Problems |
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Horizontal Displacement of Conductors
and Cables Under Extreme Wind Loading |
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Slack Spans |
Volume 3 Number 1
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1993 NESC Changes |
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Model Commission Rule for State Statute
Adopting the NESC |
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Software Update—Alcoa SAG-10 Version
5.0 |
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Cable Installations/NESC Requirements |
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Clearance Along Rural Road |
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Curb & Gutter-Required Clearance |
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Minimum Required Clearance for Cable
TV/Parking Lot |
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Prior to 1990-Cable TV Clearance Table
232-1, Item 10 |
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Reader’s Rack— How High Should
the Installation be to Ensure Clearance Won't Go Below NESC |
Volume 3 Number 2
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Meeting the ANSI Z535 Sign Standards
for Utility Installations (Special Color Insert) |
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Significant Changes in Work Rules |
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CATV Cable Clearance |
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Curbs and Gutters |
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Distance Between Neutral & Communication |
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Footnote Revisions |
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NESC v. Company Standards |
Volume 3 Number 3
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Safety Standards for Street Lights & Area
Lights: NESC or NEC? |
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Inspections and Tests of Overhead Power & Communication
Structures and Supported Facilities |
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Area Lighting Code Requirements |
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Reader’s Rack—Substation
Power Transformer Grounding, Administrative Authority, Climbing
Space for Infrequent Climbing, Service Drop Clearance |
Volume 3 Number 4
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Time Schedule for Revisions |
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Major Changes in Work Rules |
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OSHA Interim Rule on Confined Spaces |
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Changes in HUD Inspection Requirements |
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Sparkover Voltages |
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SCADA & Tagging |
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Reader’s Rack—Guy Marker
v. Guy Guard, Authorized Person v. Qualified Person, Laying
Cable on Earth During Emergency |
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Bulletin Board—Communication Work
Rules, Errata Sheets, NESC Cable Marking Deadline Moved to
1996 |
Volume 4 Number 1
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Breakaway Utility Structures—Part
1 |
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New OSHA Maintenance Requirements |
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FAA Bulletin Board |
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NESC TIA on Approach Distances |
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Pole Design |
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How Time Flies When You’re Having
Fun |
Volume 4 Number 2
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Breakaway Utility Structures—Part
2 |
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Bulletin Board—Utility Installed
Site and Security Lights and the NEC |
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Reader’s Rack—Cranes Near
Power Lines, Maximum Conductor Temperature, Using Barrier Cables
in Sailing Areas |
Volume 4 Number 3
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1997 NESC Change Proposals |
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Bulletin Board—Increased OSHA
fines, new Sag10 for Windows |
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Reader’s Rack—Falling Towers,
Overheight Vehicle, Pole Upgrade |
Volume 4 Number 4
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The Safety Effects of Municipal Line
Clearance and Tree Removal Standards |
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Bulletin Board—OSHA Maintenance
Standard Update, OSHA Construction Inspections |
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Reader’s Rack—Clearances
Between Conductors Above 50 kV, Padmounted Transformer Clearance
to Buildings, Safety Factors Built Into NESC Clearances, Sealed
Batteries |
Volume 5 Number 1
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Featuring Readers Questions |
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Bulletin Board—NESC, ANSI Z535
Sign Standards, New IEC Technical Committee (TC) 99 |
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Where Guy Markers are Required |
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Requirement for Conduit Systems vs.
Direct Buried Systems |
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Additional Communication Cables on Joint-Use
Poles |
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Customer Service Mast on Joint-Use Poles
with Electric Utility Supply Circuits |
Volume 5 Number 2
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Bulletin Board—NESC, ANSI Z535 |
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Wind Loads on Ice-Covered Conductors & Cables |
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OSHA and NESC Requirements |
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NESC Rule 218 on Tree Trimming |
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Section of an Energized Electrical Utility
Substation Wind Loads on Ice-Covered Conductors & Cables |
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Reader’s Rack—Actual Size
of Grounding Rods, Bonding Different Neutral Together, Ground
Bus Location |
Volume 5 Number 3
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Bulletin Board—Area Lights and
the NEC |
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Analysis of Utility Earth Electrodes |
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Reusing Equipment in a Station Not Designed
For It |
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Reader’s Rack—Appropriate
Code Edition, Chargers and Inverters in Battery Areas, Chemical
Ground Rods, Clearance from Pole to Telephone Pedestal, Distribution
Line Crossing Over Transmission Line, Ground Rod in Trench
Installing Triplex, Sag Change in a Slack Span, Upside Down
Ground Rods |
Volume 5 Number 4
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Summary of Major 1997 NESC Changes |
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Improving Earth Grounding Electrode
Effectiveness |
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Bulletin Board—1997 ANSI Z535
Sign Standards, 1997 NESC Codebook and Handbook, NESC Ballot
Copy and Handbook, Tentative Interim Amendment to NESC Rules
224B |
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Reader’s Rack—Anchor Ground
Resistance, Anchor Guy Grounding Connection, Fiber-Optic Supply
Cable Clearance, Keeping Records of Inspections |
Volume 6 Number 1
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Methods of Calculating Rights-of-Way
Widths For Overhead Electric Power Lines |
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Bulletin Board—Electronic NESC,
Abstracts of IEEE Standards, ANSI Z535 Safety Sign Standards |
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Potential Problems with New Exception
to Rule 235C2b(1) |
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Calculating Widths of Rights of Way |
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Joint-Use Pole Lines |
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Potential Code Problem |
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Reader’s Rack—Definition
of Effectively Grounded, Demise of Standards Department, Guy
Bonding |
Volume 6 Number 2
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Selecting Apparel to Protect Against
Exposure to Electric Arcs |
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Bulletin Board—NESC Errata, TIAs,
and Electronic Edition |
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Bonding Grounding Conductors Building
Electrical Wiring and Lightning Rod Systems |
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Reader’s Rack—Bonding of
CATV and Power Grounds at House |
Volume 6 Number 3
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Water in Underground Riser Pipes |
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Location of Padmounted Equipment Near
Buildings |
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Effect of Communications Act on Grades
of Construction for Joint-Use Poles |
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Bulletin Board—Ordering Revised
ANSI Z535 Safety Sign Standards and NEMA Standards, NESC Strengths & Loadings
Subcommittee Meetings and Body Belts and Locking Snaphooks |
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Reader’s Rack—Clearances
to Railroad Crossing Gates, Flexible Conduits for Temporary
Service, Lightning Protection for Steeple, Lines Along Railroads
and Limited Access Highways, Number of Ground Connections in
An Underground Loop, Phasing Out Overhead Service Drops to
Houses |
Volume 6 Number 4
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Packet Radio Installation on Existing
Transmission and Distribution Lines |
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Clearance Above Fuel Barrels and Tanks |
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Burial Depths for Communication Cables |
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Bulletin Board—NESC Change Proposal,
New ASCE 7 Ice Data, Using 3-Second Gust Wind Speeds for ASCE
7-1997, Deflection of Structural Components, Changes in Overload
Factors for Steel and Wood, Requested Changes in ANSI C29 Insulator
Standards, Mobile Substations, ASCE/PCI Design Guidelines for
Concrete Poles, ASCE Manual 91—Design of Guyed Electrical
Transmission Structures, ASCE Manual 74—Guidelines for
Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading, ASCE Manual
72—Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures |
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Reader’s Rack—Clearance of
Underground Power Gas Tanks, Prohibition about Connecting Lighting
Rods to Other Ground Systems |
Volume 7 Number 1
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Joint-Use Pole Space Requirements and
Cost Allocation |
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Code Quiz—Worker Safety Zone |
Volume 7 Number 2
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Fences and Enclosures for Electric Supply
Stations |
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Fences Around Microwave Towers |
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Reader’s Rack—Table 232-1,
Category 10: Rural Roads Where Vehicles are Unlikely |
Volume 7 Number 3
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Mobile Substation Requirements |
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Code Quiz—Horizontal deflection
of conductor toward a billboard |
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Bulletin Board: Nuclear Plant Owner’s
Nightmare Caused by Transmission Line Clearances, 2002 NESC
Preprint, 2001 ANSI Z535 Standards for Safety Signs and Labels |
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Reader’s Rack—Req’d
Efficiency of Ground Electrodes for Isolated Secondary Neutrals,
Code Edition Req’d for Tap Line off Existing Pole, Control
Cable attached to Supply Neutral, Rule of Thumb for Frequency
of Longitudinal Guying, Emergency Triplex Cable with Bare or
Covered Neutral, Number of Grounds Req’d in Short Cable
Runs, Emergency vs. Temporary, Insulated-Jacket Power Cable
in a joint-use trench, and Plastic Conduit. |
Volume 7 Number 4
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Meeting Modern Supply Station Fence Clearances
in Older Stations |
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Code Quiz—The Communication Worker
Safety Zone |
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Qualification of Workers Installing
or Maintaining Communication Circuits Located in the Supply
Space |
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Hazardous Locations |
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Bulletin Board: NESC Changes and ANSI
Z535 Sign Standards |
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Reader’s Rack—Burial Depth
for Submarine Cable, Insulated-Jacket Power Cable in a Joint-Use
Trench, Multiple Service Drops to One Building, and Grounding
When Feeding a Second Building From a First |
Volume 8 Number 1
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2002 NESC Clearance & Spacing Between
Comm. Conductors, Cables & Equip. in the Comm. Space |
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2002 Clearances to Comm. Antennas Located
in the Supply Space |
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Using the New 3-Second Gust Wind Data |
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Bulletin Board—2002 NESC, ANSI
Z535 Safety Sign and Label Standards |
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Reader’s Rack—Communication
and Supply Cables on Oil Pipelines, Communication Clearances,
Number of Grounds Required in Short Cable Runs |
Volume 8 Number 2
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Conductor Clearances When Rolling a Span
from Horizontal to Vertical |
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Summary of Major 2002 NESC Changes |
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Effect of Voltage on Pole Requirements
and System Costs |
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Safety Spacing on Substation Fences |
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Bulletin Board—ANSI Z535 Safety
Sign and Label Standards, ArcWear.com, National Electrical
Code, Using the 2002 NESC |
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Reader’s Rack—Grade of Construction
for ADSS Fiver Optic Line in Remote Rural Area, Overload Capacity
Factors for Guys |
Volume 8 Number 3
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NESC Interpretations |
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Decay in field-drilled holes in wood
poles |
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Pole Inspections |
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2002 NESC Definition for Readily Climbable
Structures |
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Field Inspection, Testing, and Retreatment
of Wood Poles |
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Bulletin Board—2002 ANSI Z535
Safety Sign and Label Standards, Rubber-glove working method
for 46 kV, 2002 ANSI O5.1 Standard for Wood Poles |
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Reader’s Rack—Substation
Bus Spacing, Required Spacing of Control Rod Brackets for Distribution
Line Air-Break Switches |
Volume 8 Number 4
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Bulletin Board—2002 ANSI Z535 Safety
Sign and Label Standards, ASCE 7-2002, NESC Insulator Loadings,
2007 NESC Changes Proposals |
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Clothing for Arc Thermal Protection |
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Effect of New 2002 Extreme Wind Speeds
on Wind Pressures Applied to Utility Structures and Supported
Facilities |
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Reader’s Rack—Vertical Clearances
Between 120/240 V Triplex and Communication Cable at a Service
Span Lift Pole and at a Meter Pole, Bonding Guy Wires to Anchor
Rods; Using Anchors as Ground Electrodes, Clearances for Conductors
and Cables Passing Over the Tracks of People Movers |
Volume 8 Number 4
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Bulletin Board—2002 ANSI Z535 Safety
Sign and Label Standards, ASCE 7-2002, NESC Insulator Loadings,
2007 NESC Changes Proposals |
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Clothing for Arc Thermal Protection |
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Effect of New 2002 Extreme Wind Speeds
on Wind Pressures Applied to Utility Structures and Supported
Facilities |
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Reader’s Rack—Vertical Clearances
Between 120/240 V Triplex and Communication Cable at a Service
Span Lift Pole and at a Meter Pole, Bonding Guy Wires to Anchor
Rods; Using Anchors as Ground Electrodes, Clearances for Conductors
and Cables Passing Over the Tracks of People Movers |
Volume 9 Number 1
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Bulletin Board—Interaction of gas pipelines
and metal utility structures |
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2002 ANSI Z535 Sign Standards for Power and Communication |
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Reader's Rack—Measurements to metal insulator
base collars and bushings in electric supply stations, Refueling
excavation machinery with a tanker location under a transmission
line, Pole deterioration due to animal contact, Padmounted equipment
enclosures with openings due to missing penta-head bolts behind
locks or rusted holes, Best type of rock in an electrical substation
yard |
Volume 9 Number 2
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Bulletin Board— OSHA 1910.269 and 1926 Subpart V |
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Customer Controlled Open-Field Lighting and Security Lighting Systems |
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Holiday and Festival Banners, Flags, Decorative Lighting, and other Seasonal Decorations on Utility Poles |
Volume 9 Number 3
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Bulletin Board— 2007 NESC Change Proposal Comment Period, IEEE P1675 Standard for Broadband over Power Line Hardware |
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NESC Grandfather Clause |
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Storage and Other Activities in Substations |
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Readers Rack—Required Overload Capacity When Pole Replacement is Necessary, Messenger Tension Limits, Use of the Constant of Rule 251B3,When Computing Maximum Tension or Maximum Sag, CATV Power Supply Drip Loop, Clearance to Communication Cables, Floating Utility Poles as Temporary Repairs Poles |
Volume 9 Number 4
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Bulletin Board— 2007 National Electric Safety Code and Handbook |
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New Rule 250D for Freezing Rain and Concurrent Wind Loading |
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Selected Major Changes in requirements for Loadings, Strengths, and Methods of Calculation |
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Summary of Major 2007 NESC Changes |
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Ice on Conduits on Antenna Towers |
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Readers Rack— Application of Vertical Overload Factors to Weights of Pole and Equipment |
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Application of Extreme Wind Loading to Structures During and After Construction |
Volume 10 Number 1
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Bulletin Board— 2007 National Electric Safety Code |
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Revisiting NESC Definitions for Readily Climbable Structures |
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Supply Station Fence Clearances to Property Line and Energized Parts |
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Readers Rack— Roadway lighting code: NEC or NESC, Pole clearance to building, Placement of electric meter, Single-point grounding for 13.8kV transformer, Pole truss grounding, Using Copperweld for pole ground |
Volume 10 Number 2
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Bulletin Board— 2007 National Electric Safety Code |
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Vegetation Management for Overhead Utility Lines: Part I – NESC Requirements and Practical Considerations |
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Nuisance Trips From Birds on Wires |
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Readers Rack— Drug screens for drives in pole-hit accidents; Bonding barbed wire on substation fence; Mounting height of safety signs; Symptoms of loose power neutral; Height of guy markers |
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