WP1323 - Working Near Overhead and Underground Electric Lines

Electricity Entity Requirements:
Working Near Overhead and Underground Electric Lines

                                  Exclusion Zone - Untrained Person (distances in mm)

                                                                              Untrained Person

         Nominal phase to phase
          voltage of electric line                        Person               Operating Plant          Operating Vehicles



  Insulated LV: Consultation with and              No exclusion zone
                                                                                      1000                         300
       verified by AP (Electrical)                    prescribed

LV with NO consultation with Electricity
                                                           3000
               Entity
                                                                                                                   600
  LV With consultation with Electricity
                                                           1000
                Entity

 >LV up to 33 kV with NO consultation
                                                           3000                       3000
        with Electricity Entity
                                                                                                                   900
 LV up to 33 kV with consultation with
                                                           2000
           Electricity Entity

            >33 kV up to 132 kV                            3000                                                   2100


            >132 kV up to 220 kV                           4500
                                                                                      6000                        2900
            >220 kV up to 275 kV                           5000

(information extracted from Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 Schedule 2)

                   Exclusion Zone – Instructed Person and Authorised Person (distances in mm)

                                                            Instructed Person (IP) & Authorised Person (AP)

          Nominal phase to phase                        AP and IP           Operating Plant with               Operating of
                                                                             Safety Observer or                 Vehicles
           Voltage of electric line
                                                                            another Safe System
                                                                                  of work

  Insulated LV: Consultation with and              No exclusion zone          No exclusion zone         No exclusion zone
       verified by AP (Electrical)                    prescribed                 prescribed                prescribed
                                                   No exclusion zone
                       LV                                                             1000                         600
                                                      prescribed

               >LV up to 33 kV                              700                       1200                         700


             >33 kV up to 50 kV                             750                       1300                         750

             >50 kV up to 66 kV                                                       1400
                                                           1000                                                   1000
            >66 kV up to 110 kV
                                                                                      1800
                >110 up to 132                             1200                                                   1200

(information extracted from Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 Schedule 2)



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