Depending on the location of the equipment, wiring, and the poles, the NEC may not be the appropriate specification. "Utility " poles and the power lines, tel lines, CATV lines and any related equipment mounted on or between them is governed by the NESC (National Electrical Safety Code), ANSI C2 published by the IEEE, not the NEC.
Randy Ivans Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Business Sector Coordinator Telecommunications Industry email: [email protected] ------------- Original Text From: "Kazimier Gawrzyjal" <[email protected]>, on 7/20/98 1:28 PM: My my ....somebody needs a nap. Thanks your concerned clarification Vic, but I can read just fine. The gent did not indicate that the "POLES" were exclusively for use with their transmitters he just asked about poles. The rear windows of my house face wooden poles which carry power lines so it appears that poles are used for many things (and not just for bad jokes). Seems to me there are $$ to be saved if a PCS provider is able to install on existing poles as opposed to providing new ones (it's been tried before). If you check the scope of NEC article 810 and you'll find a definition of what is applicable. Called up is radio and television receiving equipment as well as amateur radio transmitting and receiving equipment. The grey area is in what the manufacturer tries to define their transmitter as (i.e. PCS=radio??), whether the local code authority buys it and also whether all of the transmission equipment is one box mounted on a pole but separately located from their base station or whether the transmitter contains everything in one box or if it provides a feed to a separately installed antenna or..... Article 810 still easily applies if the conditions of installation are right. I echo your position on the use of conduit to run AC power lines, so does the NEC thru articles 225-20 and 230-50 to start. Regards, Kaz Gawrzyjal Nortel Safety Eng. [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor L. Boersma [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 17, 1998 4:20 PM > To: Gawrzyjal, Kazimier [WDC:N744:EXCH] > Cc: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: National Electrical Code > > The gentleman was not asking about antennas, he was asking about > transmitters. > > He was not asking about antenna masts, he was asking about "POLES". > > > I stand to be corrected, but I still believe that the NEC and CEC take a > dim view of > running 110VAC electrical wiring on exposed surfaces. I believe that in > either case, you will probably have to run conduit to the transmitter. > > Ciao, > > Vic
