code of practice of electrical safety for work on or near high voltage
code of practice of electrical safety for work on or near high voltage
code of practice of electrical safety for work on or near high voltage
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Definiti<strong>on</strong>s<strong>on</strong> live <str<strong>on</strong>g>electrical</str<strong>on</strong>g> apparatus.28 ‘Isolated’ means not c<strong>on</strong>nected to anypossible sources <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> electricity supply bymeans which will prevent unintenti<strong>on</strong>al reenergisati<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>electrical</str<strong>on</strong>g> apparatus andwhich is assessed as a suitable step in theprocess <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> making safe <str<strong>on</strong>g>f<strong>or</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> access purposes.29 ‘Live’ means energised <strong>or</strong> subject tohazardous induced <strong>or</strong> capacitive <strong>voltage</strong>s30 ‘Live <str<strong>on</strong>g>w<strong>or</strong>k</str<strong>on</strong>g>’ means all <str<strong>on</strong>g>w<strong>or</strong>k</str<strong>on</strong>g> per<str<strong>on</strong>g>f<strong>or</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>med <strong>on</strong>comp<strong>on</strong>ents <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>electrical</str<strong>on</strong>g> apparatus notisolated, proved de-energised and earthed.31 ‘Low <strong>voltage</strong>’ <strong>or</strong> ‘LV’ means nominal <strong>voltage</strong>exceeding 50 V a.c./120 V d.c. but notexceeding 1000 V a.c./1500 V d.c.32 ‘Mobile Plant’ means cranes, elevating <str<strong>on</strong>g>w<strong>or</strong>k</str<strong>on</strong>g>plat<str<strong>on</strong>g>f<strong>or</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>ms, tip trucks <strong>or</strong> similar plant, anyequipment fitted with a jib <strong>or</strong> boom and anydevice capable <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> raising <strong>or</strong> lowering a load.Mobile plant can <strong>on</strong>ly be c<strong>on</strong>sidered as avehicle when in the n<strong>or</strong>mal travelling mode andnot in the <str<strong>on</strong>g>w<strong>or</strong>k</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing mode when determiningsafe approach distances.Page 20 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 148 Blue Book – December 2005