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Electricity Regulations

  • 225 ILCS 705/18.01— After the effective date of this Act, overhead power lines on the surface, carrying greater than 600 volts potential, shall be installed on insulators and shall be supported and guarded against contact with other circuits
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.02— Power circuits on the surface shall be protected against lightning
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.03— Electric wiring shall be installed so as to present minimum fire and contact hazards in buildings on the surface
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.04— Permanent surface transformers shall be elevated eight feet or more above the ground, or be enclosed in a transformer house, or be surrounded by a fence at least 6 feet high
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.05— Transformers containing flammable oil and installed on the surface, if the transformers are located within 10 feet of mine openings, shall be provided with a drain, or catch basin, to confine the oil
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.06— The operator of every mine where motor generator sets or transformers are installed underground shall designate or cause to be designated on the map provided for in this Act, the location of transformer stations and motor generator stations and said stations shall be of fireproof construction
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.07— "DANGER-HIGH VOLTAGE" signs shall be posted conspicuously on all transformer stations, high-voltage switchboards and other installations
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.08— Pull switches, circuit breakers, and other power controls shall be mounted on slate or other insulating material of equal or superior insulating qualities
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.09— All wires carrying electric current passing through curtains or flammable material, shall be properly protected so as not to ignite said curtains or flammable material
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.10— When the main line track is used as a return conductor, both rails shall be well-bonded at every joint, and one rail on secondary haulage roads, when used as a return conductor, shall be bonded, unless other equally efficient methods are used
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.11— All trolley and positive feed wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to travel, shall be safely guarded or protected from such persons or animals coming in contact therewith
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.12— Casings of transformers shall be grounded effectively
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.13— All main power circuits entering the mine from the outside shall have disconnecting switches above and below ground
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.14— Electric light wires shall be supported by suitable insulators
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.15— Dry wooden platforms, rubber mats, or other electrically non-conductive material shall be kept in place at each switchboard and power-control switch; and at stationary machinery where shock hazards exist
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.16— Trolley wires or other exposed electrical wires shall not carry more than 275 volts
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.17
  • 225 ILCS 705/18.18— In all mines, trolley and feeder wires shall not extend beyond the last open crosscut and shall be kept at least 150 feet from pillar workings