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Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(A)(6) | All electrically conductive objects in the spray area, except those objects required by the process to be at high voltage, shall be adequately grounded. This requirement shall apply to paint containers, wash cans, guards, hose connectors, brackets, and any other electrically conductive objects or devices in the area. I... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(6) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(A)(7) | Safeguards such as adequate booths, fencing, railings, interlocks, or other means shall be placed about the equipment or incorporated therein so that they, either by their location, character, or both, ensure that a safe separation of the process is maintained. [516.10(A)(7)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(7)) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(7) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(A)(8) | Signs shall be conspicuously posted to convey the following: Designate the process zone as dangerous with regard to lire and accidentIdentify the grounding requirements for all electrically conductive objects in the spray areaRestrict access to qualified personnel only [516.10(A)(8)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(8) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(A)(9) | All insulators shall be kept clean and dry. [516.10(A)(9)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(9)) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(9) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(A)(10) | Spray equipment that cannot be classified as nonincendive shall comply with 516.10(A) (10) (a) and (A) (10) (b). Conveyors, hangers, and application equipment shall be arranged so that a minimum separation of at least twice the sparking distance is maintained between the workpiece or material being sprayed and electrod... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(A)(10) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B) | This section shall apply to any equipment using electrostatically charged elements for the atomization, charging, or precipitation of flammable and combustible materials for coatings on articles, or for other similar purposes in which the charging or atomizing device is hand-held and manipulated during the spraying ope... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B)(1) | The high-voltage circuits shall be designed so as not to produce a spark of sufficient intensity to ignite the most readily ignitible of those vapor—air mixtures likely to be encountered or result in appreciable shock hazard upon coming in contact with a grounded object under all normal operating conditions. The electr... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B)(2) | Transformers, power packs, control apparatus, and all other electrical portions of the equipment shall be located outside of the Class I location or be identified for the location. Exception: The handgun itself and its connections to the power supply shall be permitted within the Class I location. [516.10(B)(2)](https:... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B)(3) | The handle of the spraying gun shall be electrically connected to ground by a conductive material and be constructed so that the operator in normal operating position is in electrical contact with the grounded handle with a resistance of not more than 1 megohm to prevent buildup of a static charge on the operator's bod... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B)(3) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B)(4) | All electrically conductive objects in the spraying area, except those objects required by the process to be at high voltage shall be electrically connected to ground with a resistance of not more than 1 megohm. This requirement shall apply to paint containers, wash cans, and any other electrical conductive objects or ... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B)(4) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(B)(5) | Objects being painted shall be maintained in electrical contact with the conveyor or other grounded support. Hooks shall be regularly cleaned to ensure adequate grounding of 1 megohm or less. Areas of contact shall be sharp points or knife edges where possible. Points of support of the object shall be concealed from ra... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(B)(5) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(C) | This section shall apply to processes in which combustible dry powders are applied. The hazards associated with combustible dusts are present in such a process to a degree, depending on the chemical composition of the material, particle size, shape, and distribution. [516.10(C)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(C)(1) | Electrical equipment and other sources of ignition shall comply with the requirements of Part III of Article 502 or 506.20, as applicable. Portable electric luminaires and other utilization equipment shall not be used within a Class II location during operation of the finishing processes. Such luminaires or utilization... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(C)(2) | The provisions of 516.10(A) and 516.10(C)(1) shall apply to fixed electrostatic spraying equipment. [516.10(C)(2)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(2)) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(C)(3) | The provisions of 516.10(B) and 516.10(C)(1) shall apply to electrostatic hand-spraying equipment. [516.10(C)(3)](https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(3)) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(3) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.10(C)(4) | Electrostatic fluidized beds and associated equipment shall be of identified types. The high-voltage circuits shall be designed such that any discharge produced when the charging electrodes of the bed are approached or contacted by a grounded object shall not be of sufficient intensity to ignite any powder-air mixture ... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.10(C)(4) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.16 | All metal raceways, the metal armors or metallic sheath on cables, and all non—current-carrying metal parts of fixed or portable electrical equipment, regardless of voltage, shall be grounded and bonded. Grounding and bonding shall comply with 501.30, 502.30, or 505.30, as applicable. [516.16](https://2023.antflix.net#... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.16 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.18 | Electrical area classification shall be as follows: The area within the membrane enclosure shall be considered a Class I, Division 1 area, as shown in Figure 516.18.A 1.5 m (5 ft) zone outside of the membrane enclosure shall be considered Class I, Division 2, as shown in Figure 516.18.Informational Note No. 1: See NFPA... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.18 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.23 | Electrical wiring and utilization equipment used within the classified areas inside and outside of membrane enclosures during spray painting shall be suitable for the location and shall comply with all of the following: All power to the workpiece shall be removed during spray painting.Workpieces shall be grounded.Spray... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.23 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.29 | Classification is based on quantities of flammable vapors, combustible mists, residues, dusts, or deposits that are present or might be present in quantities sufficient to produce ignitable or explosive mixtures with air. Electrical wiring and electrical utilization equipment located adjacent to open processes shall co... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.29 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.35 | Areas adjacent to enclosed dipping and coating processes are illustrated by Figure 516.35 and shall be classified as follows: The interior of any enclosed dipping or coating process or apparatus shall be a Class I, Division 1 or Class I, Zone 1 location, and electrical wiring and electrical utilization equipment locate... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.35 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.36 | Open containers, supply containers, waste containers, and solvent distillation units that contain Class I liquids shall be located in areas ventilated in accordance with 516.4. [516.36](https://2023.antflix.net#516.36) | https://2023.antflix.net#516.36 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.37 | For printing, coating, and dipping equipment where the process area is enclosed by glass panels that are sealed to confine vapors and mists to the inside of the enclosure, luminaires that are attached to the walls or ceilings of a process enclosure and that are located outside of any classified area shall be permitted ... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.37 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.38(A) | Fixed wiring above hazardous (classified) locations shall be permitted to be one or more of the following: Rigid metal conduit (RMC) or intermediate metal conduit (IMC) with listed threaded or threadless fittings, or electrical metallic tubing (EMT) or electrical nonmetallic tubing (Type ENT) with listed fittings.Rigid... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.38(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.38(B) | Equipment that is capable of producing arcs, sparks, or particles of hot metal, such as lamps and lampholders for fixed lighting, cutouts, switches, receptacles, motors, or other equipment having make-and-break or sliding contacts, where installed above a classified location or above a location where freshly finished g... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.38(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 516.40 | All persons and all electrically conductive objects, including any metal parts of the process equipment or apparatus, containers of material, exhaust ducts, and piping systems that convey flammable or combustible liquids, shall be electrically grounded. Provision shall be made to dissipate static electric charges from ... | https://2023.antflix.net#516.40 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.1 | This article applies to electrical construction and installation criteria in health care facilities that provide services to human beings. The requirements of this article shall specify the installation criteria and wiring methods that minimize electrical hazards by the maintenance of adequately low potential differenc... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.1 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.6 | The reconditioning requirements of this Code shall not apply to patient care-related electrical equipment. Informational Note No. 1: Patient care-related electrical equipment is differentiated from electrical equipment as described in 110.21(A)(2). Informational Note No. 2: If patient care—related electrical equipment ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.6 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.10(A) | Part II shall apply to patient care space of all health care facilities. [517.10(A)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.10(A)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.10(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.10(B) | Part II shall not apply to the following: Business offices, corridors, waiting rooms, and the like in clinics, medical and dental offices, and outpatient facilitiesSpaces of nursing homes and limited care facilities wired in accordance with Chapters 1 through 4 of this Code where these spaces are used exclusively as pa... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.10(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.12 | Except as modified in this article, wiring methods shall comply with Chapters 1 through 4 of this Code. [517.12](https://2023.antflix.net#517.12) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.12 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.13 | Wiring serving patient care spaces shall comply with the requirements of 517.13 (A) and (B). Exception: Luminaires more than 2.3 m (71/2 ft) above the floor and switches located outside of the patient care vicinity shall be permitted to be connected to an equipment grounding return path complying with the requirements ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.13 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.13(A) | All branch circuits serving patient care spaces shall be provided with an effective ground-fault current path by installation in a metal raceway system or a cable having a metallic armor or sheath assembly. The metal raceway system, metallic cable armor, or sheath assembly shall itself qualify as an equipment grounding... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.13(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.13(B)(1) | An insulated copper equipment grounding conductor that is clearly identified along its entire length by green insulation and installed with the branch circuit conductors within the wiring method in accordance with 517.13(A) shall be connected to the following: Grounding terminals of all receptacles other than isolated ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.13(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.13(B)(2) | Equipment grounding conductors and equipment bonding jumpers shall be sized in accordance with 250.122. [517.13(B)(2)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.13(B)(2)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.13(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.14 | The equipment grounding terminal buses of the normal and essential branch-circuit panelboards serving the same individual patient care vicinity shall be connected together with an insulated continuous copper conductor not smaller than 10 AWG. Where two or more panelboards serving the same individual patient care vicini... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.14 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.16 | An isolated ground receptacle, if used, shall not defeat the purposes of the safety features of the grounding systems detailed in 517.13. [99:6.3.2.2.5(A)] [517.16](https://2023.antflix.net#517.16) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.16 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.16(A) | An isolated ground receptacle shall not be installed within a patient care vicinity. [99:6.3.2.2.5(B)] [517.16(A)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(A)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.16(B) | Isolated ground receptacle(s) installed in patient care spaces outside of a patient care vicinity(s) shall comply with 517.16(B)(1) and (B)(2). [517.16(B)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(B)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.16(B)(1) | The equipment grounding terminals of isolated ground receptacles installed in branch circuits for patient care spaces shall be connected to an insulated equipment grounding conductor in accordance with 250.146(D) installed in a wiring method described in 517.13(A). The equipment grounding conductor connected to the equ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.16(B)(2) | The insulated equipment grounding conductor required in 517.13(B)(1) shall be clearly identified along its entire length by green insulation, with no yellow stripes, and shall not be connected to the grounding terminals of isolated equipment ground receptacles but shall be connected to the box or enclosure indicated in... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.16(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.17(A) | The requirements of 517.17 shall apply to buildings or portions of buildings containing health care facilities with Category 1 spaces or utilizing electrical life-support equipment, and buildings that provide the required essential utilities or services for the operation of Category 1 spaces or electrical life-support ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.17(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.17(B) | Where ground-fault protection of equipment is provided for operation of the service disconnecting means or feeder disconnecting means as specified by 230.95 or 215.10, an additional step of ground-fault protection shall be provided in all next level feeder disconnecting means downstream toward the load. Such protection... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.17(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.17(C) | Ground-fault protection of equipment for operation of the service and feeder disconnecting means shall be fully selective such that the feeder device, but not the service device, shall open on ground faults on the load side of the feeder device. Separation of ground-fault protection time-current characteristics shall c... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.17(C) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.17(D) | When ground-fault protection of equipment is first installed, each level shall be performance tested to ensure compliance with 517.17(C). This testing shall be conducted by a qualified person(s) using a test process in accordance with the instruction provided with the equipment. A written record of this testing shall b... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.17(D) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.18(A) | Each patient bed location shall be supplied by at least two branch circuits, one from the critical branch and one from the normal system. All branch circuits from the normal system shall originate in the same panelboard. The electrical receptacles or the cover plate for the electrical receptacles supplied from the crit... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.18(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.18(B)(1) | Each patient bed location shall be provided with a minimum of eight receptacles. [517.18(B)(1)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.18(B)(1)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.18(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.18(B)(2) | The receptacles required in 517.18(B)(1) shall be permitted to be of the single, duplex, or quadruplex type or any combination of the three. All receptacles shall be listed "hospital grade" and shall be so identified. The grounding terminal of each receptacle shall be connected to an insulated copper equipment groundin... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.18(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.18(C) | Receptacles that are located within patient rooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and activity rooms of pediatric units or spaces with similar risk as determined by the health care facility's governing body by conducting a risk assessment, other than infant nurseries, shall be listed and identified as "tamper resistant" or shal... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.18(C) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(A) | Each patient bed location shall be supplied by at least two branch circuits, one or more from the critical branch and one or more from the normal system. At least one branch circuit from the critical branch shall supply an outlet(s) only at that bed location. The electrical receptacles or the cover plates for the elect... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(B)(1) | Each patient bed location shall be provided with a minimum of 14 receptacles, with at least one connected to either of the following: The normal system branch circuit required in 517.19(A)A critical branch circuit supplied by a different transfer switch than the other receptacles at the same patient bed location [517.1... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(B)(2) | The receptacles required in 517.19(B)(1) shall be permitted to be of the single, duplex, or quadruplex type or any combination of the three. All receptacles shall be listed "hospital grade" and shall be so identified. The grounding terminal of each receptacle shall be connected to the reference grounding point by means... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(C)(1) | Each operating room shall be provided with a minimum of 36 receptacles divided between at least two branch circuits. At least 12 receptacles, but no more than 24, shall be connected to either of the following: The normal system branch circuit required in 517.19(A)A critical branch circuit supplied by a different transf... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(C)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(C)(2) | The receptacles shall be permitted to be of the locking or nonlocking type and of the single, duplex, or quadruplex types or any combination of the three. All nonlocking-type receptacles shall be listed hospital grade and so identified. The grounding terminal of each receptacle shall be connected to the reference groun... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(C)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(D) | A patient care vicinity shall be permitted to have a patient equipment grounding point. The patient equipment grounding point, where supplied, shall be permitted to contain one or more listed grounding and bonding jacks. An equipment bonding jumper not smaller than 10 AWG shall be used to connect the grounding terminal... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(D) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(E) | Where a grounded electrical distribution system is used and metal feeder raceway or Type MC or MI cable that qualifies as an equipment grounding conductor in accordance with 250.118 is installed, grounding of enclosures and equipment, such as panelboards, switchboards, and switchgear, shall be ensured by one of the fol... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(E) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(F) | Isolated power systems shall be permitted to be used for Category 1 spaces, and, if used, the isolated power system equipment shall be listed as isolated power equipment. The isolated power system shall be designed and installed in accordance with 517.160. Exception: The audible and visual indicators of the line isolat... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(F) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(G) | Where an isolated ungrounded power source is used and limits the first-fault current to a low magnitude, the equipment grounding conductor associated with the secondary circuit shall be permitted to be run outside of the enclosure of the power conductors in the same circuit. Informational Note: Although it is permitted... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(G) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.19(H) | The equipment grounding conductor for special-purpose receptacles, such as the operation of mobile X-ray equipment, shall be extended to the reference grounding points of branch circuits for all locations likely to be served from such receptacles. Where such a circuit is served from an isolated ungrounded system, the e... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.19(H) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.20(A) | Wet procedure locations shall be provided with special protection against electric shock. [99:6.3.2.3.1] This special protection shall be provided by one of the following:Isolated power systems that remain in operation in the event of a single line-to-ground fault condition that inherently limits the possible ground-fa... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.20(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.20(B) | Where an isolated power system is utilized, the isolated power equipment shall be listed as isolated power equipment, and the isolated power system shall be designed and installed in accordance with 517.160. Informational Note: See Part IV of Article 680 for requirements on the installation of therapeutic pools and tub... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.20(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.21 | Receptacles shall not be required in bathrooms or toilet rooms. [99:6.3.2.2.2(D)] Receptacles located in patient bathrooms and toilet rooms in Category 2 spaces shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection in accordance with 210.8(B)(1). Ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel shall not be r... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.21 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.22 | Demand factors for receptacle loads supplied by branch circuits not exceeding 150 volts to ground and installed in Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, and Category 4 patient care spaces shall be in accordance with 220.110. Informational Note: See Article 100 for the definitions of patient care space categories. [517.22... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.22 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.25 | Type 1 and Type 2 essential electrical systems (EES) for health care facilities shall comprise separate branches capable of supplying a limited amount of lighting and power service, which is considered essential for life safety and orderly cessation of procedures during the time normal electrical service is interrupted... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.25 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.26 | The life safety branch of the essential electrical system shall meet the requirements of Article 700, except as amended as follows: Section 700.4 shall not apply.Section 700.10(D) shall not apply.Section 700.17 shall be replaced with the following: Branch circuits that supply emergency lighting shall be installed to pr... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.26 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.29 | Informational Note: Type 1 essential electrical systems are comprised of three separate branches capable of supplying a limited amount of lighting and power service that is considered essential for life safety and effective facility operation during the time the normal electrical service is interrupted for any reason. ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.29 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.29(A) | The requirements of 517.29 through 517.35 shall apply to Type 1 essential electrical systems. Type 1 systems shall be required for Category 1 spaces. Type 1 systems shall be permitted to serve Category 2, Category 3, and Category 4 spaces. Informational Note No. 1: See NFPA 99-2021, Health Care Facilities Code, for per... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.29(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.29(B) | Category I spaces shall be served by a Type 1 essential electrical system. [99:6.4.1] Category 1 spaces shall not be served by a Type 2 EES. [99:6.4.2] [517.29(B)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.29(B)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.29(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(A) | Essential electrical systems (EES) shall have two or more independent sources (or sets of sources). One on-site source (or sets of sources) shall be sized to supply the entire EES. The other independent source (or sets of sources) shall be sized to supply the entire EES and shall be permitted to be located on-site or o... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(B) | Power sources for the EES shall be permitted to be any of those specified in 517.30(B)(1) through (B)(5). [517.30(B)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(B)(1) | Where utility power is used as the normal source, utility power shall not be used as the alternate source unless permitted elsewhere in this article. Informational Note: See 517.35 and 517.45 for essential system loads that can be supplied from dual sources of utility supply power. [517.30(B)(1)](https://2023.antflix.n... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(B)(3) | Fuel cell systems shall be permitted to serve as the alternate power source for all or part of an EES. [99:6.7.1.5.1] Installation of fuel cells shall comply with the requirements in Parts I through VII of Article 692 for 1000 volts or less and Part VIII for over 1000 volts.N + 1 units shall be provided where N units h... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B)(3) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(B)(4) | Energy storage systems shall be permitted to serve as the alternate source for all or part of an EES. Informational Note: See NFPA 111-2022, Standard on Stored Electrical Energy Emergency and Standby Power Systems, for information on the installation of energy storage systems. [517.30(B)(4)](https://2023.antflix.net#51... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B)(4) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(B)(5) | EES shall be permitted to be supplied by a health care microgrid that also supplies nonessential loads. The health care microgrid shall be permitted to share distributed resources with the normal system. Health care microgrid systems shall be designed with sufficient reliability to provide effective facility operation ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(B)(5) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(C) | EES components shall be located to minimize interruptions caused by natural forces common to the area (e.g., storms, floods, earthquakes, or hazards created by adjoining structures or activities). [99:6.2.4.1] [517.30(C)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(C)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(C) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(C)(1) | Installation of electrical service distribution equipment shall be located to reduce possible interruption of normal electrical services resulting from natural or manmade causes as well as internal wiring and equipment failures. [517.30(C)(1)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(C)(1)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(C)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.30(C)(2) | Feeders shall be located to provide physical separation of the feeders of the alternate source and from the feeders of the normal electrical source to prevent possible simultaneous interruption. [99:6.2.4.3] Informational Note: Facilities in which the normal source of power is supplied by two or more separate central s... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.30(C)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(A) | Type 1 essential electrical systems shall be comprised of three separate branches capable of supplying a limited amount of lighting and power service that is considered essential for life safety and effective hospital operation during the time the normal electrical service is interrupted for any reason. The three branc... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(B) | Transfer switches shall be in accordance with one of the following: The number of transfer switches to be used shall be based on reliability and design. Each branch of the essential electrical system shall have one or more transfer switches.One transfer switch shall be permitted to serve one or more branches in a facil... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(B)(1) | Loads served by the generating equipment not specifically named in this article shall be served by their own transfer switches such that the following conditions apply: These loads shall not be transferred if the transfer will overload the generating equipment.These loads shall be automatically shed upon generating equ... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(B)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(B)(2) | Hospital power sources and alternate power sources shall be permitted to serve the essential electrical systems of contiguous or same-site facilities. [517.31(B)(2)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(B)(2)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(B)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(C)(1) | The life safety branch and critical branch [of the essential electrical system] shall be kept independent of all other wiring and equipment. [99:6.7.5.2.1] Raceways, cables, or enclosures of the life safety and critical branch shall be readily identified as components of the essential electrical system (EES). Boxes and... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(C)(1) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(C)(2) | Where isolated power systems are installed in any of the areas in 517.34(A)(1) and (A)(2), each system shall be supplied by an individual circuit serving no other load. [517.31(C)(2)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(C)(2)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(C)(2) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(C)(3) | The wiring of the life safety and critical branches shall be mechanically protected by raceways. Where installed as branch circuits in patient care spaces, the installation shall comply with the requirements of 517.13(A) and (B) and 250.118. Only the following wiring methods shall be permitted:Nonflexible metal raceway... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(C)(3) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(D) | The essential electrical system shall have the capacity and rating to meet the maximum actual demand likely to be produced by the connected load. Feeders shall be sized in accordance with 215.2 and Part III of Article 220. The alternate power source(s) required in 517.30 shall have the capacity and rating to meet the d... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(D) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(E) | The electrical receptacles or the cover plates for the electrical receptacles supplied from the life safety and critical branches shall have a distinctive color or marking so as to be readily identifiable. [99:6.7.2.2.5(B)] [517.31(E)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(E)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(E) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(F) | A single feeder supplied by a local or remote alternate power source shall be permitted to supply the essential electrical system to the point at which the life safety, critical, and equipment branches are separated. Installation of the transfer equipment shall be permitted at other than the location of the alternate p... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(F) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.31(G) | Overcurrent protective devices serving the essential electrical system shall be coordinated for the period of time that a fault's duration extends beyond 0.1 second. Exception No. 1: Coordination shall not be required between transformer primary and secondary overcurrent protective devices where only one overcurrent pr... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.31(G) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.32(A) | Those functions of patient care depending on lighting or appliances that are connected to the essential electrical system shall be divided into the life safety branch and the critical branch, as described in 517.33 and 517.34. [517.32(A)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.32(A)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.32(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.32(B) | The life safety and critical branches shall be installed and connected to the alternate power source specified in 517.41(A) and (B) so that all functions specified herein for the life safety and critical branches are automatically restored to operation within 10 seconds after interruption of the normal source. [99:6.7.... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.32(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33 | The life safety branch shall be limited to circuits essential to life safety. [99:6.7.5.1.2.3] No functions other than those listed in 517.33(A) through (H) shall be connected to the life safety branch. The life safety branch shall supply power as follows: [517.33](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33 |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(A) | Illumination of means of egress such as lighting required for corridors, passageways, stairways, and landings at exit doors, and all necessary ways of approach to exits. Switching arrangements to transfer patient corridor lighting in hospitals from general illumination circuits to night illumination circuits shall be p... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(A) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(B) | Exit signs and exit directional signs. Informational Note: See NFPA 101-2021, Life Safety Code, Section 7.10. [517.33(B)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(B)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(B) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(C) | Alarm and alerting systems including the following: Fire alarm systemsAlarm and alerting systems (other than fire alarm systems) shall be connected to the life safety branch or critical branch. [99:6.7.5.1.2.5]Alarms for systems used for the piping of nonflammable medical gasesMechanical, control, and other accessories... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(C) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(D) | Hospital communications systems, where used for issuing instructions during emergency conditions. [99:6.7.5.1.2.4(3)] [517.33(D)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(D)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(D) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(E) | Generator set locations as follows: Task illuminationBattery charger for emergency battery-powered lighting unit(s)Select receptacles at the generator set location and essential electrical system transfer switch locations [99:6.7.5.1.2.4(4)] [517.33(E)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(E)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(E) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(F) | Loads dedicated to a specific generator, including the fuel transfer pump(s), ventilation fans, electrically operated louvers, controls, cooling system, and other generator accessories essential for generator operation, shall be connected to the life safety branch or to the output terminals of the generator with overcu... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(F) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(G) | Elevator cab lighting, control, communications, and signal systems. [99:6.7.5.1.2.4(5)] [517.33(G)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(G)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(G) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.33(H) | Electrically powered doors used for building egress. [99:6.7.5.1.2.4(6)] [517.33(H)](https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(H)) | https://2023.antflix.net#517.33(H) |
Chaptewr 5 Special Occupancies | 517.34(A) | The critical branch shall supply power for task illumination, fixed equipment, select receptacles, and select power circuits serving the following spaces and functions related to patient care: Category 1 spaces where deep sedation or general anesthesia is administered, task illumination, select receptacles, and fixed e... | https://2023.antflix.net#517.34(A) |
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