ANDARD SPECIFICATION

SECTION 16401

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AERIAL

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PART 1 - GENERAL

 

CONSTRUCTION STANDARD SPECIFICATION

SECTION 16401

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AERIAL

PART 1 -  GENERAL
1.01 REFERENCES

The publications listed
below form a part of this specification to the extent referenced. 
The publications are referred to in the text by the basic designation
only.  The latest edition of the standards listed below shall be
used.

A. American National Standards
Institute, Inc. (ANSI) Standards:

C2  National
Electrical Safety Code.

C8.35 Specifications
for Weather-Resistant Polyolefin-Covered Wire and Cable.

C29.1 Test
Methods for Electrical Power Insulators

C29.2 Insulators
- Wet-Process Porcelain and Toughened Glass - Suspension Type.

C29.3 Wet-Process
Porcelain Insulators - Spool Type.

C29.4 Wet-Process
Porcelain Insulators - Strain Type.

C29.5 Wet-Process
Porcelain Insulators - Low and Medium Voltage Types.

C29.6 Wet-Process
Porcelain Insulators - High-Voltage Pin Type.

C29.7 Wet-Process
Porcelain Insulators - High-Voltage Line-Post Type.

C29.8 Wet-Process Porcelain Insulators - Apparatus,

Cap
and Pin Type.

C29.9 Wet-Process Porcelain Insulators - Apparatus,

Post-Type.

C37.30 Definitions and Requirements for High-Voltage

Air
Switches, Insulators, and Bus Supports.

C57.12.20 Transformers
- Overhead-Type Distribution Transformers, 500 kVA and Smaller: 
High-Voltage 34,500 Volts and Below;  Low-Voltage, 7970/13,800Y
Volts and Below.

C78.380 Electric
Lamps - High-Intensity Discharge Lamps - Method of Designation.

C82.4 Ballasts
for High-Intensity-Discharge and Low-Pressure Sodium Lamps (Multiple
Supply Type).

C119.4 Electric
Connectors - Connectors for Use Between Aluminum-To-Aluminum or Aluminum-To-Copper
Bare Overhead Conductors.

C135.1 Galvanized
Steel Bolts and Nuts for Overhead Line Construction.

C135.14 Staples
with Rolled or Slash Points for Overhead Line Construction.

C135.17 Galvanized
Ferrous Bolt-Type Insulator Pins with Lead Threads for Overhead Line
Construction.

C135.22 Galvanized
Ferrous Pole-Top Insulator Pins with Lead Threads for Overhead Line
Construction.

C135.30 Galvanized
Ferrous Ground Rods for Overhead or Underground Line Construction.

C135.33 Galvanized
Ferrous Crossarm Gains for Overhead Line Construction.

C136.2 Roadway
Lighting - Luminaires - Voltage Classification.

C136.3 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Luminaire Attachments.

C136.6 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Metal Heads and Reflector Assemblies - Mechanical
and Optical Interchangeability.

C136.9 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Socket Support Assemblies for Metal Heads - Mechanical
Interchangeability.

C136.10 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Locking-Type Photocontrol Devices and Mating Receptacles
- Physical and Electrical Interchangeability and Testing.

C136.11 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Multiple Sockets.

C136.13 Roadway
Lighting - Metal Brackets for Wood Poles.

C136.14 Roadway
Lighting Equipment - Enclosed Side-Mounted Luminaires for Horizontal-Burning
High-Intensity-Discharge Lamps.

C136.15 Roadway
Lighting - High-Intensity-Discharge and Low-Pressure Sodium Lamps in
Luminaires - Field Identification.

Z55.1 Gray
Finishes for Industrial Apparatus and Equipment

05.1 Specifications
and Dimensions for Wood Poles.

B. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Publications:

A123
REV A Standard Specification for Zinc (Hot-Galvanized) Coatings on Iron
and Steel Products.

A153 Standard Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-

Dip)
on Iron and Steel Hardware.

A475 Standard
Specification for Zinc-Coated Steel Wire Strand.

A575 Standard
Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon, Merchant Quality, M-Grades.

A576
REV B Standard Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon, Hot-Wrought, Special
Quality.

B1 Standard
Specification for Hard-Drawn Copper Wire.

B8 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors, Hard, Medium-Hard,
or Soft.

B117 Standard
Test Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing.

B228 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper-Clad Steel Conductors.

B230 Standard
Specification for Aluminum 1350-H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes.

B231 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum 1350 Conductors.

B232 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum Conductors, Coated-Steel
Reinforced (ACSR).

B398 Standard
Specification for Aluminum-Alloy 6201-T81 Wire for Electrical Purposes.

B399 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum-Alloy 6201-T81 Conductors.

B416 Standard
Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum-Clad Steel Conductors.

B498 Standard
Specification for Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Core Wire for Aluminum
Conductors, Steel Reinforced (ACSR).

D923 Standard
Methods of Sampling Electrical Insulating Liquids.

D3304 Analysis of Environmental Materials for

Polychlorinated
Biphenyls.

C. American Wood-Preservers' Association (AWPA) Standards:

C4 Poles
- Preservative Treatment by Pressure Processes.

C25 Sawn
Crossarms - Preservative Treatment by Pressure Processes.

P1 Coal Tar Cresote for Land and Fresh Water Use.