THE INDIAN ELECTRICITY RULES, 1956 CONTENTS CHAPTER | PRELIMINARY 1 2: @ « le and com nt Definitions Authorisation CHAPTER II INSPECTORS 4 Qualification of Inspectors 4A. Appointment of officers to assist the Inspectors 4B. Qualification of officers appointed to assist the Inspectors 5. Entry and inspection 6 Appeals 7. Amount of fees 8. Incidence of fees recoverable in the cases of dispute O 2% Submission of records 10. List of consumers CHAPTER Il LICENCE 11. Application for licence 12. Copies of maps and draft licence for put inspection 13. Contents of draft licence 14. Form of draft licence we |©) _ The maximum and minimum temperatures shall be such as the State Government may specify in each case, (3) __ Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-ules (1) and (2), in localities Where overhead lines ate liable to accumulations of ioe or snow the State Government may, by order in writing, specify the loading ‘conditions for the Purpose of calculating the factor of safety. 77. Clearance above ground of the lowest conductor- (1) __ No conductor of an overhead line, including service lines, erected across a street shall at any part thereof be at a height of less than- (@) For low and medium voltage lines 5.8 metres (0) For high voltage lines 6.1 metres2) No conductor of an overhead line, including service lines, erected along any street shall at any part thereof be at a height less than- (@) __ Forlow and medium voltage lines 5.5 metres: (0) For high voltage lines 5.8 metres @) No conductor of in ovethead line. including service lines, erected elsewhere than along or across any street shall be at a height less than. (2) For low, madium and high voltages lines upto and including 11,000 volts, bare 48 metres (0) __Forlow, medium and high volage lines upto and including 11,000 volts, if insulated 4.0 metres () For high voltage lines above 11,000 volts 5.2 metres (4) _ For extra-high voltage lines the clearance above ground shall not be less than 5.2 metres plus 0.3 metre for every 33,000 volts or part thereof by which the voltage of the line exceeds 33,000 volts Provided that the minimum clearance along or across any street shall not be less [than 6.1 metres, 78. Clearance between conductors and trolley wires- ‘(@]__No conductor of an overhead line crossing a tramway or trolley bus route Und trolley wires shail have less than the following clearances above and trolley wire (@) Low and medium voltage lines 1.2 metres, Provided that where an insulated conductor suspended from a bearer Wire crosses over a trolley wire the minimum clearance for such insulated conductor shall be 0.6 metre. ) High voltage lines ip to and including 17,000 volts |____1.8 metres: es ae (©) High voltage lines above 11, 2.5 metres, (6). Extra-high voltage lines metres i 1