PROTECT AGAINST LIVE ELEMENTS AND

PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE FEEDBACK SIGNPOST THE AREA

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION PROTOCOL
❖ The maneuvering devices used
Protect the work area against
❖ To perform any electrical to disconnect the installation
nearby live elements and
maintenance, the first must be secured against any
establish safety signage to
thing is to have the right possible reconnection.
delimit it with the placement of
equipment. ❖ preferably these devices should signs and the installation of
be locked and marked. barriers provided for this
❖ The electrical protection
purpose.
elements are essential for CHECK THE ABSENCE OF VOLTAGE.
the protection of the ❖ The absence of voltage must
operator. be verified in all the active
❖ It is the responsibility of elemGround and short
the operator to verify if circuitents of the electrical
its dielectric elements are installation, as close as
in good condition. possible to where the work is
to be carried out.
FIVE GOLDEN RULES TO WORK WITHOUT GROUND AND SHORT CIRCUIT
TENSION
❖ The action will be carried out with all the
possible sources of voltage that, due to
❖ In the part of the installation where the work is to be induction or for other reasons, may
carried out, it must be isolated from all power sources. accidentally become energized.

❖ Switches and disconnectors will be used to prevent ❖ This step should be executed
accidental closure. immediately after verifying the absence
of voltage.
❖ In those devices where the cut is not visible, there must
be a device that guarantees the effective cut.
❖ It consists of creating a safety zone SEGURITY CONDITIONS
around the work area.