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Canadian Electrical Code 2

Canadian Electrical
School of Engineering and Technology and applied Science
(SETAS)
Code

Week # 3
Section – 60
Electrical Communication Systems
 60-000: Scope
(1) This Section applies to the installation of communication systems.
(2) The requirements of this Section supplement or amend the general
requirements of this Code.

Exposed plant — the circuit or any portion of it subject to lightning

strikes, to voltage exceeding 300 V rms due to accidental contact with
electric lighting or power conductors, to induction from power line
unbalance operation or faults, and to ground potential rise.
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 60-104: Circuits in communication
cables
Radio and television circuits, remote control circuits, and fire alarm circuits
or parts of this equipment shall be:
(a) permitted to use conductors in a communication building entrance cable
assembly having other conductors used as communication circuits;
(b) deemed to be communication circuits for those portions of circuits that
use conductors within the communication building entrance cable assembly;
and
(c) suitably protected at the point of interface connection with the
communication cable conductors.

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 60-108: Inspection by an
inspector
(1) Communication circuits employed by an electrical or communication
utility in the exercise of its function as a utility shall not be subject to
inspection by an inspector.

(2) Where the communication circuit derives power for operation from a
supply circuit, the transformer or other current-limiting device used at the
junction of the communication and the supply circuit shall be subject to
inspection by an inspector.

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 60-308 Separation from other
conductors

• least 50 mm from insulated conductor of a Class 1 circuit or

an electric light or power system operating at 300 V or less,

• 300v or more, be separated at least 600 mm from any

insulated conductor or an electric light or power system

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 60-310 Penetration of Fire
Separation
• Conductors of communication circuits extending through a
fire separation shall be installed to limit fire spread in
accordance with Rule 2-128.

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60-402 Equipment in air ducts, plenums,
or suspended ceilings

• Shall not be placed in ducts, plenums, or hollow spaces that

are used to transport environmental air nor in suspended
ceiling areas, except that where a duct, plenum, or hollow
space is created by a suspended ceiling having lay-in
panels or tiles.
• Connecting blocks that are of a non-protective type shall be
permitted to be installed if they are placed in an accessible
enclosure

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60-502 Overhead conductors
on roofs
(1) Communication conductors passing over buildings shall be kept
at least 2.5 m above any roof that can be readily walked upon.

(2) Communication conductors shall not be attached to the upper

surfaces of roofs or be run within 2 m, measured vertically, of a roof
unless a deviation has been allowed in accordance with Rule 2-030

(3) A deviation in accordance with Rule 2-030 shall not be necessary

where the building is a garage or other auxiliary building of one
storey.

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 60-512 Communication conductors
entering buildings

(a) are in metal-sheathed or shielded cable;

(b) pass through masonry;
(c) are without fuses in the primary protectors as provided for
in Rule 60-202(2); or
(d) are used to extend circuits to a building from a cable
having a grounded metal sheath or shield.

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 60-706 Grounding Electrode

(1) The grounding conductor shall preferably be connected to

a water pipe grounding electrode, as close to the point of
entrance as possible.

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