Scope
1.1
This Standard applies to indoor open and enclosed and outdoor enclosed assemblies of switchgear devices such as switches, interrupting devices, air circuit breakers, power circuit breakers, and control, metering, protective, and regulating equipment with associa~ed interconnections and supporting structures, in nominal voltages of 46 kV and less, intended to be used in accordance with the Rules of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, in nonhazardous locations, for controlling and protecting the power from generators or other sources and supplying electrical energy to power and lighting circuits.
1.2
This Standard does not apply to panelboards, industrial control equipment, switchboards for communication circuits (see Canadian Electrical Code, Part I), or low voltage assemblies consisting of separately supported enclosed switches, enclosed circuit breakers, and possibly service meters, with interconnection between them enclosed in raceways.
Note: Manufacturers and installers of switchgear assemblies approved under this Standard should take due note of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, with respect to the location of switchgear devices in areas where certain components may not be acceptable in such locations.
1.3
Clauses 1 to 6 apply to all switchgear assemblies and are supplemented and amended as follows:
(a) by Clause 7 for low voltage switchgear assemblies; and
(b) by Clause 8 for high voltage switchgear assemblies.
