IEEE Guide for

Fence Safety Clearances in

Electric-Supply Stations

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 IEEE Guide for Fence Safety Clearances in
Electric-Supply Stations

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IEEE Power Engineering Society

Approved September 26,1988

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 (This Foreword is not a part of IEEE Std 1119-1988, IEEE Guide for Fence Safety Clearances in Electric-Supply Stations.)

This guide was prepared by the Substation Safety Working Group D4 of the Substations
Committee, Distribution Substation Subcommittee. The membership of the working group was as
follows:
H. M. Tucker, Chairman
N. Barbeito R. E. Carberry T. S. McLenahan
C. J. Blattner s. Cluts S. G. Patel
M. Bogdan A. E. Kollar C. L. Rogers
S. D. Brown D. N. Laird B. W. Wray
W. J. Lohner

The following persons were on the balloting committee that approved this document for
submission to the IEEE Standards Board:
W. J. Ackerman D. L. Garrrett T. S. McLenahan
B. Y. Afshar H. R. Gilden S. P. Meliopoulos
S. J. Arnot J. G n a n C. Minshew
Nelson Barbeito A. Haban P. R. Nannery
R. U. Benson D. L. Harris J. OHara
J. D. Betz N. G. Hingorani J. T. Orrell
K. L. Black J. E. Holladay J. Oswald
C. J. Blattner M. L. Holm J. Paolozzi
W. R. Block D. C. Johnson S. G. Patel
S. Bogdanowicz G. Karady R. J. Perina
R. H. Bower J. J. Keane T. A. Pinkham,III
S. D. Brown R. P. Keil J. Quinata
D. E. Buettner D. F. Koenig D. G. Rishworth
J. B. Cannon A. E. Kollar B. D. Russell
J. W. Cheever F. F. Kluge J. Sabath
T. C. Cheng T. J. Kolenda D. R. Schafer
s.cluts I. H. Koponen R. C. St. Clair
E. F. Counsel L. W. Kurtz, Jr J. G. Sverak
F. Dawalibi K. C. Labbe W. K. Switzer
F. A. Denbrock D. N. Laird E. R. Taylor
W. K. Dick L. M. Laskowski H. M. Tucker
C. C. Diemond A. A. Libold L. F. Volf, Jr
P. R. Dolan K. E. Lewis R. P. Webb
E. Eldridge C. T. Linderberg R. J. Wehling
F. K. Faulkner P. H. Lips W. M. Werner
L. N. Ferguson W. F. Long B. W. Wray
H. H. Ferris, Jr J. A. Maneatis R. M. Youngs
R. Matulic

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Donald Fleckenstein,Chairman Marc0 W. Migliaro, Vice Chairm~n

Andrew G. Salem, Secretary
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Fletcher J. Buckley Jack M. Kinn Donald T. Michael*
James M. Daly Frank D. Kirschner Richard E. Mosher
Stephen R. Dillon Frank C. Kitzantides L. John Rankine
Eugene P. Fogarty Irving Kolodny Gary S. Robinson
Jay Forster* Joseph L. Koepfinger* Frank L. Rose
Thomas L. Hannan Edward Lohse Helen M. Wood
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 contents

SECTION PAGE

1 . Introduction ............................................................................................... 7
1.1 Purpose .............................................................................................. 7
1.2 Scope ................................................................................................. 7
2 . Definitions ................................................................................................ 7
3 . References ................................................................................................. 7
4 . Fence Safety Clearance .................................................................................. 9

FIGURE

Fig 1 Safety Clearance to Electric-Supply Station Fences .............................................. 8

APPENDIX

Appendix A Example Applications of Fence Safety Clearance ..................................... 10

APPENDIX FIGURES

Fig Al Illustration Showing Insufficient Fence Safety Clearance .................................. 10

Fig A2 Illustration Showing Sufficient Fence Safety Clearance ..................................... 10
. Fig A3 Illustration Showing Sufficient Fence Safety Clearance ..................................... 11

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 IEEE Guide for Fence Safety Clearances in
Electric-Supply Stations
1.Introduction
1.1 Purpose. The purpose of this guide is t o
provide design guidance for the location of
fences with respect t o live parts within an
electric-supply station. The intent of the fence
safety clearance is t o provide a reasonable
safety clearance zone so t h a t someone
inserting an object through the electric-supply
station fence should not contact live parts or
come close enough to the live parts to violate the
required live part to ground clearance and
cause a flashover t o occur. The safety
clearance zone is necessary t o minimize a
- possible hazard t o anyone on the outside of a n
electric-supply station fence.
1.2 Scope. This guide presents a method for
providing fence safety clearances for electric-
supply stations. The guide applies to electric-
supply stations with voltage between phases up
to and including 765 000 V. It is recognized
that this guide illustrates only one physical
situation, and the user may be confronted with
other physical parameters, in which case the
intent of the guide should be appropriately
applied .
2. Definitions
Definitions of terms pertinent to the subject
matter are listed here. Definitions as given
herein apply specifically t o the application of
this guide. For additional definitions see
ANSHEEE Std 100-1988 C2l.l
clearance. The separation between two
conductors, between conductors and supports
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The numbers in brackets correspond with those of the
references in Sedion 3.
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or other objects, or between conductors and
ground.
electric-supply equipment. Equipment that
produces, modifies, regulates, controls, or
safeguards a supply of electric energy.
electric-supplystation. Any building, room, or
separate space within which electric-supply
equipment is located and the interior of which
is accessible, as a rule, only t o properly
qualified persons. This includes generating
stations, substations and generator, storage
battery, and transformer rooms.
exposed.Not isolated or guarded.
live parts. Those parts that are designed t o
operate at voltage different from that of the
earth.
This guide shall be used in conjunction with
the following publications:
[11 ANSI C2-1987, National Electrical Safety
Code.'
[21 ANSUIEEE Std 100-1988, IEEE Standard
Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics
Terms.s
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Department, American National Standards Institute, 1430
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Fig 1
Safety-clearanceto ElectricSupplyStation Fences

Dimensions for Use with Fig 1, Fence safety clearance .s

Nominal Voltage Dimension A Dimension B
Between Phases & m & m
15134 500 15.0 4.6 10.0 3.1
46 ~ 9 O O o 16.0 4.9 12.0 3.7
115000 16.7 5.1 13.0 4.0
138000 17.1 5.2 14.0 4.3
161m 17.6 5.4 14.0 4.3
230000 19.0 5.8 16.0 4.9
345000 21.3 6.5 18.0 5.5
5 oom 24.9 7.6 21.0 6.4
766 m 29.7 9.1 23.0 7.0
NOTES: (1) Dimension A is equal to the vertical clearance of wires,
conductors, and cables above spaces and ways subject to pedestrians or
restricted traffc only (ANSI C2-1987 [l], Rules 232A and 232B, and
Table 232-1, 5) for the voltage considered.
(2) The B dimension was established after considering the horizontal
clearance of unguarded live parts in electric-supply stations (ANSI C2-
1987 [l], Rule 124 A and Table 124-l), plus the effective length of a md or
pole that could be inserted through the electric-supply station fence. The
horizontal clearances used for the extra-high voltages are based on BIL
fadors (ANSI C2-1987 [l], Table 124-1,Part C).
(3) The values shown for dimension A for nominal voltages between
phases of 115 000 and above should be increased 3% for each 1000 R
(300 m) in excess of 3300 R (1000 m) above mean sea level.

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4. Fence safety Clearance
4.1 Fences, partitions, o r walls when installed
t o minimize the possibility of entrance of
unauthorized persons, should be located so that
the exposed live parts are outside the safety-
clearance zone as illustrated in Fig 1.
EXCEPTIONS: (1) When a n impenetrable fence,
partition, or wall with no openings through which sticks or
other objects can be inserted is used, live parts complying
with the requirements of ANSI C2-1987 [ l ] ,Part 1 may be
installed within the safety-clearance zone if the live parts
are below the horizontal line projected from the top of the
impenetrable fence o r wall.
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std1119-1988
[2) The safety-clearance zone requirement is not
applicable to fences within the perimeter fence of an
electric-supply station.
4.2 The safety-clearance zone is defined by
constructing an arc with radius B from a point
on the centerline of the fence (without regard to
fence height), so that the arc is tangent t o the
horizontal line defined by dimension A and to
the vertical line defined by dimension B
measured horizontally from the fence
centerline. All exposed live parts throughout
the range of their motion shall be outside the
safety zone.
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(This Appendix is not a part of IEEE Std 1119-1988, IEEE Guide for Fence Safety Clearances in Electric-Supply Stations,
but is included here for information only.)

AppendixA
Example Applications of Fence safety Clearan-

7 ft
F , -
d 8 ft
\ FENCE

Fig Al
Illustration Showing InsufFicient
Fence Safety Clearance

EXAMPLES: (1)This example is illustrated in centerline of the 69 kV circuit breaker. The A

Fig Al. The proposed fence location is 8 ft from
the centerline of the voltage regulator. Since
this is a 12.47 kV (phase-to-phase) circuit, the
A dimension from the table of Fig 1 is 15 ft.
The B dimension from the table of
Fig 1 is 10 ft. As shown in Fig Al, the voltage
regulator bushings are within the safety
clearance zone, thereby this design is not
acceptable. The fence should be moved further
from the voltage regulator t o provide an
acceptable fence safety clearance.
(2) The second example illustrates an
acceptable design and is shown in Fig A2. The
proposed fence location is 20 ft from the
dimension from the table in Fig 1 is 16 ft. The
B dimension from the table of Fig 1 is 12 ft. As
shown in Fig A2, adequate fence safety
clearance is provided.
(3) The third example also illustrates an
acceptable design and is shown in Fig A3. The
proposed location of the fence is 20 ft from the
centerline of the 138 kV coupling-capacitor
voltage transformer (CCVT). The A
dimension from the table of Fig 1 is 17.1 ft.
The B dimension from the table of Fig 1 is
14 ft. As shown in Fig A3, adequate fence
safety clearance is provided.

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Figm
Illustrationshowing Sufficient
Fence Safety Clearance

; 138 kV (CKT)

FigA3
IllustrationshowingSufficient
Fence Safety Clearance

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