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Subchapter 5. Electrical Safety Orders
Group 1. Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 71. Motion-Picture Studios and Similar Locations

§2553.19. Sizing of Feeder Conductors for Television Studio Sets.

(a) General. It shall be permissible to apply the demand factors listed in Table 2553.19(a) to that portion of the maximum possible connected load for studio or stage set lighting for all permanently installed feeders between substations and stages and to all permanently installed subfeeders between the main stage switchboard and stage distribution centers or location boards.


                     TABLE 2553.19(a) 
          DEMAND FACTORS FOR STAGE SET LIGHTING 
		  
Total Stage Set Lighting                  Feeder Demand 
Load (Wattage)                                  Factors 
First 50,000 or less at........................... 100% 
Next 50,001 to 100,000 at.........................  75% 
Next 100,001 to 200,000 at........................  60% 
All over 200,000..................................  50%

(b) Portable Feeders. A demand factor of 50 percent of maximum possible connected load shall be permitted for all portable feeders.

(Title 24, Part 3, Section 530-19.)

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(c), Health and Safety Code.

HISTORY

1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).

2. Amendment of Table 2553.19(a) filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).

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