Section 7: Protection Against Abnormal Conditions

Section 7.1 Under-Voltage Protection

All motors and special apparatus should be equipped with suitable undervoltage time delay tripping devices to protect against sustained undervoltage or service interruption and to prevent automatic disconnection of equipment upon momentary voltage disturbance.

Section 7.2 Single-Phase Protection

Three-phase motors should be equipped with suitable protective devices to prevent single-phase operation, improper direction of rotation and excessive heating dueto over current.

Section 7.3 The District Will Not Be Responsible for Damage

The District will not be responsible for damage to Customer equipment due to failure of Customer to provide adequate protection.

Section 7.4 Uninterruptible Power Supply

Customer should consider installing an Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) or voltage suppressers where momentary or extended outages or voltage fluctuations will cause inconvenience, loss of electronic memory, or trip alarms, etc.