![]() ![]() You can accomplish this with red or yellow tape, cones, pylons, a stand-by attendant… really any of the traditional ways one would alert someone of a hazard that is not always present. Why do I need it and what do I do with it?ĭuring any electrical job (that will expose people to an arc flash) the worker must set up a barricade at or beyond the boundary. So, instead of changing how far away this distance really is the term protection was dropped and now we have the arc flash boundary. The reason this was selected is because that is what is considered the survivable level… not the most comfortable level. ![]() This boundary (or invisible barrier) is the distance away from a potential arc flash hazard that someone would receive 2nd-degree burns if exposed to an arc flash. ![]() Originally this was referred to as the arc flash protection boundary… until someone realized it didn’t offer much protection. If that sounds like you then keep reading!
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