70B: Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance
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Proper maintenance is absolutely essential to the safety of your facility and your employees.
NFPA 70B, Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance, details preventive maintenance for electrical, electronic, and communication systems and equipment—such as those used in industrial plants, institutional and commercial buildings, and large multifamily residential complexes. Used alongside the requirements in NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace®, NFPA 70B helps users develop and carry out an effective electrical preventive maintenance (EPM) program for all types of equipment and assemblies.
The biggest change to the 2023 edition is that is has been converted from a recommended practice to a standard. Changes were made throughout the document to update the provisions from recommendations to mandatory requirements.
Aspects of equipment maintenance addressed in NFPA 70B include:
- Planning and carrying out an electrical preventive maintenance program for all types of equipment and assemblies
- Developing specifications for installation that take maintenance into account
- Personnel safety
- Fundamentals of electrical equipment maintenance
- System studies
- Power quality
- Testing and test methods
- Maintenance of electrical equipment subject to long intervals between shutdowns
- Grounding and ground-fault protection
- Plus, detailed chapters on many different types of assemblies, equipment, cables, and devices
