Switchgear Committee                       

Scope: Treatment of matters in which the dominant factors are the design, construction and operation of devices or assembled gear to establish (make), interrupt, or change connections in any electric circuit under normal or abnormal condition, including treatment of the following: *Automatic reclosers and sectionalizers, *Current limiting devices, *Fuses and cutouts, *Gas-insulated switchgear, *Insulation, insulators and hardware for switchgear, *Metal-enclosed buses and all buses included in switchgear assemblies, *Network protectors and limiters, *Power circuit breakers, *Switches, including separable connectors and pad-mounted switches, *Switchgear assemblies, *Switchgear devices.

Matters relating to switchgear or switchgear devices for applications covered by another technical committee if emphasis is on particular requirements of the application.

Switchgear Officers

Chairman Ted Burse Powell Electric Systems Inc. PO Box 12818 Houston, TX 77217

Vice Chairman Bill Long Eaton Corporation 170 Industry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275

Secretary Ken Edwards BPA TESM/AMPN-2, PO Box 491, Vancouver, WA 98666-0491

Standards Coordinator Michael Wactor Powell Electric Systems Inc. PO Box 12818 Houston, TX 77217

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Subcommittee Pages

Administrative Subcommittee (ADSCOM) Education, Recognition, and Publication Subcommittee (ERP) High Voltage Fuses Subcommittee (HVF) High Voltage Switches Subcommittee (HVS)

Low Voltage Switchgear Devices Subcommittee (LVSD) High Voltage Circuit Breaker Subcommittee (HVCB) Reclosers and Other Distribution Equipment Subcommittee (RODE) Switchgear Assemblies Subcommittee (SA)

Miscellaneous items within this site

Interpretation of Standards- guidelines: Short ver, Full size ver. IEEE SA Electronic Balloting Process (updated May 04) IEEE SA Sample Recirculation Letter (updated May 04) IEEE SA Sample Balloting Letter (updated Oct. 02) IEEE SA Items of Interest (updated May 04)

Patent Concerns- IEEE-SA (ppt format) (pdf format) Switchgear Committee Newcomers Orientation Organization and Procedures Manual (OPM) of the Committee Switchgear Bibliography (1992-1996) download WG Standards comment Form (xls file)

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