Does racking out circuit breakers fall under the definition of "power switching?" My company has been on multiple jobs for various customers who are responsible for power switching, yet they expect us to rack out breakers connected to hot bus for testing.
It has always been my understanding that the process of power switching included racking out any associated circuit breakers for lockout/tagout or testing. Does anyone here have a different definition?
Seems like most customers take it literally to mean throwing a switch or operating a circuit breaker and that's it. Is there anything written in a standard that defines "power switching?"
NETA defines ready-to-test condition as equipment being in an isolated state. Maybe we should update our customer requirements to include this definition rather than the generic term "power switching."
I need to review 70B and E to see what they say. What do you guys typically do in these situations?