30 CFR § 75.518-2 - Incandescent lamps, overload and short circuit protection.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s75.518-2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 75.518-2 - Incandescent lamps, overload and short circuit protection."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "75.518-2"
section_name: "Incandescent lamps, overload and short circuit protection."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "75"
part_name: "MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND COAL MINES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "75"
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# 75.518-2 Incandescent lamps, overload and short circuit protection.

Incandescent lamps installed along haulageways and at other locations, not contacting combustible material, and powered from trolley or direct current feeder circuits, need not be provided with separate short circuit or overload protection, if the lamp is not more than 8 feet in distance from such circuits.