Equipment classes

Classes of power equipment and the tests each class receives, from transformers and switchgear to cables, batteries and rotating machines.

  1. Liquid filled transformers

    Chapter 11 of NFPA 70B-2026 covers the maintenance of power and distribution transformers; its periodic maintenance procedures are visual inspection, cleaning, mechanical servicing and electrical testing, with the lubrication and special subdivisions reserved.

  2. Low voltage circuit breakers

    Chapter 15 of NFPA 70B-2026 covers low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers; section 15.3 holds the periodic maintenance procedures for molded-case, insulated-case and low-voltage power circuit breakers, and section 15.4 those for medium-voltage power circuit breakers.