§ 8036 Electrical Span Wire Insulation

Public Utilities Code·California

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Key Takeaways

•If you put up a span wire (a wire that helps support other wires) near electric wires, you must put insulation on it.
•The insulation must be placed between 2 and 4 feet from where the span wire is attached to the pole or other support.
•If the span wire is attached to two electric wires that are parallel and less than 18 feet apart, you don’t need to put insulation on the span wire between those two electric wires.
•This rule doesn’t apply if feeder wires (wires that carry electricity to the main power lines) are used instead of span wires.

Example

You are putting up a span wire to support some electric cables on a pole in your backyard.

You must put insulation on the span wire, and it has to be between 2 and 4 feet from where the wire is attached to the pole. If the span wire is attached to two electric wires that are close together (less than 18 feet apart), you don’t need to insulate the part of the span wire between them.

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§ 8036 Electrical Span Wire Insulation

No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any span wire attached to any wire or cable used to conduct electricity, without causing the span wire to be at all times effectively insulated between the outer point at which it is in any case fastened to the pole or other structure by which it is hung or supported, and at the point at which it is in any case thus attached. Such insulation shall not in any case be placed less than two (2) feet or more than four (4) feet from the point at which the span wire is so attached. When in any case such span wire is attached along its length to any two (2) such wires or cables, conducting electricity and extending parallel to each other, not more than eighteen (18) feet apart, such insulation shall not be required therein at any point between such parallel wires or cables. This section does not apply where feeder wires are used in place of span wires. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

insulation port electricity

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 8036.

§ 8036 Electrical Span Wire Insulation

Public Utilities Code·California

AI SummaryVerified

§ 8036 Electrical Span Wire Insulation

Key Takeaways

•If you put up a span wire (a wire that helps support other wires) near electric wires, you must put insulation on it.
•The insulation must be placed between 2 and 4 feet from where the span wire is attached to the pole or other support.
•If the span wire is attached to two electric wires that are parallel and less than 18 feet apart, you don’t need to put insulation on the span wire between those two electric wires.
•This rule doesn’t apply if feeder wires (wires that carry electricity to the main power lines) are used instead of span wires.

Example

You are putting up a span wire to support some electric cables on a pole in your backyard.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source

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§ 8036 Electrical Span Wire Insulation

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

insulation port electricity

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 8036.

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