Required definitions, ratings, procedures for performing design tests and production tests, and construction requirements for subsurface, vault, and padmounted load-interrupter switchgear and fused load-interrupter switchgear for ac systems up to 38 kV are covered in this standard.

This standard applies to enclosed assemblies of single-phase and three-phase, dead-front and live-front, subsurface, vault, and padmounted, load-interrupter switches with or without protective devices such as fuses or fault interrupters, up to 38 kV rated maximum voltage.