145Safety – outside installation

145 Safety – outside installation (1) A person performing electrical work installing an energy storage system located outside a building must ensure the energy storage system is safely located, marked and shielded in accordance with this regulation.

Electrical Safety Regulations 2024 88 (2) The energy storage system must be located at least 60 cm away (3) A line at least 50 mm in width must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be marked in prominent and permanent paint on the ground at least 60 cm from the edges of the energy storage system. (4) A non-combustible barrier must be installed on any wall that: (a) is within 30 cm of the energy storage system; and (b) separates the energy storage system from a habitable room in the building; and (c) is not already a non-combustible barrier. (5) The non-combustible barrier must: (a) extend vertically from the ground to a point 90 cm above the (b) extend horizontally at least 60 cm wider than the width of the