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Underground Switchgear WG (C37.74) May 19, 2008, 8 AM Meeting, Orlando FL Steve Meiners, the working group chair, opened the meeting with welcome to all attending. There were 18 members and 10 guests in attendance. We have one new member to the WG this was an addition at this meeting. Copy of the attendance list is attached to the minutes of the meeting. Meeting began with introduction, circulation of roster, and presentation of the (5) IEEE Patent By-Laws clause and inappropriate topics slides. A copy of this will be attached to the minutes when sent. Review of last meeting minutes were shown by Ambrose. Minutes were approved. Highlights are given following from the meeting and standard discussions. Discussion on Table 1 first line headings. Removing the first row headers make sense since it then conforms to C37.100.1 and C37.60 standards for constancy. Adopt C37.100.1. Stone commented that he had submitted a document that was modified to conform to C37.100.1 that the WG has not been provided. We should be working on that. Meiners acknowledged that these will be sent to WG and will be used as the outline for our continuing work. A comment was made that the 60 Hz Dielectric test requirements for IEEE 386 rated connectors should reflect the lower test values because of the standards. Discussion centered on history that the rubber products fail. Argument is that the product rating has been this way for 40 years and we should not change. Utilities are not comfortable testing at a lower voltage. One suggestion is that a note be stated that these values may exceed rubber goods standards. Wording was found in C37.60 that covered if entrance connections cannot withstand then labs can use other items. It was suggested to import 6.2.2 item b) from C37.60 into C37.74. A comment on Table 5 limits of the temperature was made. It was recommended to strike line 1 because it conflicts with line 3. Discussion indicated that this should be within C37.100.1. W