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elec panel along steps
- Thread starter darcar
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2009 IRC
E3405.4 Location of working spaces and equipment.
Required working space shall not be designated for storage. Panelboards and overcurrent protection devices shall not be located in clothes closets, in bathrooms, or over the steps of a
stairway.
E3405.4 Location of working spaces and equipment.
Required working space shall not be designated for storage. Panelboards and overcurrent protection devices shall not be located in clothes closets, in bathrooms, or over the steps of a
stairway.
IRC2006 E3305.4 same but does not state anything in regards to steps. Most likely this install was prior to the IRC2006. Looks like the IRC2009 does not allow it as rogerpa has posted.
Will this be a new service install?
Will this be a new service install?
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raider1
Silver Member
Correct, the prohibition to having overcurrent devices located over steps was a new change to the 2008 NEC and the 2009 IRC.Pcinspector1 said:
Chris
ccbuilding
Sawhorse
So could panelboards and overcurrent protection devices be installed over a mid-rise landing?
Builder Bob
SAWHORSE
residential of commercial?
ccbuilding
Sawhorse
Hypothetical - but lets say residential
fatboy
Administrator
I don't think a mid-rise landing would be a violation, assuming all required working clearances were in place, not encroached by handrails........etc.
raider1
Silver Member
I agree with fatboy, a mid-level landing would be an acceptable location provided that the working space requirements are met.
Also the prohibition to locating overcurrent devices over steps of a stairway apply equally to both residential and commercial applications.
Chris
Also the prohibition to locating overcurrent devices over steps of a stairway apply equally to both residential and commercial applications.
Chris
Builder Bob
SAWHORSE
Commercial would be limited by the language in the building code for vertical exit enclosures. 2006-ed
1020.1.2 Penetrations. Penetrations into and openings
through an exit enclosure are prohibited except for required
exit doors, equipment and ductwork necessary for independent
pressurization, sprinkler piping, standpipes, electrical
raceway for fire department communication systems
and electrical raceway serving the exit enclosure and terminating
at a steel box not exceeding 16 square inches (0.010
m2). Such penetrations shall be protected in accordance with
Section 712. There shall be no penetrations or communication
openings, whether protected or not, between adjacent
exit enclosures.
1020.1.2 Penetrations. Penetrations into and openings
through an exit enclosure are prohibited except for required
exit doors, equipment and ductwork necessary for independent
pressurization, sprinkler piping, standpipes, electrical
raceway for fire department communication systems
and electrical raceway serving the exit enclosure and terminating
at a steel box not exceeding 16 square inches (0.010
m2). Such penetrations shall be protected in accordance with
Section 712. There shall be no penetrations or communication
openings, whether protected or not, between adjacent
exit enclosures.