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11-16-2009, 09:19 AM
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existing panel location
i added a two pole circuit to an existing panel that was located in a bathroom. The inspector says that now i have to relocate the electrical panel since i added an overcurrent device. If the panel is existing then why do i have to move it?
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11-16-2009, 09:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cle
i added a two pole circuit to an existing panel that was located in a bathroom. The inspector says that now i have to relocate the electrical panel since i added an overcurrent device. If the panel is existing then why do i have to move it?
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Some inspectors believe that since it is illegal to start with then anything you add to it has to be illegal. This is really an AHJ call and many of the inspectors see it as your inspector did.
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11-16-2009, 11:09 AM
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240.24(E) prohibits panels in bathrooms in dwelling units and guest room in hotels and motels.
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11-16-2009, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Port
240.24(E) prohibits panels in bathrooms in dwelling units and guest room in hotels and motels.
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Technically, the panel is legal - you just can't actually install any breakers..... 
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11-16-2009, 10:50 PM
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i can't see how he can make you move the whole panel if it was inspected by his jurisdiction and passed the first time around. Relocate the circuits you pulled to that location i can see but change the whole panel? That homeowner should be pissed.
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11-16-2009, 11:18 PM
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Man, I did that panel as a side job years ago. Owner thought it'd be great having a panel right over the toilet. It's like having an instant stepladder so the kiddies can reset the breakers themselves.
Nonetheless just undo what you did, cancel the permit, and reinstall w/o permits.
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11-16-2009, 11:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudeboy
i can't see how he can make you move the whole panel if it was inspected by his jurisdiction and passed the first time around. .........
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Who said it was ever inspected, let alone passed?
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11-16-2009, 11:57 PM
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Total blow hard.
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Originally Posted by 480sparky
Who said it was ever inspected, let alone passed?
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Nobody, that's why I said "if".
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11-17-2009, 04:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by idontknow
Man, I did that panel as a side job years ago. Owner thought it'd be great having a panel right over the toilet. It's like having an instant stepladder so the kiddies can reset the breakers themselves.
Nonetheless just undo what you did, cancel the permit, and reinstall w/o permits.
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you can reset the breaker and take a wizz at the same time
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11-17-2009, 04:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ampman
you can reset the breaker and take a wizz at the same time
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11-17-2009, 11:34 PM
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Overcurrent devices used to be allowed to go in bathrooms of dwellings. Sometime around 87-93 they changed the code. They are still allowed as of the 2005 code to be in a bathroom of other than dwellings. 08 I am not that familiar with it yet, we still are on 05. Around where I work, if you add a circuit into that panel, outside the bathroom she goes......
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