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Old 11-01-2009, 02:17 PM   #1
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what is the code for the distance of a disconnect for a water heater ?
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what is the code for the distance of a disconnect for a water heater ?
Within sight of and not more than 50 feet
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I agree but will add a breaker lockout device installed at the panel could do it as well.
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By the way, Dennis and I where talking NEC rules.

If this happened to be an oil fired water heater the mechanical code would likely want a switch on the unit that can be reached while servicing the unit.
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hey ryan glad you found this site - hope the job hunt is going well
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Old 11-02-2009, 02:48 AM   #6
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well lets just say its going
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Funny.. I just removed my tank from flat rate and put it into the panel ,and being that I could not find anything in the code book I called the inspection dept and ask them about location of disconnect.
They told me disconnect is not required and the breaker was OK for that purpose regardless if the panel was within site.

Sure that only applys to residential.
BTW it passed..
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thanks guys i was wondering cuz a few months back i was on a job where we put up the disconnects and wired them and when we came back to wire up the water heaters the plumbers had the dam things right up on the d/c's never found out what happened i leaft the job a week later due to problems with pay
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Within sight of and not more than 50 feet
Where is the code requirement for the disconnect/circuit breaker in the code book regarding electic water heaters?
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We have alot of vacation homes and when they winterize they like a disconnect right at the HWH so the don't cook the elements
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We have alot of vacation homes and when they winterize they like a disconnect right at the HWH so the don't cook the elements
I can understand that one...My son keeps going to the cabin during the winter months and forgets to NOT turn the breaker on before it fills up. I wonder if anyone makes one with a float switch.
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I thought about a pressure switch and a shunt trip breaker so if you lost water pressure in the tank the breaker would shut off
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