mkgrady
Senior Member
- Location
- Massachusetts
In this one family home that has a security and fire alarm system I failed inspection because the systems are powered from a general purpose receptacle. I did not know of the requirement which I have since found in 760.41. It does not seem to apply to security systems though. I don't even know how to tell if the FA is non-power limited. Both systems were installed by another contractor, who simply told me he needed an outlet for his systems.
I told the inspector I would resolve the problem by running to the pool subpanel which is about three feet away. He said it must come from the main panel because if someone shuts off the pool subpanel it will kill power to the two systems. Running a circuit back to the main panel would be very difficult so I don't want to do it. I don't think there would be any good reason to shut down the pool panel, and if they did, the loss of power alarm is deafening, so I think they would just turn it back on. But in any case, I don't believe there is any code reason not to feed the security and fire systems from the pool panel.
Is the inspector correct?
I told the inspector I would resolve the problem by running to the pool subpanel which is about three feet away. He said it must come from the main panel because if someone shuts off the pool subpanel it will kill power to the two systems. Running a circuit back to the main panel would be very difficult so I don't want to do it. I don't think there would be any good reason to shut down the pool panel, and if they did, the loss of power alarm is deafening, so I think they would just turn it back on. But in any case, I don't believe there is any code reason not to feed the security and fire systems from the pool panel.
Is the inspector correct?