tpotter7
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can you mount a media cabinet above an electrical panel. Media cabinet has just data a sound devices
That gives the OP the rules about working space, which would be an issue if the sound cabinet is surface mounted. If the A/V is also recessed into a flush mount (box on other side of wall, for example) then working space would not be violated.See 110.26(E)(1)
Roger
That gives the OP the rules about working space, which would be an issue if the sound cabinet is surface mounted. If the A/V is also recessed into a flush mount (box on other side of wall, for example) then working space would not be violated.
If both are surface mounted, bring the panel forward to be flush with the front of the A/V cabinet to clear the working space provision. BUT read on.
If A/V and the panel are both recessed into the wall or both surface mounted then dedicated space (110.26(E)(1)) comes into play and you and the inspector can argue all day as to whether or not the A/V is part of the electrical system or is a foreign system.
As Derek, says I posted the article section for Dedicated Space see illustration (the illustration was from the 99 NEC it is now 110.26(E)(1))That gives the OP the rules about working space, which would be an issue if the sound cabinet is surface mounted.
Duhhhh, if it's on the other side of the wall there would be no need for this thread.If the A/V is also recessed into a flush mount (box on other side of wall, for example) then working space would not be violated.
See illustration again but, even if you could sell that, when conduits or cable are added later (basically the reason for the rule) the AV box will be rendered inaccessible.If both are surface mounted, bring the panel forward to be flush with the front of the A/V cabinet to clear the working space provision.
See illustration again.BUT read on.
If A/V and the panel are both recessed into the wall or both surface mounted then dedicated space (110.26(E)(1)) comes into play and you and the inspector can argue all day as to whether or not the A/V is part of the electrical system or is a foreign system.
you and the inspector can argue all day as to whether or not the A/V is part of the electrical system or is a foreign system.
My thought about the wall box was that the *front* of the A/V is on the panel side, flush, while the equipment is deeper than the wall and sticks out on the other side (in a closet, for example), not that it was accessed from the other side.
I have seen such installations.
I do not disagree and never did. It would not be a violation of working space though.:blink: Then it's still a violation of the dedicated space rule. When conduits are added they will still render the box inaccessible.
Roger