I popped open a ceiling tile and standing on the top step of a ten foot ladder, I was unable to climb over an above-ceiling partition in order to inspect a neon power supply in a soffit of a small eatery in an enclosed mall. I could see the open enclosures with wired transformers inside but couldn't stretch close enough to read any rating. I was looking at what the sign installer had just reused from the previous store's sign circuitry. FMC was stretched and unsupported, enclosure covers were missing, no egc was pulled with circuit conductors.
First things first.
NEC600.21 (A) requires accessability (admitting close approach) to the power supplies.The partition could be lowered perhaps and with an extention ladder gain access through the ceiling.
Since this is not the original installation, is this new installation then required to be accessible? Who would make the changes to the building to make it so? Thanks
First things first.
NEC600.21 (A) requires accessability (admitting close approach) to the power supplies.The partition could be lowered perhaps and with an extention ladder gain access through the ceiling.
Since this is not the original installation, is this new installation then required to be accessible? Who would make the changes to the building to make it so? Thanks