Hello everyone,
I have situation where we are installing a distribution panelboard (18-inch deep) on the wall in existing mechanical room. The existing condition has a 3-inch sprinkler line (with no sprinklers) running above it approximately 3-ft above the panel and 1ft of the wall. My understanding this is a code violation since we cannot run any foreign system above the equipment. The solution seems to relocate the fire line or move the panelborad at least 12 inches of the wall. Is there any exception in the code for existing installation that will permit us to leave it as is?
Thanks,
I have situation where we are installing a distribution panelboard (18-inch deep) on the wall in existing mechanical room. The existing condition has a 3-inch sprinkler line (with no sprinklers) running above it approximately 3-ft above the panel and 1ft of the wall. My understanding this is a code violation since we cannot run any foreign system above the equipment. The solution seems to relocate the fire line or move the panelborad at least 12 inches of the wall. Is there any exception in the code for existing installation that will permit us to leave it as is?
Thanks,