rlqdot
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- Location
- St. Louis, MO - USA
- Occupation
- Professional Engineer (multiple states) - building design
I am an engineer, not an installer. One of my clients has a completed installation (in California, but this question would apply Anywhere, USA) where the electrical contractor installed the maintenance disconnect switch to a part of a roof-mounted exhaust fan that has to be tilted up to gain access to the fan for adjustment and maintenance. With the disco and conduit mounted where it is, the fan cannot be tilted without removing the disco - clearly not the intended method for turning off power to the fan and then performing maintenance.
The contractor has been told to relocate the disco but refuses until / unless someone can point to code or specification requirement that prohibit him from installing the disco as he has. Nothing in the spec to prohibit and I can't find anything in the code. I expected to see something in the "good workmanship" area but did not.
Can anyone point me to anything in writing that would force the contractor to install the disco so that the equipment can be serviced without disassembling the serving branch circuit?
Thanks!
The contractor has been told to relocate the disco but refuses until / unless someone can point to code or specification requirement that prohibit him from installing the disco as he has. Nothing in the spec to prohibit and I can't find anything in the code. I expected to see something in the "good workmanship" area but did not.
Can anyone point me to anything in writing that would force the contractor to install the disco so that the equipment can be serviced without disassembling the serving branch circuit?
Thanks!