stickboy1375
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IMO, the wording 'such as a clothes closets' needs to be removed from the nec, why not say, a garage with stored gasoline, instead?
Panel in Big Clothes Closet
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jxofaltrds
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But I can install the panel in my garage and store all the gas, ammo whatever I want there! LOL.
stickboy1375
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sad but true, but a perfect example of why the wording needs to be eliminated. Most inspectors and electricians are so fixated on that wording, you don't have a chance of installing a OCD in a clothes closet.
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kwired
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I have seen many old mobile homes where that is exactly where the panel was placed - in a bedroom closet and about 18 inches above floor - real fun to work in those:happyno:
jxofaltrds
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electricmanscott
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But according to the NEC you actually can't.
jxofaltrds
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Why not?
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- Illinois
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- retired electrician
When you are installing the panel, assuming new construction, there is no "easily ignitible material in the vicinity", so you can install it anywhere you want. 
The "easily ignitible material does not arrive until after the building is occupied. At the time of install, you did not locate the panel in the vicinity of easily ignitible material.
The "easily ignitible material does not arrive until after the building is occupied. At the time of install, you did not locate the panel in the vicinity of easily ignitible material.
electricmanscott
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You can't install OCPd's "in the vicinity of easily ignitable materials"
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You must have been quite the rebel as a child. :lol:When you are installing the panel, assuming new construction, there is no "easily ignitible material in the vicinity", so you can install it anywhere you want.
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