I know were to find the articles about abandoned cables, but is there anything about abandoned equipment?
I recently was involved at a project where the existing 400A service was upgraded to a 600A.
The new service was placed two rooms down from the old one, and the electrician left all of the old equipment. He cut the wires in the T-box but left all of the existing equipment in place. No tag, no lock nothing to indicate it was abandoned.
My problem is this, what if the Fire Dept or other public saftey agency needs to quickly shut off the power to the building? The exsiting equipment isn't that old (1980's) and could easily be mistaken for the source of power. It is also easier to find in this particular building, definitely the one somebody would come across first.
Now if the building got flooded, or damaged, or on fire there could be a serious problem if firefighters or salvage teams enter assuming the power is off.
Is this adddressed anywhere in the NEC?
I recently was involved at a project where the existing 400A service was upgraded to a 600A.
The new service was placed two rooms down from the old one, and the electrician left all of the old equipment. He cut the wires in the T-box but left all of the existing equipment in place. No tag, no lock nothing to indicate it was abandoned.
My problem is this, what if the Fire Dept or other public saftey agency needs to quickly shut off the power to the building? The exsiting equipment isn't that old (1980's) and could easily be mistaken for the source of power. It is also easier to find in this particular building, definitely the one somebody would come across first.
Now if the building got flooded, or damaged, or on fire there could be a serious problem if firefighters or salvage teams enter assuming the power is off.
Is this adddressed anywhere in the NEC?
