Service Relocation Requirements

[Stevenwetzel94]

If an Electric Service is relocated and/or upgraded, do the branch circuits require to be brought up to current code? Including the requirement for GFCI/AFCI?

 

[growler]

If an Electric Service is relocated and/or upgraded, do the branch circuits require to be brought up to current code? Including the requirement for GFCI/AFCI?

I have my hand raised because I can actually answer this one.

Depends on your local AHJ. Call them and see if this a requirement. They may even want hard wired smoke detectors. Just by crossing the road into a different jurisdiction the rules can change.

 

[Stevenwetzel94]

Thanks for replying and giving your input! What exactly does AHJ mean? Thanks again.

 

[Rock86]

I would say depends on which Code version your area is using. If you extend a required branch circuit more than 6ft, you are most likely required.

 

[Stevenwetzel94]

2014 NEC, could you point me to which article I could reference?

 

[Little Bill]

2014 NEC, could you point me to which article I could reference?

Maybe @Dennis Alwon can answer this as he is the one that wrote/requested the exemption for AFCI on panel changes. I don't know if it apples to the 2014 or not. Basically it says that if you have to extend the circuit wiring to reach the new panel, if it's not more than 6' you don't have to add AFCI.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

2014 NEC, could you point me to which article I could reference?

210.12(B)

(B) Branch Circuit Extensions or Modifications —
Dwelling Units. In any of the areas specified in 210.12(A),
where branch-circuit wiring is modified, replaced, or extended,
the branch circuit shall be protected by one of the
following:
(1) A listed combination-type AFCI located at the origin of
the branch circuit
(2) A listed outlet branch-circuit type AFCI located at the
first receptacle outlet of the existing branch circuit

Exception: AFCI protection shall not be required where
the extension of the existing conductors is not more than
1.8 m (6 ft) and does not include any additional outlets or
devices.

 

[LarryFine]

I have my hand raised because I can actually answer this one.

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Depends on your local AHJ.

Thanks for replying and giving your input! What exactly does AHJ mean? Thanks again.

Authority Having Jurisdiction. Means the (permits and) inspections department in your locality.

Can be anything from a single person to an entire mini-government. Still required to enforce legally.

 

[James L]

I have my hand raised because I can actually answer this one.

Depends on your local AHJ. Call them and see if this a requirement. They may even want hard wired smoke detectors. Just by crossing the road into a different jurisdiction the rules can change.

Almost every municipality in my area requires smokes up to snuff with any permitted work

 

[retirede]

Almost every municipality in my area requires smokes up to snuff with any permitted work

When I first read this, I thought you were implying that you could influence your inspector with a gift of tobacco products.
Still in my first coffee

 

[augie47]

When I first read this, I thought you were implying that you could influence your inspector with a gift of tobacco products.
Still in my first coffee

the nerve to think an inspector would be influenced by snuff