Emergency Circuits pertaining to NEC 700.10, B, (5)

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I recently was involved in a heated debate with an inspector interpreting NEC 700.10, B, (5) to mean all emergency circuits i.e. breakers in a switchboard must be in a vertically oriented position as opposed to the standard horizontal left/right on/off orientation. My only response was to point to "separate vertical switchboard sections" meaning that the switchboard itself is mounted in a veritcal position but does not pertain to the individual circuit breaker orientation. Any help on a better way to explain this more thoroughly would be appreciated. Thx.
 

steve66

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The NEC handbook also has some one-line diagrams that explain that paragraph.

Unfortunately, all the breakers in those diagrams are shown vertically. That is, the symbol is drawn vertically. That doesn't mean anything, but maybe that's where the inspector got that crazy idea.

at least the paper dkidd posted a link to shows some emergency breakers with the symbols drawn sideways. Hopefully that will help.
 
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