110.26(c)(2)

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I have 3 electric rooms with gear 1600A and up. All 3 rooms have two doors. Two of the rooms meet the requirements of 110.26(C)(2)(b).

Do both doors require panic hardware?

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I would say yes since 110.26(C)3 requiring panic hardware simply says "intended for entrance to and egress from working space less than 25 feet from the edge of the working space"
 
Based on the wording of your question, I would say "yes", each personnel door in each room would require the panic bars or other means provided for.
 
RICK NAPIER said:
I would say yes since 110.26(C)3 requiring panic hardware simply says "intended for entrance to and egress from working space less than 25 feet from the edge of the working space"
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I see 110.26(C)(3) was added in the 08.

The permit for this job was pulled under the 05 cycle.
 
The "ENTRANCE TO THE ROOM" may not be involved in your question.

110.26(C) is entrance to the work space. You could based on the dimension of the room have doors to the room that are not part of the requirement. So, depending on the "08 or previous code cycles, you have 2 different dimensions to deal with.
 
I would say that both doors require "panic" hardware, even if the rooms meet the condition stated in 110.26(C)(2)(b), who knows where you'll be in that room when you run into trouble.

The building code use to say that only required exits had to meet all of the requirements of an exit, but now it has changed to, an exit is an exit, required or not. So my thinking goes along the same lines.
 
cowboyjwc said:
I would say that both doors require "panic" hardware, even if the rooms meet the condition stated in 110.26(C)(2)(b), who knows where you'll be in that room when you run into trouble.

The building code use to say that only required exits had to meet all of the requirements of an exit, but now it has changed to, an exit is an exit, required or not. So my thinking goes along the same lines.
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That is not what the NEC requires...if it is building code, then the BO will write it up to the GC, not the EC.
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
That is not what the NEC requires...if it is building code, then the BO will write it up to the GC, not the EC.
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Actually this is a GC issue anyways, no many EC's I know hang doors. (2) says "door(s)". Then it goes on to say that "a single entrance may be permitted".

No where that I see does it say that if you have two doors and only one is needed, do you only need panic hardware on one.
 
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