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I can't find anything in the NEC that addresses recessed panels in regards to the 6' height requirement. I know that the space above surface mouned equipment must be kept clear to the structural ceiling.
Can someone enlighten me about this :confused:
 
Hendrix said:
I can't find anything in the NEC that addresses recessed panels in regards to the 6' height requirement. I know that the space above surface mouned equipment must be kept clear to the structural ceiling.
Can someone enlighten me about this :confused:
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Where do you see it spelled out that 110.26 pertains only to surface panels?
 
iwire said:
Per the letter of the code you really can not install a flush panel in a wall.

Of course it is done all the time.
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So, we now have two problems?
1. Tell them to surface mount the panels.
2. Tell them to remove the duct work.
 
I don't see a problem with installing a panel recessed into a wall. Nothing requires the space directly above the panel to be visible. The things that cannot be directly above or below a panel are spelled out clearly enough, I believe. No pipes, no ducts, no leak protection apparatus, and no foreign equipment. For example, nothing prevents the installation of insulation in the wall space above a panel. I would not call insulation material "equipment."
 
Charlie,
I might agree with you if the CMP had not included the exception for suspended ceilings. If we need an exception for the suspended ceiling, then we also need one for the top plate of the wall.
 
Don, I would consider the top plate of the wall as being the structural ceiling, as far as the panel itself is concerned.
 
charlie b said:
Don, I would consider the top plate of the wall as being the structural ceiling, as far as the panel itself is concerned.
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I agree with this and your earlier post. That is how I interpret it also.
 
charlie b said:
I would consider the top plate of the wall as being the structural ceiling, as far as the panel itself is concerned.
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And IMO that is absolutely not what it is. The top plate is part of the wall.

As far as the real world, I don't think anyone really cares. :smile:
 
iwire said:
Per the letter of the code you really can not install a flush panel in a wall.

Of course it is done all the time.
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Bob,can you expand on your point and educate me on the letter of the code where you cant install a flush panel in the wall?thanks
 
iwire said:
And IMO that is absolutely not what it is. The top plate is part of the wall.
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iwire said:
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You have see many more houses and other buildings at the rough-in stage than I ever will. But I suspect that if all that is there is wood framing, I would see that the top member of the wall frame and the bottom member of the frame that will support the ceiling are adjacent, and I wouldnt' be surprised if they were nailed to each other. In any event, the height of the wall's top plate and the height of the room's structural ceiling are going to be very close to the same thing. So long as there are no pipes or ducts in the wall cavity above or below the panel, I think 110.26(F) will be satisfied.
iwire said:
As far as the real world, I don't think anyone really cares.
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I agree. And I won't care either, at least until some inspector tries to tell me that 110.26(F) prohibits me from installing a panel within a wall.
 
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