A Fat Lotta Good......

[gadfly56]

As a full service contractor, I will offer to correct the access violations before doing the electrical work. If the answer to that is the usual litany of excuses and "it's only needed once in a while" rationalizations, I politely decline the job.

In most jurisdictions the AHJ's attitude is "You touched it, you own it." When I ran fire alarm work we would put in a standard exclusion for any pre-existing code violations or panel/field device malfunctions for every quote.

 

[jumper]

excuse me, but that last group of pictures... I know I am a student now and was just a handyman, but, just making sure as I have been outside the USA since 2002... none of those are allowed, Right? Please dont tell me that you can now block panels like that?? I mean, back in 90s you could not even put panel in a closet, as someone might put boxes in front of it...

Romex Jockey’s pics all show NEC violations.

 

[Craigv]

In most jurisdictions the AHJ's attitude is "You touched it, you own it." When I ran fire alarm work we would put in a standard exclusion for any pre-existing code violations or panel/field device malfunctions for every quote.

And that's the reason I will often give for declining such work. Insurance liability is another.

 

[gadfly56]

And that's the reason I will often give for declining such work. Insurance liability is another.

Yep, "I'm sorry sir, our insurance carrier won't cover us for any losses incurred as a result of not correcting any non-compliant condition that we actually work on in place."

 

[Adamjamma]

Romex Jockey’s pics all show NEC violations.

Thank God. I thought that with all these new regulations calling for GFCI and AFCI breakers they decided that you did not need clearances anymore....

Was starting to worry I was trying to memorize stuff for the wrong reasons..lol

 

[jumper]

I thought that with all these new regulations calling for GFCI and AFCI breakers they decided that you did not need clearances anymore....

Think about that statement.

Why would the breaker type affect the working clearance for the panel?

It does not.