CCCI
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- Location
- Orlando, Florida
DIESEL TANK STORAGE AREA ( This is a day tank which feeds two generator - An existing Emergency Generator and a new Backup Generator )
We hired an electrical contractor to add an additional backup generator to our facilities. We added a building to house this generator and its diesel storage tank. The tank has three motors within three feet of the diesel storage tank along with some additional electrical devices. When I first saw this on the prints I thought that this would have to be treated as a Hazardous Location. After I looked deeper into this I found that diesel is not treated as a Hazardous Location and I felt that we would not have a problem. The job is about 95% complete and the electrical inspector has said that everything within three feet of the storage tank is a Hazardous Location and we need to get explosion proof motors and redo everything within the three feet as a Hazardous Location.
I am the Master Electrician here at the facilities and have not worked around a lot of Hazardous Locations. Can anyone tell me where the inspector is getting his three foot rule? Is diesel ever a Hazardous Location?
We hired an electrical contractor to add an additional backup generator to our facilities. We added a building to house this generator and its diesel storage tank. The tank has three motors within three feet of the diesel storage tank along with some additional electrical devices. When I first saw this on the prints I thought that this would have to be treated as a Hazardous Location. After I looked deeper into this I found that diesel is not treated as a Hazardous Location and I felt that we would not have a problem. The job is about 95% complete and the electrical inspector has said that everything within three feet of the storage tank is a Hazardous Location and we need to get explosion proof motors and redo everything within the three feet as a Hazardous Location.
I am the Master Electrician here at the facilities and have not worked around a lot of Hazardous Locations. Can anyone tell me where the inspector is getting his three foot rule? Is diesel ever a Hazardous Location?
