Commercial setting, all Cuttler-Hammer, two 3-phase high-legs and one single phase. All of it is gross. It’s a small-ish building and it has changed hands multiple times. We are essentially discontinuing/removing 60% of what exists. Customer doesn’t want/doesn’t have budget for a 3 panel swaps, and everything that goes with that.
The previous owner(s) absolutely ruined the tops of all these panels, essentially removing every single knockout, drilling more (killing other ko’s), drilling holes into ko seals, Romex in commercial setting, etc. name it, it’s here…owner is wanting to bring everything up/do it right, but it’s a lot. (Example: Above all the T-grid all the lighting is currently ran in 14/2 Romex.)
I have been looking all over I can’t find a yes or no on this idea…if I find 13 gauge (spec for enclosure?) sheet metal, cut it to size and use 10-32 screws/bolts to secure it to top of panel…it’s not pretty and I would rather do a panel swap, but does that work to give it a new “top-plate” to pop conduit in properly?
Note: We would take out the old put in ko seals and call it a day but, with the self drilled and irregular cuts it just isn’t going to fly…I bumped one of 1-1/4” conduits, and it popped out of the panel, taking with it a 1/2”.
Thoughts? Solutions? Code references? Or do we just do all the work fail inspection and twist the owner’s arm to cough up more money? Not preferred, he employs a lot of people in town and we like him.
The previous owner(s) absolutely ruined the tops of all these panels, essentially removing every single knockout, drilling more (killing other ko’s), drilling holes into ko seals, Romex in commercial setting, etc. name it, it’s here…owner is wanting to bring everything up/do it right, but it’s a lot. (Example: Above all the T-grid all the lighting is currently ran in 14/2 Romex.)
I have been looking all over I can’t find a yes or no on this idea…if I find 13 gauge (spec for enclosure?) sheet metal, cut it to size and use 10-32 screws/bolts to secure it to top of panel…it’s not pretty and I would rather do a panel swap, but does that work to give it a new “top-plate” to pop conduit in properly?
Note: We would take out the old put in ko seals and call it a day but, with the self drilled and irregular cuts it just isn’t going to fly…I bumped one of 1-1/4” conduits, and it popped out of the panel, taking with it a 1/2”.
Thoughts? Solutions? Code references? Or do we just do all the work fail inspection and twist the owner’s arm to cough up more money? Not preferred, he employs a lot of people in town and we like him.
