svaurez
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When are housekeeping pads required and is there any code section that requires them?
Housekeeping pads
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Re: Housekeeping pads
If you were to install a panel in a location where the work area in front of the panel did not provide for safe operation, you could be required by NEC 110.26 or 110.32 to provide a pad or some modification to make the area safe. This is one reason Utility companies typically require pads at service switchboards that extend out enough to provide for safe operation, this could also be applied to a panel you have installed on the exterior of a building where the ground is uneven or rocky etc. Under most conditions, as pointed out by Roger, pads are not required by the NEC.
If you were to install a panel in a location where the work area in front of the panel did not provide for safe operation, you could be required by NEC 110.26 or 110.32 to provide a pad or some modification to make the area safe. This is one reason Utility companies typically require pads at service switchboards that extend out enough to provide for safe operation, this could also be applied to a panel you have installed on the exterior of a building where the ground is uneven or rocky etc. Under most conditions, as pointed out by Roger, pads are not required by the NEC.
Re: Housekeeping pads
Maybe an engineering reference may have a definiton.
It was my understanding that typically many floor mount Electrical Cabinets were set on a 4" high concrete pad for housekeeping, such as scrubbing the floor with water. The concrete pads I am aware of usually were only about 4" ( apron ) all around the electrical gear.
Glenn
[ April 16, 2003, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: gwz2 ]
Maybe an engineering reference may have a definiton.
It was my understanding that typically many floor mount Electrical Cabinets were set on a 4" high concrete pad for housekeeping, such as scrubbing the floor with water. The concrete pads I am aware of usually were only about 4" ( apron ) all around the electrical gear.
Glenn
[ April 16, 2003, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: gwz2 ]
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a.wayne3@verizon.net
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Re: Housekeeping pads
i always thought it was to hide the pipes that came out of slab cocked :roll:
i always thought it was to hide the pipes that came out of slab cocked :roll:
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