I don't think 682 applies to anything in said building.
Code or no code,iIf you have equipment in a basement and in a flood zone, isn't the basement (or at least the portion of it that is below grade) going to be below the flood line? Only way to assure it doesn't get flooded is drainage/pumping systems with back up power. Even then there is still some risk of failure and it floods anyway. This is not the same thing as putting equipment out in the open near a body of water like what would be covered in art 682 either. If you know the basement is going to be prone to flooding, other building codes may come into play. That once in a hundred years flooding of such a basement is not normally something we design for. If it happens more than once, then maybe a different design is a good idea whether there is codes driving it or not.
Wasn't related to flooding potential, but ran an new service into an old boiler room in an old school building once, this room had additional steps to go even lower than the rest of the basement rooms. my incoming raceways entered bottom back wall of an I line panel, entering top portion of panel would have been too shallow burial depth though, well maybe not too shallow for NEC but not as deep as I wanted it to be, without setting bottom of panel lower than I wanted that to be. The compromise - penetrated the wall nearly 8 feet below grade- highest breakers were abovt 6' 7" so we build a raised deck at least the size of required working space in front of the panel.
OP is in NJ, you suggesting to put his equipment in AZ?
It did get me into some trouble, I hit a water line while excavating that I wasn't even thinking about being there. Normally I am never deep enough to be concerned about water lines. 1-1/4 line lets out a lot of water pretty fast too, luckily there was a shut off in the room we were bringing service into and it didn't run for very long.Shame on you,,,,
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