david
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The entrance required by 110.26 is an entrance for personal, the entrance 24? by 78? is not required by 110.26 to have a door. But if the entrance has a door the door hardware must comply with 110.26
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"large equipment" egress doors
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malachi constant
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"large equipment" egress doors
110.26(C)(2). I always thought panic hardware was required on both doors, but now that I look at it I am not sure? can someone decipher. I underlined the part I don?t understand:
Large Equipment. For equipment rated 1200A or more there shall be one entrance to the working space not less than 24? wide and 78? high at each end of the working space. Where the entrance has a personnel door(s), the door(s) shall open in the direction of egress and be equipped with panic bars, pressure plates, or other devices that are normally latched but open under simple pressure.
What is a ?personnel door??
110.26(C)(2). I always thought panic hardware was required on both doors, but now that I look at it I am not sure? can someone decipher. I underlined the part I don?t understand:
Large Equipment. For equipment rated 1200A or more there shall be one entrance to the working space not less than 24? wide and 78? high at each end of the working space. Where the entrance has a personnel door(s), the door(s) shall open in the direction of egress and be equipped with panic bars, pressure plates, or other devices that are normally latched but open under simple pressure.
What is a ?personnel door??
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- Wisconsin
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- PE (Retired) - Power Systems
A door intended to always be used by people as opposed to a "roll up garage door" intended for lift trucks and only occasionally people.
malachi constant
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Not to be a stickler, but do you have a source for your definition? (OK, I'm being a stickler.)
Does that mean that an overhead door counts as an entrance? If you have two such doors, one at each end of the space, no other doors are required? Makes sense looking at code. I always assumed two doors with panic hardware were required, but I think you are correct.
Could a hinged door ever count as an entrance but not as a personnel door?
What is driving these questions is a door hardware supplier told the architect they only need to provide panic hardware at one of these two doors. In this specific situation we have a service to a county jail where one door opens to the exterior and one door opens to the mechanical room. The mechanical room also has two doors - one that opens to the exterior and one that opens to the electrical room. You can essentially only access these areas from the exterior. I assume both elec doors require panic hardware, but want to get "personnel door" clarified before I reply to the supplier.
Does that mean that an overhead door counts as an entrance? If you have two such doors, one at each end of the space, no other doors are required? Makes sense looking at code. I always assumed two doors with panic hardware were required, but I think you are correct.
Could a hinged door ever count as an entrance but not as a personnel door?
What is driving these questions is a door hardware supplier told the architect they only need to provide panic hardware at one of these two doors. In this specific situation we have a service to a county jail where one door opens to the exterior and one door opens to the mechanical room. The mechanical room also has two doors - one that opens to the exterior and one that opens to the electrical room. You can essentially only access these areas from the exterior. I assume both elec doors require panic hardware, but want to get "personnel door" clarified before I reply to the supplier.
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- Wisconsin
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- PE (Retired) - Power Systems
If a "closed" door is being counted as one of those required by 110.26(C)(2) then it must have panic hardware, regardless of it's size or construction.
Yes it is possible to have a hinged door that is not a personell door, like a door that leads off into a closet, or one on the second floor that looks/opens out into "space" (i.e. no walk way).
I wonder how similar the 110.26 requirement is to that of standard fire exit doors?
Yes it is possible to have a hinged door that is not a personell door, like a door that leads off into a closet, or one on the second floor that looks/opens out into "space" (i.e. no walk way).
I wonder how similar the 110.26 requirement is to that of standard fire exit doors?
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