Main Panel In Residential Bathroom

[A/A Fuel GTX]

Hey Guys........a couple of questions. Am I correct in assuming that a panel in a residential bathroom in a house constructed prior to 1993 is not a violation? What about a panel in a residential bathroom that is behind a framed structure with doors that allow access to the panel? Would that panel be considered in the bathroom?

 

[augie47]

In the 1990 NEC overcurrent devices were prohibited in bathrooms.

 

[A/A Fuel GTX]

In the 1990 NEC overcurrent devices were prohibited in bathrooms.

Ok......Thanks. This house was constructed in 1988.

 

[charlie b]

Ok......Thanks. This house was constructed in 1988.

Does anyone have a copy if the 1987 NEC? I gave away all my old editions.

Gus (or anyone else), does the 1990 edition show this prohibition as a change to the 1987 NEC?

 

[charlie b]

What about a panel in a residential bathroom that is behind a framed structure with doors that allow access to the panel? Would that panel be considered in the bathroom?

I think that would have to be an AHJ call. But my instinct is to say that if you can only get to the panel by first entering the bathroom, it would be a violation.

 

[augie47]

Does anyone have a copy if the 1987 NEC? I gave away all my old editions.

Gus (or anyone else), does the 1990 edition show this prohibition as a change to the 1987 NEC?

AS best I can tell in my review it was not prohibited in the '87 Code

 

[Buck Parrish]

What about a panel in a residential bathroom that is behind a framed structure with doors that allow access to the panel? Would that panel be considered in the bathroom?

That sounds like it may be a linen closet or ignightable materials closet, maybe toilet paper.

See here for history ... http://www.ncwhomeinspections.com/Electrical+Panels+in+Closets+and+Bathrooms

 

[A/A Fuel GTX]

That sounds like it may be a linen closet or ignightable materials closet, maybe toilet paper.

See here for history ... http://www.ncwhomeinspections.com/Electrical+Panels+in+Closets+and+Bathrooms

So as far as your source goes, the restriction came about in the '93 code cycle which is what I was always taught.

 

[Buck Parrish]

So as far as your source goes, the restriction came about in the '93 code cycle which is what I was always taught.

The part about overcurrent protection shall not be near combustible materials is in my 47 code book.

 

[A/A Fuel GTX]

The part about overcurrent protection shall not be near combustible materials is in my 47 code book.

Overcurrent protection near combustibles is violated in every basement in the USA!