NFPA 70e, Normal and Emergency Dividers

[brother]

I'm curious what is the practice around other areas. I know it's accepted in my area(even though it's a bad design in my opinion especially in a hospital setting) that you can have normal and emergency power in the same 4 sq box so long as there is a divider that seperate them.

If you are working on 1 side, normal or emergency, do you still turn off the power to the other, since you are taking off the 'cover' plate and potentially exposing both sides in accordance with NFPA 70e?

I know the 'divider' in the box is not suppose to move around when you working on that one receptacle but the reality is it does. What is your practice in your area??

 

[steve66]

I'm curious what is the practice around other areas. I know it's accepted in my area(even though it's a bad design in my opinion especially in a hospital setting) that you can have normal and emergency power in the same 4 sq box so long as there is a divider that seperate them.

If you are working on 1 side, normal or emergency, do you still turn off the power to the other, since you are taking off the 'cover' plate and potentially exposing both sides in accordance with NFPA 70e?

I know the 'divider' in the box is not suppose to move around when you working on that one receptacle but the reality is it does. What is your practice in your area??

I don't think this is a typical practice unless there is some compelling reason not to use separate boxes. For example, maybe where it makes sense to gang two light switches together for the normal and em. lights in the same room.

If I remember right, the divider has to be permenant and non-removable.

Steve