Panel in a panel?
- Thread starter olc
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Personally it not an issue other than perhaps how the feeder or sec's are going into the inner panel.
K8MHZ
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Technically, wouldn't that be an enclosure in an enclosure, not a panel in a panel?
kwired
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Technically it is a panelboard inside a cabinet, inside another cabinet.
kwired
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No exposed live parts, that makes it difficult to find any specific code section to cite as being in violation. I haven't found one yet to cite anyway.
Probably is still a good idea however to fill in the open area of the original cabinet cover with sheet metal of some sort.
I have done this myself, but usually been much closer fitting and spaced the loadcenter off from the back of original cabinet so it is flush with the original trim/cover and filled in the gaps with sheet metal
Greentagger
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312.5(A)(B).
Oops, (B) doesn’t seem to apply.
Oops, (B) doesn’t seem to apply.
kwired
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I don't see either those sections addressing what is in OP's picture.
(A) would involve the openings where conductors enter - that is good (from what we can see anyway) but if wasn't would need proper fittings or reducing fittings to resolve.
(B) would only apply if we had open wiring on insulators, messenger supported wiring methods or knob and tube wiring and only applies to how the wiring enters the cabinet.
The conductors are presumably properly entering the cabinet. There is no exposed live parts. Cabinets are allowed to have hinged doors, question is can these conductors otherwise be exposed when the door is opened?
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