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ItsHot

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I recently did some new service work in New Orleans. This was mission work with my church. The locals required the panelboards to be on out side wall of house at meter-socket. No one there could give me a rea
son why?? I figured it was for disconnect reasons. Anyway with including a disconnect/ meter socket combo they still insisted on locating panel outside? Type 3 enclosure, 3 times the cost??? Any thoughts or answers?
 
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This is again an example of our geographical differences.

We never see a panel installed indoors on residential.

Here the requirement is that a buiding is required to be at least two feet above the flood plane and since most of NO is below sea level I think you would have a good chance of violating the 6'7" rule. :grin:
 
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I have seen ONE basement in Louisiana. The home was built in the 40's. It was really just a bomb shelter.
Never seen one, or heard of on in new construction and that is 90% of our company's work. We do alot of houses and i know a lot of folks in construction
 
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cowboyjwc said:
This is again an example of our geographical differences.

We never see a panel installed indoors on residential.

Here the requirement is that a buiding is required to be at least two feet above the flood plane and since most of NO is below sea level I think you would have a good chance of violating the 6'7" rule. :grin:
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6' 7" is violated in Florida in every FEMA flood zone. The panel must be above the flood zone. 15' above grade on the job I was on today. A platform is built to meet the 6' 7" rule.
 
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Cavie said:
6' 7" is violated in Florida in every FEMA flood zone. The panel must be above the flood zone. 15' above grade on the job I was on today. A platform is built to meet the 6' 7" rule.
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That is how it is in most areas in southern Louisiana, at least in flood zones
 
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JohnJ0906 said:
I can certainly understand having the service disconnect on the exterior, but why the panel? :confused:

I've never seen a panel on the outside of a house.
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Very common in Florida in the 70's and 80's. Cheap install when the service was on the other side of the house from the garage. I refused to do it. Ran pvc under slab or did not do the job. No aluminim wire either. Pleanty of work around.
 
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Cavie said:
6' 7" is violated in Florida in every FEMA flood zone. The panel must be above the flood zone. 15' above grade on the job I was on today. A platform is built to meet the 6' 7" rule.
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Would you please explain that platform... or better yet post a picture? I'm having trouble getting an image of that in my thick skull.
 
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It appears to me that the people who have never seen a panel located on the exterior of a house are the ones most sure it is a bad thing to do. I have done it that way before, there has been no problems as far as I can tell, if the occupant keeps up with maintaining the exterior painting of the house. Same deal applies to cars, leave em out without waxing and in a few years you will need to get another car.
 
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JohnJ0906 said:
I can certainly understand having the service disconnect on the exterior, but why the panel? :confused:

I've never seen a panel on the outside of a house.
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As I said and we never see them inside the house here.

Cavie said:
6' 7" is violated in Florida in every FEMA flood zone. The panel must be above the flood zone. 15' above grade on the job I was on today. A platform is built to meet the 6' 7" rule.
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15'! Now thats a flood plane.

Look what I figured out Charlie!
 
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