I can not seam to find any requirement for having a panic hardware for doors for a battery storage room (UPS) in the NEC, or any other code for that matter. Do you know of any such requirement?
Sorry Zog, don't have it, so I'm gonna have to ask what it says. Can you paraphrase it?
Can't find my 450, grew legs I guess. But I did find it in the NFPA 70E, which I believe is the same verbage from 450.
Article 320.5(A)(1)(a) Doors. The battery room and enclosure doors shall open outward. The doors shall be equiped with quick release, quick opening hardware.
I'm gonna have to dig through the NEC more and see what I can find. As an inspector I can't enforce 70e since we don't adopt it.
I'm gonna have to dig through the NEC more and see what I can find. As an inspector I can't enforce 70e since we don't adopt it.
You don't have a choice.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) issued the revised 2009 edition of NFPA 70E?: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace with an effective date of September 5, 2008.
It became enforceable by OSHA on that date.
Again, might be enforceable by OSHA, but not by me. Unless it is specifically listed in our adoptions tables, we don't adopt it.
I see, you are looking at it from an inspector of an installation view, not as an owner.
I think with the new sealed batteries that they are not near as dangerous as they used to be.