replace service in low cieling "crawlspace" basement

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Hi guys,
I'm an industrial electrician that hasn't done residential for 20 years.(except for friends and family) A good friend ask me to help him with a new service in his rental home. The exsisting service is in a dirt basement, that most of is a crawl space, and no place is more than 5.5 feet high. The current disconnect is in a crawl area. I don't have good knowledge of current code requirements for what I need to do to make this legal as far as location. I don't think I can put even a disconnect in the crawl area, but I'm not sure. Any thoughts?
 
I think the worst 60/100 ampere replacement I ever did was in a basement with a dirt floor, about 5' of headroom, and cobblestone walls. The biggest problem was trying to anchor the new panelboard to the wall. The mortar crumbled, I had to work stooped over, and the stone was too hard. :mad:
 
charlie said:
I think the worst 60/100 ampere replacement I ever did was in a basement with a dirt floor, about 5' of headroom, and cobblestone walls. The biggest problem was trying to anchor the new panelboard to the wall. The mortar crumbled, I had to work stooped over, and the stone was too hard. :mad:
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Other than that how'd it go :grin:
 
electricmanscott said:
Other than that how'd it go :grin:
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Not too badly. I put a piece of 3/4" marine plywood on the wall with anchor bolts and re-mortared. After a few days wait for the mortar to set up, I then set the new service and continued on. It actually made for a clean job back in the late 70s. I wonder if it is still there? I don't even remember where it was located any more (S/W Marion county somewhere). :smile:
 
charlie said:
Not too badly. I put a piece of 3/4" marine plywood on the wall with anchor bolts and re-mortared. After a few days wait for the mortar to set up, I then set the new service and continued on. It actually made for a clean job back in the late 70s. I wonder if it is still there? I don't even remember where it was located any more (S/W Marion county somewhere). :smile:
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What a pain in he rear. This is a common problem around here. Lots of crumbly stone foundations.

Usually I just hang a couple of 2x4s from the joists and attach the plywood to them.
 
Yeah,
I guess I never thought of just putting a disconnect outside, and the pannel on the first floor. Maybe in the cellar way.
 
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