larrybader
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Please Provide the Code information, when installing new HVAC on the Roof, Service Receptacle and light is required?
Roof Top HVAC Equipment
- Thread starter larrybader
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
larrybader said:
I don't know of any code that requires a light for the a/c on the roof however, 210.63 is the art. for the receptacle
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- Massachusetts
Dennis Alwon said:
In my area it is some sort of mechanical code, if the HVAC unit has a gas fired furnace in it then we have to provide a service light. It is an issue that gets missed often. Kind of a last minute scramble to get it in for a sharp plumbing inspector. :smile:
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
iwire said:
Plug a trouble light into the recep. :grin:
peter d
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- New England
emahler said:
Yeah, what you said.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
emahler said:
Are you saying we should attack the op because he asked a simple question?:-?
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- Massachusetts
Dennis Alwon said:
Cut him some slack, he is from NJ. :grin: He wants $ just to pick up the phone.
:grin:
JohnJ0906
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- Baltimore, MD
iwire said:
Is that a local thing, or a general code? :-?
I ask because I just did 3 RTUs with gas heat. I have never heard of that requirement, but I can't recall if I have ever done a RTU w/ gas. (Usually electric heat)
larrybader
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If one was installed, we would, I know from past that an outlet and Light must be wired in, need code Number to prove...Dennis Alwon said:
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
larrybader said:
I gave you the code number for the recep. The NEC does not require a light for a rooftop unit. As Bob has said perhaps there is a heating code in your area that requires it. Bob lives in Mass. if you are from there then look in the building or heating code.
Jim W in Tampa
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- Tampa Florida
What am i missing here.If the thing is being serviced at night it is an 911 call and he needed flash light to get on roof anyways.Why should we spend this kind of added cost for something unlikely to ever be needed.Good grief the service guy needs to buy a plug in light.
ultramegabob
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- Indiana
they should be required to supply an umbrella in case its raining...
Jim W in Tampa
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- Tampa Florida
ultramegabob said:
And a porta john too.
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- Massachusetts
Jim W in Tampa said:
Yes, but it is tough to work on things holding a flash light.
Here a no heat call is pretty much an emergency and customers expect it fixed day or night.
There are used in cold climates.
As I mentioned the code quicks in when there is a gas fired furnace in the RTU which in this area is almost all of them.
We usually use these,
they do not cost much and are easy to install, two gang box for the GFCI and the switch for the light fixture.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Any idea why it is required for gas fired furnaces. It seems if you are going to require it then it shouldn't matter what kind of furnace it is.iwire said:
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- Massachusetts
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