Service location question

[gance]

I have a house I am finishing up for a coworker, and in the basement a subpanel is mounted right below a septic clean out (there is about 3 feet between them). Basic 9 foot ceilings, sub panel sits at about 6'2. I am not very good with reciting code numbers,(reason why i joined this forum) but im pretty sure the 3 foot rule falls in effect, regardless even if the cap was removed from the septic clean out and a little leaked it will fall directly on the sub.

Why the panel was mounted their im not sure(septic clean could have been put their after sub was installed)

any thouhts would be helpful

Jim

 

[ryan_618]

Re: Service location question

110.26(F), dedicated electrical space is probably what you seek. I'm not sure that it will apply though...unless the clean-out is literally right above the panel, which I can't visualize because that would make the whole plumbing stack dierectly above the panel.


Just out of curiosity, what is your concern?

 

[gance]

Re: Service location question

their is a hung sewer on the wall and its path goes right above the subpanel.

My concern is personal experience of clean outs. For instance in my old house I had to replace the kitchen sink drain line, The plumbers tied into the cast iron with a pvc pipe, the sink would drain slow until I barely unscrewed the cap of the clean out, and a little water would leak, I had a bucket under and in 2 days it would be almost full. say the septic cleanout was unscrewed to be serviced and water fell onto the sub,

may seem unreal but I take pride in what I do and I look at every possibility