Service panel in basement

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electrofelon

electrofelon

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Can anyone cite me an NEC section that prohibits placing a service panel in a basement of a residence, where that basement is not accessible from inside the house (i.e. you have to go outside and use a bilco door to get into the basement)?

Also, can anyone tell my why the spell check doesn't recognize the acronym NEC???????????
 
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electrofelon said:
Can anyone cite me an NEC section that prohibits placing a service panel in a basement of a residence, where that basement is not accessible from inside the house (i.e. you have to go outside and use a bilco door to get into the basement)?

Also, can anyone tell my why the spell check doesn't recognize the acronym NEC???????????
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Can't because it is accessible and is fine assuming you have work space.And NC is simply not a word.
 
230.70(A)(1) only requires that the service disconnecting means to be "readily accessible." That term is defined in Article 100 as meaning that you don't have to climb portable ladders or climb over (or move) obstacles. I don't think a bilco door (I had to look that up on the internet ? www.bilco.com ? to find out what it was) would comprise an "obstacle," in this sense. So I would say it is allowed.

The spellcheck feature came with the forum's software. That software was not written by a person who works with the NEC. So we shouldn't expect the spellchecker to know our language. Just hit the "learn" button, when it tells you that "NEC" is not a word, and it will ignore that term thereafter.
 
The POCO might have an issue having their service conductors terminate in a spot they can't readily find the end of, too. Just a thought. :)
 
georgestolz said:
The POCO might have an issue having their service conductors terminate in a spot they can't readily find the end of, too.
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George their wires end at the service point.

Overhead that is typically at the weather head.

Underground typically at the line side lugs of the meter.
 
Yeah bilco - around here its one of those windex/romex/bell box type of words. About the spelll check, I just got a little chuckle when it "cited" me for NEC, being this is the NEC section of the NEC forum. So I assume I have my own "account" of learned words so If I learn it something than others would have to learn it for themselves?
 
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