sfav8r
Senior Member
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- San Francisco Bay Area
OK, this is a new one. I was on a call and needed to locate the panel. I asked the H/O if they knew where the panel was and she says "oh yeah, the switch thing...it's in the counter". I assumed she was thinking of something else, but next thing I know, she removes a wooden dummy panel and behind it is the sub panel...right there on the back side of the kitchen counter.
Now technically, there is a 1/2 wall that the cabinets are butting up to and the panel is "sort of" mounted in the wall, but if you slide the stove out, you see the back of the panel.
The current install is really bad, you can actually move the panel back and forth because they mounted it on a single 2x4 that is only toe-nailed in at the bottom and is loose at the top.
My question is, if you were to clean-up the install, properly secure the panel etc. is there any other violation here?
I don't believe that headroom requirements apply here because it's an existing residental structure. The fact that you can slide the stove out and see the back of the panel bothers me, but I don't think it's a violation (sure makes adding new circuits a breeze
Any thoughts?
Now technically, there is a 1/2 wall that the cabinets are butting up to and the panel is "sort of" mounted in the wall, but if you slide the stove out, you see the back of the panel.
The current install is really bad, you can actually move the panel back and forth because they mounted it on a single 2x4 that is only toe-nailed in at the bottom and is loose at the top.
My question is, if you were to clean-up the install, properly secure the panel etc. is there any other violation here?
I don't believe that headroom requirements apply here because it's an existing residental structure. The fact that you can slide the stove out and see the back of the panel bothers me, but I don't think it's a violation (sure makes adding new circuits a breeze
Any thoughts?