Bill@LakeGeorge
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If the switches at the entry door are located behind the door does that meet code?
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Switch Box Location?
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The is no requirement for a room switch to be at any specific location. It can be in another room if someone preferred it that way.
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Bill@LakeGeorge
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infinity said:The is no requirement for a room switch to be at any specific location. It can be in another room if someone preferred it that way.
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We installed a main entry door that swings in and in front of the switches that control the entry lights. The electrician is saying they have to move the switches because it doesn't meet code. Is this correct?
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Bill@LakeGeorge said:
If he's quoting the NEC than he's incorrect. If I owned the place I wouldn't want the switches behind the door because someone screwed up. Code issue no, guy paying the bill, yes I would have an issue with that.
Bill@LakeGeorge
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infinity said:
The owner changed the door at the last minute and does not care if switches are there. Could this be a New York code issue or is it the electrician looking for an extra?
Normally, I'll put switches where reachable and not obstructed by a door - this is my PREFERENCE and not CODE.
This does bring up an interesting question though - and I haven't researched it - Are the switches required to be unobstructed under the ADA [or similar]?
This does bring up an interesting question though - and I haven't researched it - Are the switches required to be unobstructed under the ADA [or similar]?
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Bill, I would just call the local electrical inspector and ask him. If he claims that it's a violation ask him for a code reference that you could provide to the owner to get him to pay for the change.
Electron_Sam78
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infinity said:
It's funny that this thread should pop up now I just rectified a situation where this was the case. The door was hinged on the left and opened in then you had to go in and reach around the door to flip the switch. I finally rerouted the switch circuit to the other side of the door. It had been that way for 50 years and after 3 years of working at that facility I finally had enough extra time to change it on my last visit. Genius! :-?
mattsilkwood
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its a local requirement here. had a carpenter that got a "deal" on some passage doors that swung opposite of what the print showed. i dont think they were so cheap after our change order:smile:
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So you have a local code that does not permit switches from being installed behind doors?
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I have had inspectors make me move them closer to the door.
Their was no room because the entire wall was windows.
I ended up surface mounting one on the edge of the window.
wbalsam1
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There is no New York State-wide code that would prohibit locating switches on the hinge side of a door. I seriously doubt that a municipality would go to all the bother to create a local law that would prohibit this either.
More than likely, what it probably is, would be an inspector who has a "preference" toward common sense and is trying -either unwittingly or intentionally- to enforce something that is not code at all.
The home owner wins. :smile:
Welcome to the forum. Are you from Lake George, NY? If so, you're just south of me.
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