Water line over electrical panel; unfinished basement

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SceneryDriver

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Location
NJ
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Electrical and Automation Designer
Client wants a hose spigot installed. Easiest path for the PEX to take is directly over the venue's breaker panel, perpendicular to the "face" of the panel. Can the water line go over the breaker panel, if it's run through drilled holes in the joists as opposed to surface run across the bottom of the joists? It's an unfinished basement, so there's no way there's 6.5ft above the top of the panel. The "working height" rules have always been slightly confusing to me, mostly because I don't run into them often.

Alternative is to run the water line to the side of the panel and come through the building behind the panel (panel is mounted to plywood, spaced off the wall approx a foot to clear the sewer line running low on the wall. I happened to be at the venue when the plumber was there bidding the job, and I said I'd check on the rules.


Thanks,

SceneryDriver
 
It cannot go over the footprint of the panel. Off to the side is fine as long as it doesn't encroach on the working space.
 
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