water pipes in electric room

[sam34]

Can we have a water or A drain system over an electric room. In another word, can we use a pan under the drain or water line? Thank you for your input

 

[bphgravity]

Re: water pipes in electric room

Review section 110.26(F)(1) of the NEC to determine compliance. More details of the exact installation will be needed to give a positive yes or no answer.

 

[celtic]

Re: water pipes in electric room

I do not neccessarily agre with the whole "pan under " deal...but I have seen it done (and was verbally objective), but was shot down because of 110.26....imagine an expansion joint running diagonally across a switch gear room(480V) protected by a drip pan ...the pan was over most, but not all of the gear - which had 4160 feeding the xmer(in that same room). Virtually EVERY panel on this job had a drip pan over it - pretty sh*tty, but code compliant.

 

[steve66]

Re: water pipes in electric room

If the pan and water line are not at least 6' above the top of the equipment, it is a violation.

Steve

 

[sam34]

Re: water pipes in electric room

thank you all for the reply, after reading sec. 110.26(F) it seems a violation to do that. How about running an air ducts over the telephone board, would that be a violation since it's a low voltage system?

 

[wirenut1980]

Re: water pipes in electric room

thank you all for the reply, after reading sec. 110.26(F) it seems a violation to do that. How about running an air ducts over the telephone board, would that be a violation since it's a low voltage system?

Is your telephone board enclosure waterproof? Just because an installation is code compliant does not mean it won't be a POS.

 

[ryan_618]

Re: water pipes in electric room

Originally posted by sam34:
thank you all for the reply, after reading sec. 110.26(F) it seems a violation to do that. How about running an air ducts over the telephone board, would that be a violation since it's a low voltage system?

Article 800 does not reference 110.26, and therefore it is not a requirement, as per 90.3.