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David C. Macy · #1 12/6/06, 2:18 PM

The main was installed in a closet. I had my client try to reach the main breaker.

As you can see that the panel is installed to high.

The panel is a recent install. The home is a slab.

What is the height requirment and panel are not allowed in closets correct?

bsumpter · #2 12/6/06, 2:33 PM

Max height of breakers: 6' 7"
Provide working space: 30" min side to side - 36" min in front

Jeffrey R. Pope · #3 12/6/06, 7:03 PM

The 30" is not side to side, but overall (the dimension does not have to be centered on the panel).

. . .and can't be located in a clothes closet.

Bruce M. Graham, III · #4 12/6/06, 7:09 PM

Jeff,
How about this one?

Jeffrey R. Pope · #5 12/6/06, 7:19 PM

I see those occasionally. I just can't understand what the were thinking (or if they were thinking at all).

bsumpter · #6 12/6/06, 7:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpope

The 30" is not side to side, but overall (the dimension does not have to be centered on the panel).

Oops...thats what I should have said!

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