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![]() According to Residential SOP: 2.7. Electrical II. The inspector is not required to: C. remove panelboard cabinet covers or dead front covers, if they are not readily accessible. So therefore, if they ARE readily accessible, an inspector is required to remove panelboard dead front covers. Agree? BEN GROMICKO Director of InterNACHI Online Education President of NACHI.TV - Online Training Videos President of Mountain Warranty Corporation ben@nachi.tv (303)862-2611 ben@mountainwarranty.com IMPROVE YOUR REPORT |
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There are safety considerations that must come first. I will not remove a panelboard dead front cover that is holding in place 40 loose stablock breaker switches. Nor will I remove a panelboard cover that is rusted, wet or hot to the touch, for starters. In other words, it is at the discretion of the inspector as to whether he will removed the panelboard dead front cover or not. |
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http://www.nachi.org/glossary.htm
Accessible: Can be approached or entered by the inspector safely, without difficulty, fear or danger. Answer to your question - Yes. IF YOUR INSPECTOR IS NOT USING THERMAL IMAGING, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE WHOLE PICTURE ℠ Jeff PopeJPI Home Inspection Service Santa Clarita CA (661) 212-0738 Santa Clarita Home Inspection http://www.MyInspector.net |
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readily accessible: Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth. Answer to Ben's question.....still "No". Last edited by jbushart; 10/5/09 at 5:02 PM.. |
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NACHI SOP
4.31. Readily Accessible: An item or component that is, in the judgment of the inspector, capable of being safely observed without the removal of obstacles, detachment or disengagement of connecting or securing devices, or other unsafe or difficult procedures to gain access. The safety considerations are in the definition. Owl Home Inspections Rick Maday Itasca, IL Home Inspector Serving all Chicago Suburbs Schaumburg Home Inspector Naperville Home Inspector Lake County Home Inspector
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The definitions provided by the inspection association should be applied in conjunction with the standards of the association.
IF YOUR INSPECTOR IS NOT USING THERMAL IMAGING, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE WHOLE PICTURE ℠ Jeff PopeJPI Home Inspection Service Santa Clarita CA (661) 212-0738 Santa Clarita Home Inspection http://www.MyInspector.net |
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How many clients do you have who know the NACHI definitions by heart? I would use, for electrical terms, the terminology of the electrical industry...and so forth....in communicating with anyone outside of the association. Others may disagree. |
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While this definition addresses the safety of accessing the panelbox, it does not address removing its cover. |
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BEN GROMICKO Director of InterNACHI Online Education President of NACHI.TV - Online Training Videos President of Mountain Warranty Corporation ben@nachi.tv (303)862-2611 ben@mountainwarranty.com IMPROVE YOUR REPORT |
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None. But if we refer to the SOP in our PIA and report, we should indeed use those definitions. More confusing would be if you did not reference the NEC and relied on those definitions. Further confusion if you used some definitions from any code and some from the SOP. All that aside, Ben seems to be hinting at somethings, wonder what they could be?
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And we are not required to remove the covers IF they (the covers) are not redily accessible.
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The SOP seems to be implying to me this single point:
If the panelboard is readily accessible, an inspector is required to remove the dead front cover. BEN GROMICKO Director of InterNACHI Online Education President of NACHI.TV - Online Training Videos President of Mountain Warranty Corporation ben@nachi.tv (303)862-2611 ben@mountainwarranty.com IMPROVE YOUR REPORT |
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I cannot do an inspection without removing the dead front cover. Still....this is NACHI. Without sounding too much like Joe Tedesco, I have read posts on this message board that convince me that not everyone should be removing the dead front cover. If they judge themselves accordingly, nothing we do should compel them to do otherwise, IMO. |
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