Elect. range install codes

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Jimbo

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A little off topic, but can anyone provide me a reference to a mechanical or building code which specifies the minimum clearance to combustible wall or cabinet at the side of a freestanding range (ABOVE the stovetop level)

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Don't know the code, but this is from a GE install manual. It might help a little. Usually, from my limited experience, the inspector requires the item to be installed per the manufacturer's instructions.


If cabinets are placed above the range,
allow a minimum clearance of 30​
between the
cooking surface and the bottom of unprotected
cabinets.

If a 30clearance between cooking surface and
overhead combustible material or metal cabinets
cannot be maintained, protect the underside of the
cabinets above the cooktop with not less than 1/4

insulating millboard covered with sheet metal not
less than 0.0122​
thick. Clearance between the
cooking surface and protected cabinets
MUST
NEVER BE LESS THAN 24 INCHES
.

The vertical distance from the plane of the cooking
surface to the bottom of adjacent overhead cabinets
extending closer than 1
to the plane of the range
sides must not be less than 18
. (See the Dimensions
and Clearances
illustration in this section.)

 
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