Rmelo99
Network Engineer
What is permitted/not permitted with regard to the placement or spacing of a hot water tank and the main electrical service panel?
30" from either side of the panel, 36" in front of the panel and nothing but wiring can be installed over the panel.
Just because it's been there does not make it right, it just means that whoever put it in didn't bother to have it inspected. Move it. The inspector is right. Plumbers are not allowed to voilate the NEC and electricians are not allowed to voilate the IPC
It's actually 30" left, 30" right plus the width of the panel so in most cases it ends up being about 6' total.
Yep, that's the in front clearance, guess I missed that. You also need 30" to each side though, and that's so someone doesn't cram something so tight to the side of the panel that the wiring can't be accessed.
This is awkward, but...
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