Unfortunately, I have no photos. I wasn’t doing photos way back then, but I once saw a main service panel, on the back wall of a steel shower stall. The owner swore he had been using the shower for years, with no ill effects! It goes against every possible safety principal I ever heard of. Believe it or not!
Robert & James, even with building codes, there is no requirement to move existing service until the meter has been removed and is being reinstalled. A bunch of people found out the hard way tat it has to be brought up to Current Code when the meter was knocked out by ice storm debris.
All we can do is tell them it is unsafe and STRONGLY SUGGEST that they move them to bring them up to safe standards.
According to the NEC, panels and overcurrent protection devices are actually permitted in bathrooms of commercial buildings. The other many issues are something else.
I agree. I should have used the word should instead of must.
This panel is in the kichen and I was running the dishwasher while inspecting the inside of the panel. I was putting in the last screw when the air gap exploded and scared the **** out of me.
