Originally Posted By: phughes
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What if any requirements are there that indicate a main service panel is to be installed right side up.
I ran into one installed upside down.
What if any requirements are there that indicate a main service panel is to be installed right side up.
I ran into one installed upside down.
Originally Posted By: pdacey
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I don’t know the specific code reference but circuit breakers should not have to fight gravity to trip.
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Originally Posted By: mboyett
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| 404.7 Indicating.
General-use and motor-circuit switches, circuit breakers, and molded case switches, where mounted in an enclosure as described in 404.3, shall clearly indicate whether they are in the open (off) or closed (on) position. Where these switch or circuit breaker handles are operated vertically rather than rotationally or horizontally, the up position of the handle shall be the (on) position. Exception: Vertically operated double-throw switches shall be permitted to be in the closed (on) position with the handle in either the up or down position. |
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Mike Boyett
Capital City Inspections
Austin, Tx
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Originally Posted By: jjackson
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How could you possibly put 1 upside down? I don’t know it all but???
Originally Posted By: phughes
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What more can be said !!
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell
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The rule only says “up” has to be “on” if it is an up/down single pole switch (or breaker).
If all the breakers move side to side there is no up or down on a panel. The main can be on top or bottom if it goes sideways.