electrotuko
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I want to add a 60A subpanel, 4 spaces, 8 circuits, fill be fed by a cable running from the main panel to the crawl space. This will provide the slots for circuit breakers to power light fixtures, water heater circulation pump, whole house water filter, few receptacles - all in the crawl space which is 5 feet high.
I was reading NEC 110.26 and did not find an answer if I can mount that small subpanel box on the 12†joist (part of the ceiling in the crawl).The subpanel will be located kind of between the joist, mounted of the surface of one of them. It is 4" spacing between the top of the panel and the plywood (forming a floor for the next house level).
The required 3’ clearance is there, but not directly, the adjacent joist is 14.5†away from the one that subpanel is mounted, but it does not restrict the access to the panel inner electrical circuits/breakers. Is this is acceptable?
It is no any other suitable surfaces in that crawl space to mount the box, only concrete walls, and the cables are stapled to the joist as well. So convenient to mount the panel right there.
I was reading NEC 110.26 and did not find an answer if I can mount that small subpanel box on the 12†joist (part of the ceiling in the crawl).The subpanel will be located kind of between the joist, mounted of the surface of one of them. It is 4" spacing between the top of the panel and the plywood (forming a floor for the next house level).
The required 3’ clearance is there, but not directly, the adjacent joist is 14.5†away from the one that subpanel is mounted, but it does not restrict the access to the panel inner electrical circuits/breakers. Is this is acceptable?
It is no any other suitable surfaces in that crawl space to mount the box, only concrete walls, and the cables are stapled to the joist as well. So convenient to mount the panel right there.