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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
Effing eff...safety codes will be the death of me (in YYC).
My electrical rough-in passed inspection 40 years ago, but the panel location doesn't have the required clearance around it. Supposedly the code has been the same (1m x 1m) since the '70s, and it was most likely just like this when it was first inspected (since it's a major plumbing stack in the keep-out zone, and plumbing would have been roughed-in before the electrical).
So, can I upgrade the panel where it is? Nope...wouldn't be code compliant. Instead, I guess it's safer to either keep the old panel (with the clearance issue and aging breakers) OR move the panel location and add upwards of 20 circuit splices to extend the wiring to the new locations. PLUS, since the circuits would be modified, a huge number of those would now have to be upgraded to AFCI breakers.
Is there any possible avenue to appeal to sanity here? Call the Premier and ask her to give me an "electrical code pardon?" Call the mayor? Call the mafia?
Ugh.
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Perhaps it's too late but that's why sometimes it's best to not pull a permit.
