Hi everyone, this is my first post and I hope this question is in the correct place.
My question is.
Is there a minimum distance or set back for the installation of a main electrical panel from a property line for single family residential service?
The Building Code (I live in California, 2013 CBC) addresses structures and distance to property lines, but I cannot find anything regarding the location of a stand alone electrical panel in relationship to property lines in the Electric Code (2013 CEC).
Your help would be appreciated.
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It would seem to me that the location of a stand alone main electrical panel and the distance to a property line creates the same potential for fire as a building. The Building Code requires a distance of five feet for a building or three feet if fire sprinklered. Any closer it requires a one hour fire rating. Think about your neighbor mounting the main service entrance to the back side of your fence! Has this been overlooked in terms of code requirements?
It would seem to me that the location of a stand alone main electrical panel and the distance to a property line creates the same potential for fire as a building. The Building Code requires a distance of five feet for a building or three feet if fire sprinklered. Any closer it requires a one hour fire rating. Think about your neighbor mounting the main service entrance to the back side of your fence! Has this been overlooked in terms of code requirements?
The only part of the code that might apply here with respect to your concern about a "cramped " area around a panel would be 110.26 (A and B)
but even that can be superseded by the poco, which is someone else you could call for extra info about your concerns.
But as Dennis Alwon posted this is a zoning issue outside of the scope of the NEC.
