Let's say any type, flavor or color of an electrical equipment room typical in a commercial or industrial type application, one with panel boards, switch gear maybe even a transformer.
Find a code distinction between any of these and any restrictions on the penetration of sprinkler piping into or through the space. Residential is not in the equation. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Drucker Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms Craig, Lets make sure this is crystal clear. Are you speaking of an everyday vanilla wrapper electrical panelboard room ?, and not a vault or elevator machine room. Also what adopted codes and editions. John Drucker Fire Protection Subcode Official Electrical Inspector -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms Please, can someone provide the code section stating that if you are protecting the electrical room as well as the rest of a building, the main feeding the branches within the electrical room have to end in the room and can not continue to adjacent areas of the building. I couldn't find that wording in the NEC or the Handbook stating any such restrictions. I might have missed it and would like to know for sure. Need actual Section and wording. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms Maybe you can in SC, but in PA if you run thru an electrical or elev equip room on the way to another room, you'll be ripping out pipe, installing a plug, and re-routing your feed. You can run into them and protect the space. You can't continue thru to provide additional protection elsewhere. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms If you're supplying sprinklers in the electrical room you can pass through it. You don't run through the electrical room if you're not protecting it to service an adjacent room. As far as service clearances, generally when you're at the ceiling, you are most likely outside of that "sacred" space. And sprinkler piping does get some preferential treatment (one of those rare occasions) in comparison to other utilities within electrical rooms. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms I understood you can run into your head(s) but not back out to others. Kind of an ENTER HERE followed by NO EXIT. glc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Harris Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Electrical Rooms So this doesn't prohibit pipe from passing through an electrical room, right? You just need to stay out of the "dedicated" space? Brian Harris FDFP INC. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Electrical Rooms NEC Article 110.26(F)(1)(a). Dedicated Electrical Space. The space equal to the width and depth of the equipment and extending from the floor to a height of 1.8 m (6 ft) above the equipment or to the structural ceiling, whichever is lower, shall be dedicated to the electrical installation. No piping, ducts, leak protection apparatus, or other equipment foreign to the electrical installation shall be located in this zone. Thank You Rahe Loftin, P.E. Region 7 - GSA Office - 817-978-7299 Fax - 817-978-8644 Cell - 817-371-3102 "Brian Harris" <br...@firstdefen To sefire.com> [email protected] Sent by: cc sprinklerforum-bo un...@firesprinkl Subject er.org Electrical Rooms 12/16/2008 09:36 AM Please respond to sprinklerfo...@fi resprinkler.org I know it's in the code but I can't put my finger on it, what section talks about not running a sprinkler line through an electrical room? While I'm on it what section prohibits running through a stairwell? Thanks, I'm in a time crunch otherwise I wouldn't bother you........ 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