Throw away panel door

[AusLee]

Hello,

I have an "electrical closet" only the door of the panel board, when the panel is installed inside, do not open more than 30 degrees because of concrete obstruction above and below.

The panel is Prisma from Schneider Electric. My only solution is to remove the door, since the closet has a door by itself.

The door over the vertical busbar will remain because it's small and can easily open.

Though i see some plastic-rubber frame around the door's perimeter, is that just for the door or for the panel? will the IP reduce a lot? i do not think so because the breaker compartments in the front have full metal covers, besides there are metering devinces inside so with the door out they are always ready to be seen.

Please advise what you think, should i send back the panel? i'd rahther not if possible.

 

[weh3]

You should send back the building.

And the architect.

In the US, you would have some working clearance issues unser NEC 110.

Regards,
William

 

[AusLee]

When the closet door is open the panel abides by NEC clearance requirements.

It looks to me that the panel without the front door is still very tight - so if the door is only for access protection, i have another door right in front ...

 

[mc5w]

If you remove that panelboard's door you are voiding the UL listing. You will have to relocate the panelboard. I agree with weh3 that you need to do something radical such as sue the architect and make him pay for the extra cost of moving the panelboard.

About 3 weeks ago I washed my hands of a job that was messed up in all kinds of ways. One of them is that a 120 volt or 12 volt underwater pool light is illegal in a health care facility because there is no such thing as UL listed brass pipe. Turns out that everybody else uses fiber optic pool lights and anything else is a DINOSAUR! I got hosed off when I found out that the grounding terminal in the forming shell was installed backwards 2 different ways. This made the light at least 300% illegal because we could only install 17 of the 19 wire strands in the #8 ground wire and there was no longer enough wire bending space inside the shell. This 120 volt pool light was something that the pool builder had bought on closeout.

These kinds of issues are the reasons why I do not like working for cheapskates and cheatskates. Would you call being the lowest bidder a career?