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| The 30 inch clear space has been in the National Electrical Code for many decades so that vent should never have been installed there to begin with. In other words it has ALWAYS been in violation of the NEC. |
Yes whenever that vent was installed it became in viloation.
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| you need to be able to slide a refrigerator box up to the panel face without hitting any obstructions. |
Thats A good way to think about it!
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| Based on the amount of work and expense required to relocate a panel, you might want to investigate reconfiguring the A/C duct instead. |
agreed! It may be worth looking into. Its probaly a long shot trying to get the air conditioning company to move it but they are the ones who placed it there in violation of code within the last few years.
Overall I am sort of split on the subject because I do sort of need a new subpanel for any future expansions but it is a pain and alot of work to do. (My main panel breaker box is completely full now).
Thanks for the help in understanding how the 30 inch rule works for placing the new subpanel I will probaly need that information