WAC 296-96-02460   What are the requirements for electrical main line disconnects?  (1) The main line disconnect switch(es) or circuit breaker must be located inside the machine room door on the lock jamb side of the machine room door and not more than twenty-four inches from the jamb to the operating handle; and it must be at a height of not more than sixty-six inches above the finish floor.

     (2) For multicar machine rooms the switches shall be grouped together as close as possible to that location.

     (3) For machine rooms with double swing doors, the doors must swing out and the switch(es) must be on the wall adjacent to the hinge side of the active door panel.

     (4) The switch(es) must be designed so that they may be locked out and tagged in the open position.


EXCEPTION: Special purpose and residential inclined elevators are exempt from this section.




[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.87 RCW. 07-24-041, § 296-96-02460, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08.]