Does secondary egresses meet the requirement for safe passage?
All required egress means are to be protected per the Duke Standard and the NEC. 12. What event precipitated the need for the change, an amendment to National Electrical Code, National Fire Codes and/or NC Building Codes; a federal mandate; a directive from Duke Energy; or was it a terrible accident that illustrated why the change is needed? The process arose from our questions of how the utilities were addressing building and occupant protections from the hazards that may arise from placement of oil filled transformers inside and outside of buildings. The NEC and the NC State Electrical Code in Article 450.27 lists methods by which protections can be achieved. Code Enforcement began seeing several installations that appeared to be questionable with regards to safety of potential electrical arc faults, explosion and fires. The utilities seemed to have somewhat differing guidelines and the National Electrical Safety Code addresses the issue in Section 15, 152. A. 2 much the same as the
