On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:44:58 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
om...

Does anyone know off the top what the Minimum work area is for in front of
a
residential Meter Panel?

Our Panel is about 8 feet from the ground and I need to build a platform
to
get it to the 6' to the center of the meter socket. Though I need to know
how big to make the platform. Seems like I heard 30"x36"? Though don't
remember which direction. My Contractor Friends that do commercial say
its
42", though I think that is for Commercial meter mains.


Meter panel, or service panel?

If it's the meter, isn't that the power
company's problem? If it's the
service panel, I'm pretty sure
that NEC wants a 3' deep space,
a minimum of 6'6" high, and
30" wide or as wide as the panel.

Assuming the same rules apply to
meters, and that you measure the
clear space from in FRONT of
the meter, that puts your platform
pretty near 4' out from the building,
anyway. Why isn't your meter at
ground level, anyway?

--Goedjn