Sink location...safety police

[aka Larry]

Guys,

I'm actually soliciting opinions from the safety police here. I have a PVC shop sink in a storage room in my current attached garage that I want to move out into my new shop. It will be cold water only, basically for washing hands. The logical place to put it, considering the space I have and where the line comes in from the house, is dipicted here:

As you can see, just to the right is the electrical panel. Any issues to be concerned about regarding their proximity to each other?

 

[Steevo]

How high off the floor is the bottom of your panel?

 

[aka Larry]

How high off the floor is the bottom of your panel?

I'd say about 48" or so.

 

[PCO6]

I'm interested in this too. The previous owner of our house installed a downstairs bathroom and did a pretty good job. The room however has the original electrical panel for the house located in it. There is a toilet located right below the panel. The panel is concealed and the room looks like a "normal" bathroom. The bottom edge of the panel is 55" above the floor.

We have lived here for about 22 years and it has never posed a problem that I know of but I'm pretty certain it doesn't meet the electical and plumbing codes. I'd like to replace the fuse box with one with breakers. I have a feeling I'm going to be told by an electrician to either relocate the panel or scrap the bathroom.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[aandpdan]

NEC 110.26(a)(2) - You need a 30" wide "working" space in front of the panel and the door must be able to open 90 degrees.

 

[Stuart in MN]

NEC 110.26(a)(2) - You need a 30" wide "working" space in front of the panel and the door must be able to open 90 degrees.

Also note that the panel doesn't have to be centered on that 30" wide space, it can be offset to one side or the other.

 

[kbs2244]

I cannot count the number of sinks I have seen in front of breaker boxs.
Most often to the side because of running the pipes and wires in the same wall.