Figure 2-3. Minimum clearances in front of electrical equipment (600 V or less)

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while touching live components, a circuit would be completed to ground and a fatal shock might

occur.

Condition 3: The electrical equipment is mounted or set on one wall, and additional electrical

equipment is mounted or set on the opposite side of the room. There are live components on

both sides of the room. The qualified worker might accidentally make contact with live

components and be in series with a hot phase and the grounded metal of the electrical

equipment, which could produce a fatal shock.

See Figure 2-3 for the clearance requirements in front of electrical equipment rated 600 V or

less.

NEC Table 110.26(A)(1)

Figure 2-3. Minimum clearances in front of electrical equipment (600 V or less).

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