HVAC lack of electric receptacals and hose bibs

Why aren't there electrical receptacles and hose bibs near all condensing units.

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• DrZarkloff
• Starkloff
• HVAC
• electrical
• receptacles
• hose
• bibs
• near
• condensing
• unit

[TheFred1952]

lack of for thought it's the same way when your working on cars or any thing else for that mater the enginers do not think of what needs to be done down the road

[DrZarkloff]

@TheFred1952 Amen to that.

[d1incharge]

I guess it is a trifecta when you get a city council that chooses which codes to follow, a bunch of suits deciding const. issues really makes sense. Here they chose to require R-15 vs. R-13 in walls, moderate climate, REMdesign shows and avg. 8$/year savings on a 500-1k$ added cost. Ofcourse with a mortgage and a 1k cost that is @ 60$/year to save 8$. How much labor expense would an outlet and a bib save? What would it's cost be. People are seperating from govt., codes will cont. downhill

[DrZarkloff]

@d1incharge Thanks for the insight on this matter. I usually have to run a few hundred feet of hose and electrical cord just to clean and maintain an air conditioner, especially rooftop packages.

[Harveyallparts]

In the great state of North Carolina there is a code for receptacle for all H A V C units to have one it's a hidden code but it is there down to North Carolina. They do nothing about it also since North Carolina changed the building codes three years ago to meet the rest of United States. I bet if you did some digging you would find it under electrical or HVAC. I do not have the new codebook when I see my license electrician that I use when I install heat pumps for pool heaters. I'll ask him for

[DrZarkloff]

@Harveyallparts Cool.

[d1incharge]

Hate to say it, but HVAC is complicated, and it is one small part of building a home. For you it sounds easy, but for a builder all of those little items can fill a plate, even the little costs. I would like that code, but they literally spell check our breaker boxes, so coping now is tough. Builders, HVAC, Plumbers, Electricians don't write the codes, booknerds that dont understand do. Icing on the cake is the even more ignorant inspectors that municipalities are quite efficient at finding.

[62636263c]

@douglas787 lol, so true.

[62636263c]

Can I say a big Amman!

[DrZarkloff]

@BYENZER Thanks for adding this information.