Is it the intent of 501.2.1.1 to include diesel generator
exhausts as a "duct conveying explosive or flammable
vapors, fumes or dusts" thus requiring discharge 30 feet
from property lines and 6 feet from exterior walls, among
other things?
Interpretation #7463
Published March 23, 2015
Original Request
- Code Version
- 2007
- Code
- MECHANIC
- Code Description
- Mechanical
- Chapter
- 5
- Section
- 501.2.1
- Topic
- Diesel exhaust as explosive
Question
Answer Published 03/23/2015 at 3:36 PM
No
Commentary
Clearances and setbacks provided under FMC 501.2.1, # 2
would be the applicable code section for compliance of
odors and fumes exhausted by a diesel generator.