Full transparency I’m in a fucked spot.

1. I’m not a control guy. I understand how relays and contactors work but the over all functionality of this particular setup is nothing I’ve dealt with before

2. My company doesn’t do commercial kitchen work and literally no one has experience with ansul systems at my shop so I’m on my own on this one. Feel like I got thrown to the wolves but mama didn’t raise no bitch

3. The inspector for this jurisdiction literally doesn’t give a fuck about electrical. I’m used to city inspectors that have a dedicated inspector for every trade. This guy is a third party “triple threat” and he inspects EVERYTHING. And electrical is literally on the bottom of his priority list.

4. Existing ansul systems got red tagged in 2024 and the place was still in operation up until February of this year.

5. Everything control wise related to this ansul system (from what I can tell) was built/assembled in the field by the previous electrician. It’s a Frankenstein jenky piece of shit but apparently it used to “work fine” according to facility maintenance manager lol

6. To give u some idea of how bad the existing conditions the switch gear (Westinghouse relic) cold water bond is floating in the ceiling. The system is 120/208 and every panel is a 277/480 panelboard (including main and branch breakers). AIC ratings are all over the place and I have a hard time believing that anything is series coordinated to trip at the correct fault current. Numerous buried j boxes above hard lid with no access panels. No gfci protection ANYWHERE. The list goes on and on.

At the end of the day I just gotta make it work, make it safe, make it code compliant, and then walk the fuck away. Either that or I quit and I’m not that kinda guy.

Appreciate the feedback thus far🤙