Installation Location

Maintenance boxes for the pit

The permanently installed control station at the bottom of the shaft. It must be operable from the refuge space and, alongside the STOP device and socket outlet, must also provide the well lighting switch within reach of the access point.

36 designs · 1–5 device openings

Installation Locations

What EN 81-20 requires at this location

  • STOP devices must be provided in the pit.
  • The permanently installed inspection control station is operable from a distance of no more than 0.30 m from the refuge space.
  • A socket outlet is part of the pit equipment.
  • The well lighting switch sits no more than 0.75 m from the inner edge of the access door frame, and at least 1.0 m above the access level.