| 2018-02-28 14:41:16 | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017 6TH ED |
| | NFPA 70 2014 EDITION |
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| | JAKE LEAHY |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER II |
| | 561-805-6713 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | 682. 11 LOCATION OF SERVICE EQUIPMENT |
| | ON LAND, THE SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR FLOATING STRUCTURES |
| | AND SUBMERSIBLE |
| | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE LOCATED NO CLOSER THAN |
| | 1.5 M (5 FT) HORIZONTALLY FROM THE SHORELINE AND LIVE |
| | PARTS SHALL |
| | BE ELEVATED A MINIMUM OF 300 MM (12 IN.) ABOVE THE |
| | ELECTRICAL |
| | DATUM PLANE. SERVICE EQUIPMENT SHALL DISCONNECT WHEN |
| | THE WATER LEVEL REACHES THE HEIGHT OF THE ESTABLISHED |
| | ELECTRICAL |
| | DATUM PLANE |
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| | 682. 12 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS |
| | ALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS NOT INTENDED FOR OPERATION |
| | WHILE SUBMERGED |
| | SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 300 MM (12 IN.) ABOVE THE |
| | DECK |
| | OF A FLOATING OR FIXED STRUCTURE, BUT NOT BELOW THE |
| | ELECTRICAL DATUM |
| | PLANE. |
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| | 682.3 3 EQUIPOTENTIAL PLANES AND BONDING |
| | OF EQUIPOTENTIAL PLANES |
| | AN EQUIPOTENTIAL PLANE SHALL BE INSTALLED WHERE |
| | REQUIRED IN THIS |
| | SECTION TO MITIGATE STEP AND TOUCH VOLTAGES AT |
| | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. |
| | (A) A REAS REQUIRING EQUIPOTENTIAL PLANES. |
| | EQUIPOTENTIAL |
| | PLANES SHALL BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO ALL OUTDOOR |
| | SERVICE EQUIPMENT |
| | OR DISCONNECTING MEANS THAT CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN OR ON |
| | WATER, THAT HAVE A METALLIC ENCLOSURE AND CONTROLS |
| | ACCESSIBLE TO |
| | PERSONNEL, AND THAT ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ENERGIZED. THE |
| | EQUIPOTENTIAL |
| | PLANE SHALL ENCOMPASS THE AREA AROUND THE EQUIPMENT AND |
| | SHALL EXTEND FROM THE AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE EQUIPMENT |
| | OUT NOT |
| | LESS THAN 900 MM (36 IN.) IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM WHICH |
| | A PERSON |
| | WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND AND COME IN CONTACT WITH THE |
| | EQUIPMENT. |
