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| 2008-08-29 16:56:54 | |
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| | THIS REVIEW WAS DONE UNDER THESE CURRENT CODE CYCLES: |
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| | THE 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 2007 REVISIONS, 2005 |
| | NEC, NFPA-72 2002, NFPA-101 2003, 2004 FBC AS AMENDED, |
| | CHAPTER 1.AND FOUND NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | 1} NO REQUIRED EMERGENCY LIGHTING OR OTHER REQUIRED |
| | SYSTEMS MAY OPERATE FROM THIS GENERATOR POWER. IF SO |
| | THE REQUIRED EGRESS LIGHTING MUST BE BATTERY BACK UP AS |
| | THIS GENERATOR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A |
| | LEGALLY REQUIRED SYSTEM, SEE 701.11 2005 NEC. INDICATE |
| | HOW THE EGRESS LIGHTING IS POWERED IN EMERGENCY |
| | OPERATION. IF THERE IS A FIRE PUMP OPERATED FROM THIS |
| | SYSTEM, THE GENERATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE "LEGALLY |
| | REQUIRED". |
| | |
| | 2} SHEET E2, NOTE #9 DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR PER 250.130(A) FOR GROUNDED SYSTEMS |
| | THE CONNECTION SHALL BE MADE BY BONDING THE EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR TO THE GROUNDED SERVICE CONDUCTOR |
| | AND THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR. THEREFORE AS THE |
| | EQUIPMENT GROUND ORIGINATES FROM THE FIRST MEANS OF |
| | DISCONNECT IT MUST BE RUN WITH THE FEEDERS FROM |
| | "NEXGEAR" SWITCHGEAR. RESPONSE NOTE #11 REGARDING |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH 250.32(B)(2) IS NOT CORRECT |
| | "250.32(2)(B) GROUNDED CONDUCTOR WHERE (1) AN EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR IS NOT RUN WITH THE SUPPLY TO THE |
| | BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, (2) THERE ARE NO CONTINUOUS |
| | METALLIC PATHS BONDED TO THE GROUNDING SYSTEM IN EACH |
| | BUILDING OR STRUCTURE INVOLVED,".THE CONTINUOS PATH IS |
| | THE CONTROL WIRING.SEE SHEET E6 AND E4. |
| | |
| | 3} SHEET E5 HAS A NOTE ON THE EXISTING SWITCHGEAR THAT |
| | THE "GROUND BONDING JUMPER" IS TO REMAIN, THIS WOULLD |
| | CREATE A PARALLEL PATH BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT GROUND AND |
| | THE NEUTRAL IN VIOLATION OF 250.6. THE NEUTRAL MUST BE |
| | ISOLATED FROOM ALL GROUND CONNECTIONS BEYOND THE FIRST |
| | MEANS OF DISCONNECT. |
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| | 4} THERE IS ANOTHER GENERATOR ON SHEET E4 AND E4.1, |
| | INDICATE THE PURPOSE OF THIS GENERATOR AND IF IT IS A |
| | LEGALLY REQUIRED UNIT. |
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| | IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL. |
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| | BILL TROBAUGH |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 561/805-6718 |
