| Date |
Text |
| 2008-12-18 12:54:19 | |
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| | APPLICATION #08120242 ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW |
| | 302 WILDEMERE ROAD 12/18/08 |
| | WEST PALM BEACH, FL. |
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| | THIS REVIEW WAS DONE UNDER THESE CURRENT CODE CYCLES: |
| | |
| | THE 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 2007 REVISIONS, 2005 |
| | NEC, NFPA-72 2002, 2004 FBC AS AMENDED, CHAPTER 1, AND |
| | FOUND NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | ALL COMMENTS RELATE TO SHEET E-1, UNLESS OTHERWISE |
| | NOTED |
| | |
| | 1} INDICATE THE SIZE OF THE ?EXISTING? SERVICE ENTRANCE |
| | CONDUCTORS SO THAT COMPLIANCE WITH 230.31 CAN BE |
| | DETERMINED. |
| | |
| | 2} 230.70 GENERAL. |
| | MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO DISCONNECT ALL CONDUCTORS IN |
| | A BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE FROM THE SERVICE-ENTRANCE |
| | CONDUCTORS. THE AHJ HAS DETERMINED THAT ?NEAREST POINT |
| | OF ENTRANCE? SHALL BE NO FARTHER THAN 8? OF UNPROTECTED |
| | CONDUCTORS. INDICATE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE ON |
| | THE PLAN. A DISCONNECTING MEANS IS REQUIRED FOR PANEL |
| | ?B?, WHICH IS INCORRECTLY LABELED ?SUB PANEL?, AS IT |
| | DOES NOT FEED FROM A PANEL BUT RATHER THE METER. |
| | |
| | 3} INDICATE THE FEEDER AND GROUND CONDUCTOR SIZE NUMBER |
| | AND TYPE FOR THE 100 AMP PANEL SHOWN ON THE RISER. |
| | |
| | 4} INDICATE THE FEEDER INFORMATION FROM THE METER TO |
| | THE 150 AMP DISCONNECT ON THE RISER. |
| | |
| | 5} AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR MUST BE INSTALLED |
| | FROM THE FIRST MEANS OF DISCONNECT TO THE PANEL PER |
| | 250.118, SIZED PER 250.122. |
| | |
| | 6} PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE GEC SYSTEM SHOWN ON THE |
| | RISER AND COMPLIANCE WITH 250.52 AND 250.6, AS WITH TWO |
| | GROUNDS FROM THE SAME SERVICE WOULD APPEAR TO PROVIDE A |
| | PARALLEL PATH VIOLATING THOSE ARTICLES. |
| | |
| | 7} CIRCUIT # 7, 9 IN PANEL ?A? INDICATES ?LAUNDRY @ |
| | 1500 VA ON A SINGLE POLE BREAKER. CLARIFY WHAT THIS |
| | FEEDS. |
| | |
| | 8} CIRCUITS 13 THROUGH 23 INDICATE #14 CONDUCTORS ON A |
| | 12 AMP BREAKER, PANEL ?A?, AND THE SAME ON CIRCUITS |
| | 7THROUGH 15, PANEL ?B?. SEE 240.6 STANDARD AMPERE |
| | RATINGS, AND 310.16, 210.11(C)(1), 210.11(C)(3). |
| | |
| | 9} CIRCUITS 24, 25 AND 31 PANEL ?A? AND 16 AND 17, |
| | PANEL ?B?, MUST HAVE #12 CONDUCTORS. 310.16, |
| | 210.11(C)(3), 210.11(C)(1). |
| | |
| | 10} PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE INSTA |
| | HOT WATER HEATERS SHOWN ON THE PLAN WHICH SHALL INCLUDE |
| | NRTL LISTING AND LABELING, WATTAGE AND AMPERAGE. |
| | |
| | 11} THE INSTA HOT LOCATIONS IN BOTH UNITS ARE IN |
| | VIOLATION OF 110.26 CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS AND |
| | 240.24(D) LOCATION PROHIBITION. |
| | |
| | 12} LOCATE THE AIR HANDLERS ON THE PLAN, BOTH UNITS. |
| | |
| | 13} A RECEPTACLE MUST BE ADDED IN THE ?KITCHENETTE? FOR |
| | SPACING REQUIREMENTS OF 210.52(A)(1) AND A GFI ON THE |
| | COUNTERTOP PER 210.8(A)(6). |
| | |
| | 14} THE ISLAND IN THE NEW KITCHEN IS REQUIRED TO HAVE |
| | RECEPTACLES PER 210.52(C)(2). |
| | |
| | 15} THE COUNTER TOP SPACE IN THE KITCHEN BETWEEN THE |
| | SINK AND OVEN IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A RECEPTACLE PER |
| | 210.52(C)(1), AND BE GFI PER 210.8(A)(6). |
| | |
| | NOTE: SEE THE DEFINITION OF "SMOKE DETECTORS" 11.8.2.1 |
| | NFPA-72, CLARIFY IF USING DETECTORS OR ALARMS, TO AVOID |
| | CONFUSION IN THE FIELD. |
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| | IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL. |
| | |
| | BILL TROBAUGH |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 561/805-6718 |
| | [email protected] |
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