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Text |
| 2009-02-10 08:14:31 | |
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| | APPLICATION #09010415 ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW |
| | 219 DYER ROAD 2/11/09 |
| | WEST PALM BEACH, FL. |
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| | THIS REVIEW WAS DONE UNDER THESE CURRENT CODE CYCLES: |
| | THE 2004 FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE, 2007 |
| | REVISIONS, 2005 NEC, 2004 FBC AS AMENDED, CHAPTER 1.AND |
| | FOUND NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | 1} PROVIDE A PANEL SCHEDULE FOR THE METER/MAIN |
| | COMBINATION PANEL INCLUDING THE OVERCURRENT PROTECTION |
| | RATINGS. |
| | |
| | 2} THIS COMMENT IS IN REGARD TO THE SINGLE GROUND ROD |
| | ON THE RISER DIAGRAM-SHEET E-1: 250.56 RESISTANCE OF |
| | ROD, PIPE, AND PLATE ELECTRODES: |
| | A SINGLE ELECTRODE CONSISTING OF A ROD, PIPE, OR PLATE |
| | THAT DOES NOT HAVE A RESISTANCE TO GROUND OF 25 OHMS OR |
| | LESS SHALL BE AUGMENTED BY ONE ADDITIONAL ELECTRODE OF |
| | ANY OF THE TYPES SPECIFIED BY 250.52(A)(2) THROUGH |
| | (A)(7). WHERE MULTIPLE ROD, PIPE, OR PLATE ELECTRODES |
| | ARE INSTALLED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, |
| | THEY SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 1.8 M (6 FT) APART.***DUE |
| | TO SOIL RESISTANCE IN WEST PALM BEACH TWO GROUND RODS |
| | ARE COMMONLY USED, UNLESS THE CONTRACTOR CAN SHOW THE |
| | ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR HE/SHE CAN ATTAIN 25 OHMS OF |
| | RESISTANCE. |
| | |
| | 3} THE EQUIPMENT GROUND RAN WITH THE FEEDERS TO PANEL |
| | ???B??? MUST BE A MINIMUM OF #6 CU PER 250.122. SHEET |
| | E-1 RISER DIAGRAM. |
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| | 4} THE MICROWAVE AND REFRIGERATOR IN THE KITCHEN, SHEET |
| | E-2, ARE SHOWN ON CIRCUIT #18 ON THE FLOOR PLAN. THIS |
| | IS A VIOLATION OF 210.23(A)(1) AND (2),- (1) |
| | ???CORD-AND-PLUG-CONNECTED EQUIPMENT NOT FASTENED IN |
| | PLACE THE RATING OF ANY ONE CORD-AND-PLUG-CONNECTED |
| | UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT NOT FASTENED IN PLACE SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 80 PERCENT OF THE BRANCH-CIRCUIT AMPERE RATING. |
| | (2) UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT FASTENED IN PLACE THE TOTAL |
| | RATING OF UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT FASTENED IN PLACE, |
| | OTHER THAN LUMINAIRES (LIGHTING FIXTURES), SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 50 PERCENT OF THE BRANCH-CIRCUIT AMPERE RATING |
| | WHERE LIGHTING UNITS, CORD-AND-PLUG-CONNECTED |
| | UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT NOT FASTENED IN PLACE, OR BOTH, |
| | ARE ALSO SUPPLIED.??? |
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| | 5} THE MICROWAVE SHOWN ON THE FLOOR PLAN AND LISTED IN |
| | THE LOAD CALCULATION, IS NOT LISTED ON THE PANEL |
| | SCHEDULE. SEE COMMENT #4 |
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| | 6} A SMOKE DETECTOR NEEDS TO BE ADDED IN THE 2ND FLOOR |
| | HALLWAY TO COMPLY WITH R313.1 2.???OUTSIDE EACH |
| | SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE |
| | BEDROOMS.??? |
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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 |
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| 2009-02-09 15:34:38 | |
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