Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09050005
Permit Number 09050005
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2009-07-31 15:45:43** DENIED 2ND REVIEW **
  
 *** SOME COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS REVIEW ARE STILL IN
 NEED OF ADDRESSING ALONG WITH SOME NEW NOTES BASED ON
 REVISED INFORMATION NOW SHOWN ON PLANS.
 ** IT IS RECOMMENDED A MEETING BE SET UP TO GO OVER
 COMMENTS.
  
 1) NOTE: PLANS NOW MENTIONS CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS
 INSIDE ALL NEW AND EXISTING SLEEPING ROOMS. PREVIOUS
 REVIEW DID NOT COMMENT ON THIS. THE COMMENT HAD TO DO
 WITH SMOKE ALARMS PER R313.1 AND NFPA-72. PLEASE SEE FS
 553.885 FOR LOCATION OF REQUIRED CARBON MONOXIDE
 DETECTOR WHICH IS ACTUALLY WITHIN 10FT LOCATED OUTSIDE
 THE SLEEPING ROOM.
  
 2) NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE LOAD CALCULATIONS, PANEL
 SCHEDULES, BREAKERS AND CONDUCTORS FOR A/C EQUIPMENT IS
 STILL NOT COORDINATING. LOAD CALCULATIONS FOR EXAMPLE
 INDICATE 50AMP BREAKERS WITH #8 AWG CONDUCTORS FOR
 CONDENSING UNITS, YET THE ONE NEW CU ON PANEL SCHEDULE
 INDICATES #12 AWG WITH A 2-POLE 20AMP BREAKER. PLEASE
 LOOK UP THE MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDED OCP AND CIRCUIT
 SIZE.
 PLEASE SEE ANOTHER CONFLICT WITH MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM
 OVER CURRENT PROTECTION, AND CONDUCTORS IS WITH THE TWO
 HEAT STRIPS INDICATED ON THE LOAD
 CALCULATIONS/SCHEDULE.
 BOTH THE 7.5 KW AND 4KW HEAT ON LOAD/SCHEDULE STATES #6
 AWG AND 60AMP BREAKER. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR EITHER
 ONE. THE PANEL SCHEDULE FOR THE NEW AHU STATES 40AMP
 WITH #8 AWG WHICH DOES NOT COORDINATE. IN EITHER CASE
 PLEASE SEE 424.3B AND 422.11E3. THE TYPICAL MINIMUM
 OVER CURRENT PROTECTION SIZING IS 125% AND THE MAXIMUM
 IS 150%.
 ** PLEASE ALSO VERIFY THE FACT ONE UNIT IS INDICATING A
 4KW HEAT STRIP, THIS IS NOT KNOWN TO BE TYPICAL.
 ***** PLEASE ALSO SEE 422.12,220.60 ETC
 A/C LOADS FOR LOAD CALCULATIONS MAY BE DE-RATED HOWEVER
 WHEN FIGURING THE LARGER OF THE TWO LOADS, YOU USE THE
 ACTUAL LOAD BEFORE DE-RATING NOT THE LOAD AFTER
 DE-RATING.
 ** PLEASE ALSO CHECK THE KW LOADS SHOWN FOR THE
 CONDENSING UNITS, THESE SEEM TO BE HIGH.
  
  
 3) NOTE: THE PREVIOUS REVIEW MADE NOTE TO 210.52D FOR
 THE LOCATION OF THE GFI RECEPTACLE IN THE BATHROOM. AN
 OCCUPANT IS NOT PERMITTED TO CROSS OVER ONE SINK TO
 PLUG IN AN APPLIANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ANOTHER SINK.
 THE OPTION IS TO RELOCATE THE ONE GFI TO THE MIDDLE OF
 THE TWO SINKS OR TO ADD AND ADDITIONAL GFI RECEPTACLE.
 NO RELOCATION WAS DONE AND NO DEVICE WAS ADDED.
  
 4) NOTE: PREVIOUS REVIEW MENTIONED THAT THE RISER DID
 NOT INDICATE ANY EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTORS AFTER
 THE FIRST MEANS OF DISCONNECT. NO CONDUCTORS PER
 250.122, 250.110,250.24 ETC WERE ADDED.
 THIS IS ONLY AFTER THE FIRST MEANS OF DISCONNECT.
  
 5) NOTE: PREVIOUS REVIEW MENTIONED 210.12 FOR ARC FAULT
 PROTECTION REQUIRED FOR ALL CIRCUITS/OUTLETS IN
 BEDROOMS. THIS WAS REVISED IN THE 2002 NEC. THE PANEL
 SCHEDULE ONLY INDICATES AFCI PROTECTION ON ONE OF THE
 TWO MASTER BEDROOM CIRCUITS.
  
 6) NOTE: PREVIOUS REVIEW MENTIONED TO IDENTIFY THE
 3-WAY SWITCH LOCATED ON THE REAR WALL OF THE NEW MASTER
 BEDROOM. THE 3-WAY SWITCH ON PLANS DOES NOT GO TO
 ANYTHING??
 220,210,300,310 ETC,
 FBC 106.1.1
 SECTIONS GIVEN IN GENERAL AS IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THIS
 IS FOR.
  
 7) NOTE: PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS REVIEW WHICH REQUESTED FOR
 ALL SERVICE EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED ON
 PLANS. THE PLANS WERE REVISED TO SHOW THE NEW METER AND
 ONE NEW MAIN DISCONNECT HOWEVER THE SECOND DISCONNECT
 IS NOT SHOWN. PLEASE SEE 230.72 AS THIS REQUIRES ALL
 MAINS TO BE GROUPED.
 ALSO 110.26 FOR MINIMUM CLEARANCES.
  
 8) NOTE: PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS NOTE WITH RESPECT TO NEW
 OR EXISTING SMOKE ALARMS IN DWELLING BEING BROUGHT UP
 TO THE CURRENT NFPA-72 11.8.3 REQUIREMENTS. THE PLANS
 CONTAINS A NOTE HOWEVER AT SOME POINT A BASIC LAYOUT
 FOR THE EXISTING DWELLING SHOWING THE LOCATIONS WILL BE
 NEEDED. THIS CAN BE PART OF A PROVISO AT A LATER DATE
 IF LOCATIONS ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
  
 ** PER NEW BUILDING OFFICIAL, PLANS ARE NO LONGER
 RELEASE HOWEVER PER THE IMPACT REVIEW STOP, ONE SET
 WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED OUT FOR REVIEW AND
 STAMPING BY PAL BEACH COUNTY.
  
  
 ** IMPORTANT **
 ONCE AUDIT/REVIEWS ARE COMPLETE AND PLANS ARE PICKED UP
 FOR CORRECTIONS, PLEASE BE SURE TO COMPLETELY REMOVE
 ALL OLD/VOIDED SHEETS AND ONLY INSERT NEW REVISED
 SHEETS INTO TWO COMPLETE SETS FOR REVIEW AND STAMPING.
 DO NOT LEAVE ANY OLD/VOIDED SHEETS IN SETS.
 PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO PLANS. ANY
 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION SUCH AS PRODUCT APPROVALS,
 SPEC/CUT SHEETS, CALCULATIONS ETC. SHOULD BE PLACED
 INTO TWO SETS/FOLDERS/BINDERS ETC.
 PLEASE KNOW ONLY ONE SET OF THE OLD/VOIDED SHEETS
 SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR REFERENCE.
 THIS WILL HELP IN THE AUDIT/REVIEW PROCESS AND AVOID
 ANY DELAYS.
  
  
 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS; OR IF COMMENTS ARE NOT
 TYPED IN A CLEAR MANNER PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO
 CONTACT THIS REVIEWER.
  
 DEWEY PALMER
 ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW II
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 561-805-6717
 [email protected]
  
  
  


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