| Date |
Text |
| 2009-09-23 09:08:06 | |
| | ** DENIED ** |
| | |
| | ** ** THERE IS CONFUSION OVER SCOPE OF WORK. THE PLANS |
| | SHOW SEVERAL NEW ITEMS HOWEVER A NOTE ON PLANS STATES |
| | ITEMS ARE EXISTING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. THE PLANS |
| | DON???T INDICATE WHAT ALREADY EXISTS AND WHAT IS NEW. |
| | IF ELECTRICAL ALREADY EXISTS IN ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION |
| | IT IS TYPICALLY LABELED WITH AN *E* FOR EXISTING. WHEN |
| | ELECTRICAL ON PLANS ARE NOT NOTED WITH AN E OR N TO |
| | DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO THEN EVERYTHING IS LOOKED |
| | AT AS BEING NEW TO BE INSTALLED. IN EITHER CASE THERE |
| | ARE COMMENTS BELOW WHICH MAY BE HANDLED BY INDICATING |
| | EXISTING OR THEY MAY NEED TO BE INSTALLED AS NEW. |
| | |
| | 1) NOTE: PLANS CONTAIN A NOTE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING PER |
| | CODE. HOWEVER NO SPECIFIC CODE WAS STATED ON PLANS FOR |
| | APPLICATION DATE. PER FS 553.73, FBC 2007 WITH 2009 |
| | REVISIONS THE FOLLOWING CODES IS THE CURRENT ADOPTED |
| | CODES WHICH SHOULD BE STATED ON PLANS. |
| | 2005 NFPA-70 |
| | 2002 NFPA-72 |
| | |
| | 2) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 210.63 FOR MISSING RECEPTACLE FOR |
| | CONDENSING UNITS. ALSO 210.8A3 FOR GFI PROTECTION. |
| | |
| | 3) NOTE: PLEASE SEE FBC R313.1,313.2, 313.2.1 FOR SMOKE |
| | ALARMS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT |
| | CODE. PLEASE SEE NFPA-72 11.5.1 AND 11.8.3 FOR REQUIRED |
| | LOCATIONS. |
| | PLEASE BE SURE TO SEE 11.8.3 AS ALL SMOKE ALARMS WITHIN |
| | 20FT OF COOKING APPLIANCES SHALL MEET SPECIFIC |
| | REQUIREMENTS. ( OUTSIDE MASTER BEDROOM) |
| | |
| | 4) NOTE: PANEL SCHEDULE ONLY INDICATE ONE A/C SYSTEM |
| | YET THE PLANS INDICATES TWO. |
| | TWO CU ARE SHOWN HOWEVER NO LOCATIONS FOR AH UNITS. |
| | PLEASE BE SURE TO SEE 440.11, 440.12 FOR REQUIRED |
| | DISCONNECTS. PLEASE ALSO SEE 210.70 IF THESE UNITS ARE |
| | LOCATED IN ATTIC AREAS. |
| | ** PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW WITH RESPECT TO COMPLETE PANEL |
| | SCHEDULE AS THERE IS A SYSTEM MISSING FROM PANEL. |
| | |
| | 5) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 210.52E, 210.8A3 FOR MISSING FRONT |
| | AND REAR RECEPTACLES. IF ONE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT |
| | FOR CU IS PLACED AT REAR THIS MAY SERVE AS THE SAME. |
| | IF EXISTING |
| | |
| | 6) NOTE: RISER INDICATES AN * EQUIPMENT GROUNDING |
| | CONDUCTOR* BEING INSTALLED FROM METER TO THE FIRST |
| | MEANS OF DISCONNECT. THIS IS NOT PERMITTED PER 250.6, |
| | 250.24. AS THE FIRST MEANS OF DISCONNECT IS BONDED YOU |
| | WOULD NOT BRING AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AS |
| | THIS WOULD PARALLEL THE NEUTRAL. THIS CREATES |
| | OBJECTIONABLE CURRENTS |
| | |
| | 7) NOTE: A NEW DOOR IS BEING INSTALLED FROM AN EXISTING |
| | WINDOW WHICH IS CREATING A NEW EXIT TO OUTSIDE. THIS |
| | REQUIRES A NEW LIGHT AND LIGHTING OUTLET CONTROL. |
| | 210.70 |
| | |
| | 8) NOTE: PLEASE SEE KITCHEN PLANS AS PROVIDED. THERE IS |
| | A SWITCH ON THE WALL WHICH DOES NOT CONNECT TO |
| | ANYTHING. WHAT DOES THIS DO? |
| | 210.70? |
| | |
| | 9) NOTE: PLEASE PROVIDE A COMPLETE PANEL SCHEDULE AND |
| | LOAD CALCULATIONS PER NEC. PLEASE SEE NEC 220 FOR |
| | RESIDENTIAL. SOME SPECIFIC SECTIONS WOULD BE 220.10, |
| | 220.12, 220.42, 220.52, ETC |
| | SEE NEXT COMMENT ALSO. |
| | |
| | 10) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 422.13 AS STORAGE TYPE WATER |
| | HEATERS ARE CONSIDERED CONTINUOUS LOADS. SEE NEC |
| | COMMENTARY AS THE LAST SENTENCE STATES WHEN SIZING FOR |
| | SERVICE AND FEEDERS THIS IS CONSIDERED A CONTINUOUS |
| | LOAD. THIS MEANS THE WATER HEATER 4500VA SHALL BE |
| | FIGURED AT 125% INTO LOAD CALCULATIONS. |
| | |
| | 11) NOTE: PLEASE PROVIDE AIC RATING FOR NEW SERVICE |
| | EQUIPMENT. 110.9 |
| | |
| | 12) NOTE: THE RISER INDICATES A #4 /0 FOR GROUNDING |
| | ELECTRODE. THE SYMBOL USED LENDS THIS TO BEING A |
| | CONDUCTOR MUCH LARGE THAN NEEDED. THIS MAY BE A |
| | MISPRINT OF SOME KIND? |
| | |
| | 13) NOTE: RISER ALSO INDICATES ATTACHMENT TO BUILDING |
| | STEEL. IF THIS CONNECTION IS NOT ALREADY DONE, IT IS |
| | NOT REQUIRED BY 250.50 TO CHIP OUT THE EXISTING FOOTER |
| | STEEL TO ATTACH. THE AMOUNT OF STEEL AND CONNECTION |
| | POINT OF EXISTING STEEL WOULD NOT BE KNOWN. THIS WOULD |
| | ALSO AFFECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING |
| | FOOTER. |
| | IF SHOWN ON PLANS, THEN IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO ATTACH. |
| | PLEASE CALL TO GO OVER IF NEEDED. |
| | |
| | 14) NOTE: PLEASE PROVIDE A MORE ACCURATE PANEL |
| | SCHEDULE. THERE IS ONLY ONE LIGHTING CIRCUIT SHOWN ON |
| | PANEL SCHEDULE. YET SOME OTHERS SUCH AS 2-POLE BREAKERS |
| | SHOWN FOR SMALL APPLIANCES AND 2-POLE BREAKER FOR |
| | BATHROOM ARE NOT CLEAR. |
| | PLEASE SEE 408.4 AND UPDATE. |
| | |
| | |
| | ** AS ELECTRICAL ON SHEET IS MISSING SOME INFORMATION, |
| | THERE MAY BE SOME ITEMS NOT YET SUBMITTED WHICH MAY |
| | CREATE CODE COMMENTS. |
| | |
| | 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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