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| 2014-08-02 13:53:06 | DATE: 8/2/2014 |
| | PROJECT: UNCLE BOB'S STORAGE |
| | PERMIT#: 14071167 |
| | CODE: 2008 EDITION OF THE NEC |
| | 2010 EDITION OF THE FBC |
| | 2010 WPB AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION, 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS. |
| | |
| | 1ST ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED. FBC WPB AMENDMENTS. |
| | 107.2.3 |
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| | NEC 600.5 BRANCH CIRCUITS. |
| | (A) REQUIRED BRANCH CIRCUIT. EACH COMMERCIAL BUILDING |
| | AND EACH COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY ACCESSIBLE TO PEDESTRIANS |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE OUTLET IN AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE LOCATION AT EACH ENTRANCE TO EACH TENANT |
| | SPACE FOR SIGN OR OUTLINE LIGHTING SYSTEM USE. THE |
| | OUTLET(S) SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY A BRANCH CIRCUIT RATED |
| | AT LEAST 20 AMPERES THAT SUPPLIES NO OTHER LOAD. |
| | SERVICE HALLWAYS OR CORRIDORS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED |
| | ACCESSIBLE TO PEDESTRIANS. |
| | (B) RATING. BRANCH CIRCUITS THAT SUPPLY SIGNS SHALL BE |
| | RATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 600.5(B)(1) OR (B)(2). |
| | (1) INCANDESCENT AND FLUORESCENT. BRANCH CIRCUITS THAT |
| | SUPPLY SIGNS AND OUTLINE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CONTAINING |
| | INCANDESCENT AND FLUORESCENT FORMS OF ILLUMINATION |
| | SHALL BE RATED NOT TO EXCEED 20 AMPERES. |
| | (2) NEON. BRANCH CIRCUITS THAT SUPPLY NEON TUBING |
| | INSTALLATIONS SHALL NOT BE RATED IN EXCESS OF 30 |
| | AMPERES. |
| | |
| | THE ABOVE ARTICLE 600.5 QUOTED FROM THE 2008 EDITION OF |
| | THE NEC STATES THAT THE RATING OF THE BRANCH CIRCUIT IS |
| | DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TYPE OF LOAD IT IS |
| | CONNECTED TO. PLEASE PROVIDE THE MANUFACTURER'S DATA |
| | SHEETS ON THE SIGN THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE INSTALLED TO |
| | DETERMINE THE TYPE AND SIZE OF THE LOAD ASSOCIATED WITH |
| | IT THEREBY DETERMINING THE SIZE AND RATING OF THE |
| | BRANCH CIRCUIT TO INSTALL TO CONNECT IT TO. |
| | |
| | NEC 600.7(1) SIGNS AND METAL EQUIPMENT OF OUTLINE |
| | LIGHTING SYSTEMS SHALL BE GROUNDED BY CONNECTION TO THE |
| | EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR OF THE SUPPLY BRANCH |
| | CIRCUIT(S) OR FEEDER USING THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTORS SPECIFIED IN THE NEC 250.118. |
| | |
| | PROVIDE AND INDICATE ON THE PLANS THAT AN EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR WILL BE ROUTED WITH THE SUPPLY |
| | CONDUCTORS AND SIZRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEC |
| | 250.118 FOR CONNECTION TO THE SIGN AS REQUIRED BY NEC |
| | 600.7 AS INDICATED ABOVE. |
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| | ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTING NOT EXEMPTED BY FBC 505.1 SHALL |
| | HAVE AUTOMATIC CONTROLS TO TURN OFF AT DAYLIGHT OR WHEN |
| | NOT REQUIRED. CONTROLS SHALL BE PHOTOSENSOR & TIME |
| | CLOCK OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME SWITCH. ALL TIME SWITCHES |
| | SHALL BE CAPABLE OF RETAINING PROGRAMING DURING A LOSS |
| | OF POWER FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 HOURS. FBC-E 505.2.4 |
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| | PROVIDE AND INDICATE ON THE PLANS HOW THE SIGN CIRCUIT |
| | WILL BE CONTROLLED IN ORDER TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE |
| | FBC-E SECTION 505.2.4 AS INDICATED ABOVE. |
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| | DAVID HAYES, ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER, PX3421, |
| | 561-805-6717 OR [email protected] |
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