| Date |
Text |
| 2016-05-12 09:05:11 | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2014 |
| | |
| | GEORGE JOHNSON |
| | PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 561-805-6711 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | GAS COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | (1) THE PRESURE ON THE OUTLET OF THE METER IS UNCLEAR |
| | IF IT IS .5 LBS. YOU DON'T NEED A LOW PRESURE |
| | REGULATOR. PLEASE CLARIFY. PER WPBAMEND.TO FBC 107.2.1 |
| | |
| | (2) IF IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A METER YOU NEED A VALVE |
| | UPSTEAM OF METER AND A SEDIMIT TRAP UP STEAM OF THE |
| | REGULATOR AND SHALL COMPLY WITH. |
| | |
| | 2014 FBC GAS SEC. |
| | |
| | 410.2 MP REGULATORS. MP PRESSURE REGULATORS SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
| | |
| | 1. THE MP REGULATOR SHALL BE APPROVED AND SHALL BE |
| | SUITABLE FOR THE INLET AND OUTLET GAS PRESSURES FOR THE |
| | APPLICATION. |
| | |
| | 2. THE MP REGULATOR SHALL MAINTAIN A REDUCED OUTLET |
| | PRESSURE UNDER LOCKUP (NO-FLOW) CONDITIONS. |
| | |
| | 3. THE CAPACITY OF THE MP REGULATOR, DETERMINED BY |
| | PUBLISHED RATINGS OF ITS MANUFACTURER, SHALL BE |
| | ADEQUATE TO SUPPLY THE APPLIANCES SERVED. |
| | |
| | 4. THE MP PRESSURE REGULATOR SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH |
| | ACCESS. WHERE LOCATED INDOORS, THE REGULATOR SHALL BE |
| | VENTED TO THE OUTDOORS OR SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A |
| | LEAK-LIMITING DEVICE, IN EITHER CASE COMPLYING WITH |
| | SECTION 410.3. |
| | |
| | 5. A TEE FITTING WITH ONE OPENING CAPPED OR PLUGGED |
| | SHALL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE MP REGULATOR AND ITS |
| | UPSTREAM SHUTOFF VALVE. SUCH TEE FITTING SHALL BE |
| | POSITIONED TO ALLOW CONNECTION OF A PRESSURE-MEASURING |
| | INSTRUMENT AND TO SERVE AS A SEDIMENT TRAP. |
| | |
| | 6. A TEE FITTING WITH ONE OPENING CAPPED OR PLUGGED |
| | SHALL BE INSTALLED NOT LESS THAN 10 PIPE DIAMETERS |
| | DOWNSTREAM OF THE MP REGULATOR OUTLET. SUCH TEE FITTING |
| | SHALL BE POSITIONED TO ALLOW CONNECTION OF A |
| | PRESSURE-MEASURING INSTRUMENT. |
| | |
| | (3) A SEDIMET TRAP IS REQUIRED AT THE APPLIANCE.PER FBC |
| | GAS SEC. 408.4 SEDIMENT TRAP. |
| | WHERE A SEDIMENT TRAP IS NOT INCORPORATED AS PART OF |
| | THE APPLIANCE, A SEDIMENT TRAP SHALL BE INSTALLED |
| | DOWNSTREAM OF THE APPLIANCE SHUTOFF VALVE AS CLOSE TO |
| | THE INLET OF THE APPLIANCE AS PRACTICAL. THE SEDIMENT |
| | TRAP SHALL BE EITHER A TEE FITTING HAVING A CAPPED |
| | NIPPLE OF ANY LENGTH INSTALLED VERTICALLY IN THE |
| | BOTTOMMOST OPENING OF THE TEE AS ILLUSTRATED IN FIGURE |
| | 408.4 OR OTHER DEVICE APPROVED AS AN EFFECTIVE SEDIMENT |
| | TRAP. ILLUMINATING APPLIANCES, RANGES, CLOTHES DRYERS, |
| | DECORATIVE VENTED APPLIANCES FOR INSTALLATION IN VENTED |
| | FIREPLACES, GAS FIREPLACES, AND OUTDOOR GRILLS NEED NOT |
| | BE SO EQUIPPED. |
