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| 2017-05-19 12:05:06 | JAKE LEAHY |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER II |
| | 561-805-6713 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2014 5TH ED. RESIDENTIAL, AND 2011 NEC |
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| | 1) GENERAL SPACING OF THE OUTLETS IN THE UNIT ARE NOT |
| | PER CODE, MASTR BEDROOM, KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM |
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| | E3901.2.1 SPACING. |
| | RECEPTACLES SHALL BE INSTALLED SO THAT NO POINT |
| | MEASURED HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE FLOOR LINE OF ANY WALL |
| | SPACE IS MORE THAN 6 FEET (1829 |
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| | E3901.2.2 WALL SPACE. |
| | AS USED IN THIS SECTION, A WALL SPACE SHALL INCLUDE THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
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| | 1. ANY SPACE THAT IS 2 FEET (610 MM) OR MORE IN WIDTH, |
| | INCLUDING SPACE MEASURED AROUND CORNERS, AND THAT IS |
| | UNBROKEN ALONG THE |
| | FLOOR LINE BY DOORWAYS AND SIMILAR OPENINGS, |
| | FIREPLACES, AND FIXED CABINETS. |
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| | 2. THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY FIXED PANELS IN EXTERIOR |
| | WALLS, EXCLUDING SLIDING PANELS. |
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| | 3. THE SPACE CREATED BY FIXED ROOM DIVIDERS SUCH AS |
| | RAILINGS AND FREESTANDING BAR-TYPE COUNTERS. |
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| | E3901.2.3 FLOOR RECEPTACLES. |
| | RECEPTACLE OUTLETS IN FLOORS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS |
| | PART OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF RECEPTACLE OUTLETS |
| | EXCEPT WHERE LOCATED WITHIN 18 INCHES (457 MM) OF THE |
| | WALL. |
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| | 2) SERVICE CALCULATION APPEARS TO HAVE COMMERCIAL |
| | ALLOWANCES NOT ALLOWED BY RESIDENTIAL CODE. |
| | PANEL SCHEDULE AND LOAD CALCULATION IS VERY SMALL AND |
| | HARD TO READ PLEASE MAKE THESE ITEMS LARGER ON |
| | RESUBMITTAL FOR REVIEW. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE IN A GREAT |
| | FROMAT |
| | THEY ARE TO SMAL TO READ. |
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| | E3602.2 SERVICE LOAD. |
| | THE MINIMUM LOAD FOR UNGROUNDED SERVICE CONDUCTORS AND |
| | SERVICE DEVICES THAT SERVE 100 PERCENT OF THE DWELLING |
| | UNIT LOAD SHALL BE COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | TABLE E3602.2. UNGROUNDED SERVICE CONDUCTORS AND |
| | SERVICE DEVICES THAT SERVE LESS THAN 100 PERCENT OF THE |
| | DWELLING UNIT LOAD SHALL BE COMPUTED AS REQUIRED FOR |
| | FEEDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 37. |
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| | 3) SMOKE ALARMS AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS NOT PER |
| | CODE. |
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| | R314.2 SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS. |
| | HOUSEHOLD FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH NFPA 72 THAT INCLUDE SMOKE ALARMS, OR A |
| | COMBINATION OF SMOKE DETECTOR AND AUDIBLE NOTIFICATION |
| | DEVICE |
| | INSTALLED AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR SMOKE ALARMS, |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED. THE HOUSEHOLD FIRE ALARM SYSTEM |
| | SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SMOKE DETECTION AND |
| | ALARM |
| | AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR SMOKE ALARMS. WHERE A |
| | HOUSEHOLD FIRE WARNING SYSTEM IS INSTALLED USING A |
| | COMBINATION OF SMOKE DETECTOR AND AUDIBLE NOTIFICATION |
| | DEVICE(S), IT SHALL BECOME A PERMANENT FIXTURE OF THE |
| | OCCUPANCY AND OWNED BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE SYSTEM SHALL |
| | BE MONITORED BY AN APPROVED SUPERVISING STATION |
| | AND BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72. |
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| | EXCEPTION: WHERE SMOKE ALARMS ARE PROVIDED MEETING THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION R314.4. |
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| | R314.3 LOCATION. |
| | SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN THE FOLLOWING |
| | LOCATIONS: |
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| | 1. IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM. |
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| | 2. OUTSIDE EACH SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE |
| | VICINITY OF THE BEDROOMS. |
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| | 3. ON EACH ADDITIONAL STORY OF THE DWELLING, INCLUDING |
| | BASEMENTS AND HABITABLE ATTICS BUT NOT INCLUDING CRAWL |
| | SPACES AND UNINHABITABLE ATTICS. IN DWELLINGS OR |
| | DWELLING UNITS WITH SPLIT LEVELS AND WITHOUT AN |
| | INTERVENING DOOR BETWEEN THE ADJACENT LEVELS, A SMOKE |
| | ALARM INSTALLED ON THE UPPER LEVEL SHALL SUFFICE FOR |
| | THE ADJACENT LOWER LEVEL PROVIDED THAT THE LOWER LEVEL |
| | IS LESS THAN ONE FULL STORY BELOW THE UPPER LEVEL |
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| | R315.1 CARBON MONOXIDE PROTECTION. |
| | EVERY SEPARATE BUILDING OR AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING |
| | BUILDING FOR WHICH A PERMIT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IS |
| | ISSUED AND HAVING A FOSSIL-FUEL-BURNING HEATER OR |
| | APPLIANCE, |
| | A FIREPLACE, AN ATTACHED GARAGE, OR OTHER FEATURE, |
| | FIXTURE, OR ELEMENT THAT EMITS CARBON MONOXIDE AS |
| | BYPRODUCT OF COMBUSTION SHALL HAVE AN OPERATIONAL |
| | CARBON |
| | MONOXIDE ALARM INSTALLED WITHIN 10 FEET (3048 MM) OF |
| | EACH ROOM USED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES. |
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| | R315.1.1 CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM. |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION R315.1 SHALL BE SATISFIED |
| | BY PROVIDING FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ALARM |
| | INSTALLATIONS: |
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| | (1) A HARD-WIRED CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM. |
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| | (2) A BATTERY-POWERED CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM. |
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| | (3) A HARD-WIRED COMBINATION CARBON MONOXIDE AND SMOKE |
| | ALARM. |
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| | (4) A BATTERY-POWERED COMBINATION CARBON MONOXIDE AND |
| | SMOKE ALARM. |
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| | R315.1.2 COMBINATION ALARMS. |
| | COMBINATION SMOKE/CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS SHALL BE |
| | LISTED AND LABELED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING |
| | LABORATORY. |
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