| Date |
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| 2018-11-05 17:09:46 | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC 2017 |
| | 6TH ED, CHAPTER 1. |
| | FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017 |
| | 6TH EDITION |
| | FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE |
| | FS = FLORIDA STATUTES |
| | |
| | ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: NEW REVIEW BASED ON DESIGN |
| | PROFESSIONAL CHANGE. DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW. |
| | |
| | PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED |
| | SATISFACTORILY ARE MARKED AS CORRECTED. PREVIOUS |
| | COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY |
| | HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES. ANY NEW |
| | COMMENTS WILL BE LISTED AFTER PREVIOUS COMMENTS. |
| | |
| | 1. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION TO JUSTIFY SERVICE |
| | SIZE. LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED IS NOT CODE COMPLIANT. |
| | NEC 220 (LOAD CALCULATION FOR MAIN NOT PROVIDED. LOAD |
| | CALCULATION FOR PANELS DOES NOT MATCH LOADS SPECIFIED |
| | IN PANEL SCHEDULE ON SHEET E-1. PROVIDE AS PREVIOUSLY |
| | REQUESTED.) |
| | 2. BASED ON LOADS PROVIDED, SERVICE IS NOT OF |
| | SUFFICIENT SIZE FOR THE LOAD. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC |
| | 215.2, 215.3, 408.30, 408.36 (NOT CORRECTED, SEE NOTE |
| | 1) |
| | 3. BASED ON LOADS PROVIDED, FEEDERS TO FPL ARE NOT |
| | SIZED PROPERLY. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 310.15(B)(16) |
| | (ONCE LOAD IS CALCULATED PROPERLY, SIZE FEEDERS |
| | APPRORIATELY.) |
| | 4. PROVIDE CALCULATION FOR WIRE SIZE TO METERS/ METER |
| | BANKS. NEC 220, 215.2, 215.3, 240.21 (NOT PROVIDED.) |
| | 5. PROVIDE METHOD OF TAPPING WIRES TO EACH METER. AS |
| | SHOWN ON PLAN, THE WIRES WOULD GO TO INDIVIDUAL METERS. |
| | HOW WOULD THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED? IF A TAP IS TO BE USED, |
| | TAP RULES DICTATE THAT THE TAPS MUST TERMINTATE IN A |
| | SINGLE BREAKER OR SET OF FUSES. PROVIDE COMPLIANCE. NEC |
| | 240.21(B)(5); WPB FBC 107.2.1 (NOT CORRECTED.) |
| | 6. SHEET E-1 SHOWS UNIT TYPES A, B, AND C. SHEET E-3 |
| | SHOWS UNIT TYPES A AND B. ATTEMPTED LOAD CALCULATION |
| | SHOWS 3 TYPES OF UNITS. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR |
| | CORRECTION. WPB FBC 107.2.1 (NOT CORRECTED.) |
| | 7. PROVIDE ACCURATE SIZED GROUNDING ELECTRODE |
| | CONDUCTOR. NEC 250.66 (CANNOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL LOAD |
| | IS CALCULATED PROPERLY.) |
| | 8. PROVIDE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATION FOR EACH |
| | PANEL INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM THE POWER COMPANY |
| | STATING WHAT THE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT IS FOR |
| | THE SERVICE TO CONFIRM THE STATED AIC RATING OF THE |
| | SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND DOWNSTREAM PANELS IS ADEQUATE. |
| | NEC 110.9, 110.10 (NOT PROVIDED.) |
| | 9. PROVIDE AIC RATING OF SERVICE DISCONNECT AND PANELS. |
| | NEC 110.3, 110.9 (NOT PROVIDED.) |
| | 10. PROVIDE NOTES TO INDICATE THE REQUIRED MARKING OF |
| | SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR ARC FLASH HAZARD WARNING AND |
| | AVAILABLE FAULT CURRENT PER CODE. NEC 110.16, 110.24 |
| | (NOT PROVIDED.) |
| | 11. PROVIDE SPEC SHEET FOR 4000 VA RANGE SPECIFIED IN |
| | LOAD CALCULATIONS. NEC 110.3 (NOT PROVIDED. LOAD |
| | CALCULATION NOW SHOWS 8000 VA FOR RANGE, PANEL SCHEDULE |
| | SHOWS 4000 VA. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR |
| | CORRECTION.) |
| | |
| | BE ADVISED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT |
| | OF INFORMATION INCORRECT AND/OR MISSING WITH THIS PLAN. |
| | FUTURE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ARE POSSIBLE WHEN THE |
| | INFORMATION ABOVE IS SUPPLIED. |
| | |
| | NEW COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | 12. NEW RISER SHOWS 2 - 500 MCM WIRES TO MAIN |
| | DISCONNECT FUSED AT 650 AMP. THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM |
| | OF 3 WIRES IN A SINGLE PHASE SERVICE. THIS WIRE SIZE IS |
| | NOT RATED FOR 650 AMPS. A 650 AMP FUSE IS NOT A |
| | STANDARD FUSE SIZE PER NEC 240.6, PROVIDE DETAILS. |
| | PROVIDE SIZE AND AIC RATING OF MAIN DISCONNECT. NEC |
| | 110.3, 215.5, 220.5, 240.6, 310.15; WPB FBC 107.2.1 |
| | 13. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NOT AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING |
| | CONDUCTOR IN THE CONDUITS ON THE LOAD SIDE OF THE |
| | SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS. A GROUNDED CIRCUIT |
| | CONDUCTOR IS NOT PERMITTED TO FUNCTION AS THE EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 250.142(B) |
| | 14. CONDUIT SIZES SPECIFIED FOR FEEDERS IS NOT CODE |
| | COMPLIANT. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC TABLE 1 AND 4, |
| | INFORMATIVE ANNEX C. |
| | 15. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SOME OF THESE COMMENTS HAVE |
| | NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR TWO REVIEWS. IF UPON THE NEXT |
| | REVIEW, IF IT IS NECESSARY TO REJECT THE SUBMITTED PLAN |
| | A THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME REASONS, AN ADDITIONAL PLAN |
| | REVIEW IS REQUIRED. FLORIDA STATUTES STATE: WITH |
| | RESPECT TO EVALUATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS |
| | DOCUMENTS, IF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT NECESSARY, IN |
| | ORDER TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| | CODE AND ISSUE A PERMIT, TO REJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS |
| | REQUIRED BY THE CODE THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO |
| | CORRECT A CODE VIOLATION SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY |
| | NOTED IN EACH REJECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, |
| | EGRESS, FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, ENERGY, |
| | ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL, |
| | MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND GAS SYSTEMS, OR OTHER |
| | REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY RULE OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| | COMMISSION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, THE LOCAL |
| | GOVERNMENT SHALL IMPOSE, EACH TIME AFTER THE THIRD SUCH |
| | REVIEW THE PLANS ARE REJECTED FOR THAT CODE VIOLATION, |
| | A FEE OF FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPORTION OF THE |
| | PERMIT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO PLANS REVIEW. FS 553.80(2)(B) |
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| | END OF COMMENTS. |
| | |
| | PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED |
| | MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN |
| | RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE |
| | LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY |
| | RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES |
| | INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE THE PREVIOUSLY |
| | REVIEWED SHEETS. ONE COPY OF THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED |
| | SHEETS SHOULD REMAIN IN PACKAGE AND BE MARKED OLD |
| | SHEETS. |
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| | SINCERELY, |
| | |
| | JOHN PEARSON |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6746 |
| | [email protected] |
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