Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110874
Permit Number 17110874
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-12 14:10:51CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2014
 5TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2011 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: 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. CORRECTED.
 2. CORRECTED.
 3. CORRECTED.
 4. CORRECTED.
 5. CORRECTED.
 6. CORRECTED.
 7. CORRECTED.
 8. CORRECTED.
 9. CORRECTED.
 10. PROVIDE SPECS OF FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER/ATS, FIRE
 PUMP MOTOR, AND JOCKEY PUMP. INCLUDE MOTOR SIZES AND
 AMPERAGE DRAW TO CONFIRM CONDUCTOR SIZING. NEC 110.3,
 695.4, 695.6 (INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED. MOTOR
 HP, LOCKED ROTOR CURRENT, AND NORMAL CURRENT NEED TO BE
 SHOWN ON PLAN FOR SIZING OF CONDUCTORS. FIRE PROTECTION
 SHEET DOES NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.)
 11. CORRECTED.
 12. CORRECTED.
 13. PROVIDE ACCURATE SIZE OF MAIN BONDING JUMPER. NEC
 250.28(D) (THE MAIN BONDING JUMPER IS DEFINED AS "THE
 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR AND
 THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AT THE SERVICE". THE
 PLAN SHOWS A 750 KCMIL CONDUCTOR IN THE LOCATION THAT
 THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR IS INSTALLED, WHICH
 IS LABELED WRONG AS THE MAIN BONDING JUMPER. PER NEC
 250.66, THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR WOULD BE 3/0
 CU OR 250 KCMIL AL. THE MAIN BONDING JUMPER FOR SERVICE
 # 1 WOULD HAVE TO EQUAL OR EXCEED 12.5% OF THE TOTAL
 CONDUCTOR AREA. NINE SETS OF 750 KCMIL WOULD THEREFORE
 REQUIRE A CONDUCTOR SIZED AT 843.75 KCMIL CU, WHICH THE
 NEXT SIZE AVAILABLE IS 900 KCMIL, OR THE EQUIVALENT
 PARALLEL CONDUCTORS. THE MAIN BONDING JUMPERS FOR
 ADDITIONAL SERVICES WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE CALCULATED
 PER NEC 250.28(D)(1). PROVIDE CORRECTION.)
 14. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION FOR EACH SERVICE.
 LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED SHOWS DEMAND FACTORS APPLIED
 TWICE, ONCE FOR EACH PANEL, AND THEN AGAIN FOR NUMBER
 OF UNITS. DEMAND FACTORS CAN ONLY BE APPLIED ONCE FOR
 SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEMAND FACTORS PERMITTED IN
 NEC 220.84 APPLY TO DWELLING UNITS, WHICH IS DEFINED AS
 A UNIT THAT HAS PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LIVING,
 SLEEPING, COOKING, AND SANITATION. MANY OF THE GUEST
 ROOMS DO NOT FIT THIS DEFINITION, THEREFORE, THE DEMAND
 FACTORS COULD NOT BE APPLIED. NO LOAD CALCULATION
 PROVIDED FOR SERVICE 2 OF 2, OR FOR GENERATOR. NEC 100,
 220; FBC 107.2.1 (THERE ARE STILL LOADS MISSING IN SOME
 PANEL SCHEDULES, THEREFORE, HOW CAN THE LOAD
 CALCULATION PROVIDED BE ACCURATE? AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE
 IS NO LOAD INCLUDED FOR THE POOL PANEL. THIS IS NOT THE
 ONLY EXAMPLE. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION AS
 PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED.)
 15. PROVIDE VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATIONS, SHOWING
 COMPLIANCE WITH FBC EC C405.7.3, PROVIDE BLOCK NOTE
 STATING COMPLIANCE WITH FBC EC C405.7.4 AT COMPLETION
 OF PROJECT. (THESE ARE 2 SEPARATE ITEMS. THE VOLTAGE
 DROP CALCULATIONS NEED TO BE SHOWN ON PLAN AS PART OF
 DESIGN PER C405.7.3. VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION IS ALSO
 REQUIRED AT FIRE PUMP PER 695.7. THE BLOCK NOTE
 PROVIDED INCORRECTLY REQUIRES THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
 TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION. THE BLOCK NOTE SHOULD BE
 FOR SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED PER C405.7.4. READ
 CODE SECTION AND PROVIDE ACCURATE BLOCK NOTE IN
 ADDITION TO THE VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATIONS THAT ARE
 REQUIRED TO BE ON PLAN.)
 16. CORRECTED.
 17. MANY PANEL SCHEDULES PROVIDED ARE MISSING
 INFORMATION INCLUDING LOAD INFORMATION, GFCI
 PROTECTION, AND WIRE SIZES. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULES FOR
 ALL PANELS WITH COMPLETE INFORMATION. NEC 215.2, 215.5,
 408.4, 408.30; FBC 107.2.1 (NOT CORRECTED COMPLETELY)
 18. CORRECTED.
 19. CORRECTED.
 20. CORRECTED.
 21. PROVIDE DETAILS OF COMPLIANCE WITH NEC 240.87 (NOTE
 PROVIDED STATES THAT DOCUMENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED.
 HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EXPLANATION ON PLAN HOW THE ARC
 REDUCTION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. DETAIL WHICH METHOD
 WILL BE USED.)
 22. PROVIDE CHART OF INTERIOR LIGHTING POWER ALLOWANCES
 EXPRESSED IN WATTAGE PER THE FBC ENERGY CODE IN
 RELATION TO THE WATTAGE OF THE CONNECTED INTERIOR
 LIGHTING PROPOSED TO COMPLY WITH CODE. FBC EC 405.5.2
 (RESPONSE LETTER STATES THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN AN
 ADDENDUM, BUT THIS COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON PLAN.
 PROVIDE AS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED.)
  
 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 OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  
  


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