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| 2018-09-22 13:38:33 | 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 |
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| | ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 1. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION INCLUDING ALL |
| | LOADS. LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED HAS SOME ITEMS NOT |
| | INCLUDED AND DEMAND FACTOR APPLIED INCORRECTLY. SEE |
| | FORMAT IN FBC RESIDENTIAL. NEC 220; FBC RE E3602.2 |
| | (LOAD CALCULATION NOT CORRECT. A LAUNDRY CIRCUIT MUST |
| | BE INCLUDED AT 1500 VA, AND THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE |
| | DRYER WHICH MUST BE CALCULATED AT A MINIMUM OF 5000 VA, |
| | BREAKER SHOWN FOR DRYER IS 50 AMP WHICH IS MUCH MORE |
| | THAN 4500 VA. NEC 220.52 AND 220.54) |
| | 2. PROVIDE ACCURATE PANEL SCHEDULE INDICATING ALL |
| | CIRCUITS, THE WIRE AND BREAKER SIZE FOR THESE CIRCUITS, |
| | AND AFCI OR GFCI PROTECTION WHERE APPLICABLE TO COMPLY |
| | WITH CODE. WATER HEATER IS NOT SHOWN. NEC 210.8, |
| | 210.12, 210.19, 210.20, 215.5, 408.4; WPB FBC 107.3.5; |
| | FBC RE E3706.2, E3902 (WATER HEATER NOT SHOWN IN PANEL |
| | SCHEDULE, AFCI PROTECTION NOT SHOWN CORRECTLY.) |
| | 3. AFCI PROTECTION SHOWN IN NOT CODE COMPLIANT. ALL |
| | BRANCH CIRCUITS THAT SUPPLY 120-VOLT, SINGLE-PHASE, 15- |
| | AND 20-AMPERE OUTLETS INSTALLED IN KITCHENS, FAMILY |
| | ROOMS, DINING ROOMS, LIVING ROOMS, PARLORS, LIBRARIES, |
| | DENS, BEDROOMS, SUN-ROOMS, RECREATIONS ROOMS, CLOSETS, |
| | HALLWAYS, LAUNDRY AREAS AND SIMILAR ROOMS OR AREAS |
| | SHALL BE AFCI PROTECTED. THIS INCLUDES LIGHTING AND |
| | POWER OUTLETS AND RECEPTACLES. SOME AREAS REQUIRE BOTH |
| | AFCI AND GFCI PROTECTION. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC |
| | 210.8, 210.12; FBC RE E3902.16 (NOT CORRECTED, NOTE |
| | STATES THAT RECEPTACLES SHALL BE AFCI PROTECTED WHICH |
| | IS NOT CODE COMPLIANT.) |
| | 4. CORRECTED. |
| | 5. CORRECTED. |
| | 6. TRANSFER SWITCH REMOVED. |
| | 7. CORRECTED. |
| | 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; FBC RE E3603.3 (NOT PROVIDED) |
| | 9. CORRECTED. |
| | 10. PROVIDE ACCURATE RISER DIAGRAM. THE EQUIPMENT |
| | GROUNDING CONDUCTOR (EGC) SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE |
| | CONDUIT FROM THE METER TO THE MANUAL TRANSFER SWITCH. |
| | THE EGC FROM THE MANUAL TRANSFER SWITCH TO THE INTERIOR |
| | PANEL IS NOT SIZED PROPERLY. INTERIOR PANEL STATES THAT |
| | IS HAS A 125 AMP MAIN, AND BELOW THAT STATES THAT IT |
| | HAS A 150 AMP MAIN. CORRECT DISCREPANCY. NEC 215.5, |
| | 250.6, 250.122; WPB FBC 107.2.1; FBC RE E3704.6, |
| | 3607.3.1 (RISER STILL NOT CORRECT. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS |
| | A FEED FROM THE METER TO THE INTERIOR PANEL WHICH IS |
| | LOCATED IN THE DINING ROOM. CONDUCTORS THAT ARE NOT |
| | PROTECTED BY A MAIN BREAKER OR DISCONNECT ARE NOT |
| | PERMITTED TO RUN THROUGH THE HOUSE IN THIS FASHION. |
| | PROVIDE EITHER A MAIN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, OR |
| | INSTALL THE CONDUCTORS UNDER THE SLAB. IF CONDUCTORS |
| | ARE INSTALLED UNDER THE SLAB, THEN THERE SHOULD NOT BE |
| | AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR IN THIS CONDUIT. IF |
| | THERE IS A MAIN BREAKER, THAN THE EGC IS NOT SIZED |
| | PROPERLY. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS. NEC 230.70, 250.6; FBC |
| | RE E3601.6) |
| | 11. PROVIDE INTERSYSTEM BONDING TERMINATION POINT AT |
| | SERVICE. SHOW ON PLAN. NEC 250.94; FBC RE E3609.3 (NOT |
| | SHOWN ON RISER DIAGRAM) |
| | 12. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS A SINGLE GROUND ROD AS A |
| | SUPPLEMENTAL GROUNDING ELECTRODE. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL |
| | GROUNDING ELECTRODE NEEDS TO BE AUGMENTED BY AN |
| | ADDITIONAL ELECTRODE AT LEAST 6 FEET AWAY OR PROVIDE |
| | EVIDENCE OF RESISTANCE TO GROUND OF 25 OHMS OR LESS. |
| | NEC 250.53(A)(2); FBC RE E3608.4 (NOT CORRECTED, ALSO |
| | SIZE OF GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR IS NOT CODE |
| | COMPLIANT. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 250.66) |
| | 13. CORRECTED. |
| | 14. CORRECTED. |
| | 15. CORRECTED. |
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| | NEW COMMENT: |
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| | 16. PROVIDE CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS WITHIN 10 FEET OF |
| | EACH ROOM USED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES. FBC RE R315.1 |
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| | END OF COMMENTS. |
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| | 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. |
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| | SINCERELY, |
| | |
| | JOHN PEARSON |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6746 |
| | [email protected] |
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