Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20110110
Permit Number 20110110
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-04-28 10:59:05CODES IN EFFECT
 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 EX = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE EXISTING BUILDING 2017
 6TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC = FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
  
 REVIEW STATUS: FAILED. SEE NEW COMMENTS BELOW
  
 1) THIS PERMIT FALLS UNDER THE FBC 2017 7TH EDITION AND
 NEC 2017. ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS ARE REFERING TO THE NEC
 2011.
 PLEASE UPDATE NOTES TO REFERENCE THE RIGHT CODES. FBC
 107
  
 2) ELECTRICAL DRAWING SHOWS AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR AND
 GENERATOR SWITCH THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON RISER DIAGRAM.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR REQUIRES A
 SEPARATE SUBMISSION AND SEPARATE ELECTRICAL PERMIT.
 PLEASE ADD NOTE STATING THIS FACT. FBC 107
  
 3) PANELS A AND B ARE NOT LOCATED IN DETACHED
 STRUCTURES. GROUNDING SHALL BE DONE WITH GROUNDING
 EQUIPMENT CONDUCTORS NOT SEPARATE GROUNDING ELECTRODE
 SYSTEMS.
 PLEASE SPECIFY THE SIZE OF THE GROUNDING EQUIPMENT
 CONDUCTORS FOR THOSE FEEDERS. NEC 250
  
 4) DOES THE MDP HAVE A MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER AND
 BREAKERS FOR FEEDERS TO PANELS A AND B? IF YES, PLEASE
 PROVIDE BREAKER SIZES.
 IF NOT PLEASE CLARIFY HOW FEEDERS TO PANELS A AND B ARE
 PROTECTED? NEC 240
  
 5) GROUNDING NOTES ARE UNREADABLE. PLEASE SUBMIT NEW
 DRAWING WITH READABLE NOTES. FBC 107
  
 6) WHAT IS THE ACTUAL RATING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE?
 THE SERVICE CONDUCTORS SPECIFIED ON RISER DIAGRAM ARE
 FOR A 225 AMPS SERVICE AND MIGHT BE TOO SMALL DEPENDING
 ON THE RATINGS OF THE MDP.
  
 7) SMOKE DETECTORS ARE REQUIRED AS PER FBC RE 2020, 7TH
 EDITION. PLEASE SHOW LOCATION OF ALL SMOKE DETECTORS.
  
 8) PROVIDE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATION FOR
 ELECTRICAL SERVICE INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM THE POWER
 COMPANY STATING WHAT THE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT
 CURRENT IS. NEC 110.9, 110.10; FBC RE E3606.3
  
 9) GFI/WP RECEPTACLES ARE REQUIRED AT FRONT AND BACK OF
 HOUSE. NEC 210.8
  
 10) SEPARATE GFI RECEPTACLE IS REQUIRED IN WASHER/DRYER
 ROOM. NEC 210.8
  
 11) A MINIMUM OF ONE COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET SHALL BE
 PROVIDED AS PER NEC 800.156. PLEASE SHOW LOCATION AND
 ADD TO SYMBOLS.
  
 12) PROVIDE COMPLIANCE: "NOT LESS THAN 90 PERCENT OF
 THE LAMPS IN PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LUMINAIRES SHALL
 HAVE
 AN EFFICACY OF AT LEAST 45 LUMENS-PER-WATT OR SHALL
 UTILIZE LAMPS WITH AN EFFICACY OF NOT LESS THAN 65
 LUMENS-PER-WATT?.
 A NOTE WILL SUFFICE. FBC EC R404.1
  
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 ENRIQUE QUINONEZ PE
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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