| Date |
Text |
| 2020-12-29 16:17:10 | PLAN REVIEW / ELECTRICAL |
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| | CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O. |
| | PLANS EXAMINER BUILDING - PX3169 |
| | PLANS EXAMINER 1&2 FAMILY - SFP306 |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION |
| | TEL: 561-805-6726 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 6TH EDITION W/2017 WEST |
| | PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| | CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION |
| | 2014 NEC |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
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| | RESULTS: DENIED |
| | ADDRESS THE ATTACHED COMMENTS AND RE-SUBMIT |
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| | 1. INDICATE AIC RATING OF SERVICE EQUIPMENT. |
| | E3404.2INTERRUPTING RATING. |
| | EQUIPMENT INTENDED TO INTERRUPT CURRENT AT FAULT LEVELS |
| | SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM INTERRUPTING RATING OF 10,000 |
| | AMPERES. EQUIPMENT INTENDED TO INTERRUPT CURRENT AT |
| | LEVELS OTHER THAN FAULT LEVELS SHALL HAVE AN |
| | INTERRUPTING RATING AT NOMINAL CIRCUIT VOLTAGE OF NOT |
| | LESS THAN THE CURRENT THAT MUST BE INTERRUPTED. (110.9) |
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| | 2. PROVIDE MAIN DISCONNECT. |
| | E3601.6.2SERVICE DISCONNECT LOCATION. |
| | THE SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS SHALL BE INSTALLED AT A |
| | READILY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION EITHER OUTSIDE OF A |
| | BUILDING OR INSIDE NEAREST THE POINT OF ENTRANCE OF THE |
| | SERVICE CONDUCTORS. SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS SHALL |
| | NOT BE INSTALLED IN BATHROOMS. EACH OCCUPANT SHALL HAVE |
| | ACCESS TO THE DISCONNECT SERVING THE DWELLING UNIT IN |
| | WHICH THEY RESIDE. [230.70(A)(1), 230.72(C)] |
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| | 3. SMOKE ALARMS. |
| | 1104.1SMOKE ALARMS IN EXISTING PORTIONS OF A BUILDING. |
| | R314.2.2ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS. |
| | WHERE ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS REQUIRING A |
| | PERMIT OCCUR, OR WHERE ONE OR MORE SLEEPING ROOMS ARE |
| | ADDED OR CREATED IN EXISTING DWELLINGS, THE INDIVIDUAL |
| | DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SMOKE ALARMS |
| | LOCATED AS REQUIRED FOR NEW DWELLINGS. |
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| | R314.3 LOCATION. |
| | SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN THE FOLLOWING |
| | LOCATIONS: |
| | 1. 1.IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM. |
| | 2. 2.OUTSIDE EACH SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA IN THE |
| | IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE BEDROOMS. |
| | 3. 3.ON EACH ADDITIONAL STORY OF THE DWELLING, |
| | INCLUDING BASEMENTS AND HABITABLE ATTICS AND 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. |
| | 4. 4.SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED NOT LESS THAN 3 |
| | FEET (914 MM) HORIZONTALLY FROM THE DOOR OR OPENING OF |
| | A BATHROOM THAT CONTAINS A BATHTUB OR SHOWER UNLESS |
| | THIS WOULD PREVENT PLACEMENT OF A SMOKE ALARM REQUIRED |
| | BY SECTION R314.3 |
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| | R314.4 INTERCONNECTION. |
| | WHERE MORE THAN ONE SMOKE ALARM IS REQUIRED TO BE |
| | INSTALLED WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION R314.3, THE ALARM DEVICES SHALL |
| | BE INTERCONNECTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE ACTUATION |
| | OF ONE ALARM WILL ACTIVATE ALL OF THE ALARMS IN THE |
| | INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT. PHYSICAL INTERCONNECTION OF |
| | SMOKE ALARMS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE LISTED |
| | WIRELESS ALARMS ARE INSTALLED AND ALL ALARMS SOUND UPON |
| | ACTIVATION OF ONE ALARM. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED |
| | MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. |
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