Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09080470
Permit Number 09080470
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2009-10-06 15:11:02** PROVISO **
  
 1) NOTE: PLEASE INDICATE THE AIC RATINGS FOR NEW
 MAINS/SERVICE EQUIPMENT PER 110.9.
  
 2) NOTE: PLEASE SEE NEC 210.52C2, 210.8A6 AS THERE IS A
 MINIMUM OF ONE GFI RECEPTACLE REQUIRED AT ISLAND IN
 KITCHEN INSIDE UNIT #1.
  
 3) NOTE: PLEASE SEE PANEL SCHEDULES FOR BOTH UNITS.
 BOTH INDICATE ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS HOWEVER THE
 ELECTRICAL PLANS DO NOT INDICATE ANY LOCATION OF THESE
 UNITS. THE PLUMBING PLANS ALSO DID NOT SHOW LOCATIONS.
 PLANS MISSING LOCATION OF THESE UNITS AND DISCONNECTS
 REQUIRED PER 422.30,31.
  
 4) NOTE: PLEASE SEE NOTE #3 ABOVE AS THE WATER HEATERS
 ARE LISTED ON PANEL SCHEDULES HOWEVER THERE ARE NO
 WATER HEATER LOADS FIGURED IN THE LOAD CALCULATIONS.
 THESE ARE NOT FIGURED INTO EITHER OF THE TWO UNITS.
 AS THE ACTUAL KW RATING OF EITHER WATER HEATER IS NOT
 SHOWN, THE OVER CURRENT PROTECTION AND CONDUCTOR SIZES
 CAN NOT BE VERIFIED AS CODE COMPLIANT.
 PLEASE SEE 422.13 AS STORAGE TYPE WATER HEATERS ARE
 CONSIDERED A CONTINUOUS LOAD AND LOAD IS REQUIRED TO BE
 FIGURED AND SHOWN AT 125%.
  
 5) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 210.52B1, 210.11C1 AND 220.52.
 THE SECTIONS NOTED REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TWO SMALL
 APPLIANCE CIRCUITS AND REQUIRES EACH OF THESE TO BE
 FIGURED AT 1500VA. THAT MEANS EACH OF THE SMALL
 APPLIANCE CIRCUITS SHALL BE 1500VA. THE CODE REQUIRES
 TWO MINIMUM. UNIT #1 INDICATES THREE SMALL APPLIANCE
 CIRCUITS YET THE LOAD CALCULATIONS ONLY INDICATES TWO
 FIGURED.
 IN UNIT #2, THE PANEL SCHEDULE ALSO INDICATES THREE
 SMALL APPLIANCE CIRCUITS YET THE LOAD CALCULATIONS ONLY
 FIGURES ONE INTO THE LOADS.
 PLEASE SEE SECTIONS AS NOTE AS EACH OF THESE WOULD
 REQUIRE THE 1500VA. THIS WOULD BE 4500VA IN EACH LOAD
 CALCULATION.
  
 6) NOTE: PLEASE SEE WALL SPACES WHICH ARE OVER 2FT IN
 UNIT #1 IN EACH OF THE BEDROOMS OFF OF DINING ROOM.
 THESE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE RECEPTACLES PER 210.52.
  
 7) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 440.11,440.12 AND 440.14.
 DISCONNECTS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THE CONDENSING
 UNITS. BASED ON SYMBOL LEGEND THESE ARE ONLY INDICATED
 AS OUTLETS. THESE LOCATIONS ARE ALSO SHOWN BEHIND UNITS
 NOT MEETING 110.26 FOR MINIMUM CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.
 THIS WOULD TYPICALLY BE REDLINED HOWEVER PLANS NEED
 CORRECTIONS FOR OTHER ITEMS.
  
 8) NOTE: PLEASE SEE CLOSET LIGHT IN MASTER BEDROOM OF
 UNIT #1. THE LIGHT IS TOO CLOSE TO SHELF AS SHOWN.
 PLEASE SEE 410.8 OF THE NEC AND RELOCATE FIXTURE.
 THIS WOULD ALSO TYPICALLY BE REDLINED HOWEVER NEEDS TO
 BE ADJUSTED AT THIS TIME.
  
 9) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 408.4, EACH OF THE GENERAL LIGHTING
 AND GENERAL RECEPTACLE CIRCUITS ON PANEL SCHEDULE AT
 SOME POINT ARE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED TO SPECIFIC ROOMS
 AND LOCATIONS IN WHICH THEY FEED. THE USE OF GENERAL
 LIGHTS ETC IS NOT PERMITTED. SEE CODE COMMENTARY WHICH
 IS COPIED BELOW.
  
 SECTION 408.4 WAS REVISED FOR THE 2005 CODE TO REQUIRE
 THAT THE IDENTIFICATION FOR EVERY CIRCUIT SUPPLIED BY A
 PANELBOARD OR SWITCHBOARD BE LEGIBLE AND CLEARLY STATE
 THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CIRCUIT IS USED.
 CIRCUITS USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE MUST BE IDENTIFIED
 AS TO THEIR LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, SMALL APPLIANCE
 BRANCH CIRCUITS CAN SUPPLY OUTLETS IN THE KITCHEN,
 DINING ROOM, AND KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS. IDENTIFYING THE
 CIRCUITS AS SMALL APPLIANCE BRANCH CIRCUITS IS NOT
 ACCEPTABLE; INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS
 ``KITCHEN WALL RECEPTACLES,'' ``DINING ROOM FLOOR
 RECEPTACLE,'' OR ``KITCHEN COUNTERTOP RECEPTACLES LEFT
 OF SINK.'' CIRCUIT DIRECTORIES CONTAINING MULTIPLE
 ENTRIES WITH ONLY ``LIGHTS'' OR ``OUTLETS'' DO NOT
 PROVIDE THE SUFFICIENT DETAIL REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
  
  
 10) NOTE: PANEL SCHEDULES FOR BOTH UNITS INDICATES THE
 CIRCUITS FOR BATHROOM AS * BATH CIRCUITS*. THIS IMPLIES
 MORE THAN ONE BATHROOM ON THE SAME CIRCUIT FOR LIGHTING
 AND RECEPTACLES.
 PLEASE SEE 210.52D, 210.11C3 AS THERE IS TWO WAYS
 BATHROOMS ARE PERMITTED TO BE WIRED. ONE WAY IS THE GFI
 RECEPTACLES ARE ALL ON THE SAME 20AMP #12 CIRCUITS
 HOWEVER ONLY THE GFI RECEPTACLES ARE PERMITTED ON THE
 CIRCUIT. THE OTHER IS THE GFI AND LIGHTS, FANS ETC MAY
 BE ON THE CIRCUIT HOWEVER IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO FEED
 OTHER BATHROOMS. EACH WOULD HAVE THE DEDICATED 20AMP,
 #12 CIRCUITS.
 PLEASE ADJUST PLANS/PANEL SCHEDULE AS REQUIRED.
  
 11) NOTE: THE PANEL SCHEDULES FOR EACH OF THE TWO UNITS
 INDICATES A BRANCH CIRCUIT FOR A SPRINKLER SYSTEM YET
 THE PLANS DO NOT SHOW ANY LOCATIONS FOR THE PUMPS AND
 DISCONNECTING MEANS PER 430.102
  
 12) NOTE: ** INFORMATION ONLY **BOTH UNITS INDICATE
 DISPOSALS HOWEVER ONLY UNIT #1 INDICATES A SWITCH FOR
 CONTROL OF DISPOSAL. IT IS PERMITTED TO HAVE SELF
 ACTUATED DISPOSAL UNITS HOWEVER THIS IS BEING NOTED FOR
 INFORMATION ONLY. IF INDEED UNIT #2 HAS A SWITCH TO
 CONTROL DISPOSAL THEN PLEASE UPDATE PLANS.
 ** INFORMATION COMMENT ONLY.
  
 13) NOTE: ** INFORMATION ONLY **SERVICE ENTRANCE
 CONDUCTORS ARE SIZED FOR A 700AMP SERVICE PER 310.15B6.
 VERIFY AS THE SERVICE SHOWN IS 300AMPS. THIS IS NOT A
 CODE VIOLATION HOWEVER IF SHOWN ON PLANS THESE WOULD BE
 REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED.
 ** THIS MAY ALSO CHANGE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR?
  
 14) NOTE: RISER INDICATES NO GROUND RODS FOR SERVICE
 GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM. RISER STATES TO CONCRETE
 ENCASED ELECTRODE.
 PLEASE SEE 250.50, CONCRETE ENCASED ELECTRODE MUST MEET
 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF 20FT LONG ETC. THIS IS AN
 EXISTING STRUCTURE WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRED THE
 EXISTING FOUNDATION TO BE EXCAVATED OR *CHIP* OUT
 EXISTING TO POSSIBLY LOCATE FOOTER STEEL. THIS WOULD
 ACTUALLY AFFECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF EXISTING
 FOOTINGS.
 PLEASE SEE 250.53,250.56, 250.52A5 AS IT WOULD REQUIRE
 A MINIMUM OF TWO GROUND RODS AND COLD WATER PIPE AS
 LISTED.
  
  
 ** PLEASE REVISE PLANS BEFORE ROUGH ALONG WITH ANY
 OTHER REVISIONS
  
 **IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS; OR IF COMMENTS ARE NOT
 TYPED IN A CLEAR MANNER PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO
 CONTACT THIS REVIEWER.
  
 DEWEY PALMER
 ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW II
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 561-805-6717
 [email protected]
  


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