Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09090649
Permit Number 09090649
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2009-10-10 07:48:55 
  
 ** DENIED **
  
 ** SOME OF THE COMMENTS BELOW WOULD TYPICALLY BE
 REDLINED HOWEVER NOT ALL. AS STATED IN ALL REVIEWS IF
 THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE BELOW COMMENTS PLEASE
 DO NOT HESITATE IN CONTACTING THIS REVIEWER.
  
 1) NOTE: PLEASE BE SURE THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE
 REFLECTED ON ELECTRICAL PLANS.
 2005 NFPA-70 (NEC)
 2002 NFPA-72
  
 2) NOTE: PLEASE INCLUDE AIC RATING OF MAIN/SERVICE
 EQUIPMENT. 110.9
  
 3) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 250.6, 250.24 AS AN EQUIPMENT
 GROUNDING CONDUCTOR IS SHOWN BEFORE THE FIRST MEANS OF
 DISCONNECT WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED. AS THE
 GROUNDED/NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR IS BONDED AT THE FIRST MEANS
 OF DISCONNECT THIS WOULD PARALLEL THE NEUTRAL CREATING
 OBJECTIONABLE CURRENTS.
  
 4) NOTE: PLEASE SEE MASTER BATH. GFI RECEPTACLE SPACE
 MUST MEET 210.52D. THE LOCATION OF THE GFI IS REQUIRED
 TO BE WITHIN 3FT OF SINK EDGE WITHOUT CROSSING OVER
 ANOTHER SINK. PLEASE RELOCATE GFI OR ADD AND ADDITIONAL
 RECEPTACLE.
  
 5) NOTE: PANEL SCHEDULE DOES NOT LIST THE REQUIRED
 DEDICATED CIRCUITING FOR BATH(S) PER 210.11C3. IT IS
 PERMISSIBLE TO WIRE TWO DIFFERENT WAY HOWEVER IN ANY
 CASE THE MINIMUM CIRCUIT REQUIRED IS REQUIRED TO BE
 20AMP AND #12 AWG.
  
 6) NOTE: THE MECHANICAL PLANS INDICATE THE HEAT STRIP
 KW AT 10KW WHICH ON A HOUSE OF THIS SIZE IS ABOUT
 RIGHT. HOWEVER THE ELECTRICAL PANEL SCHEDULE STATES
 5KW.
 PLEASE COORDINATE AND ADJUST OVER CURRENT PROTECTION
 AND BRANCH CIRCUIT SIZING PER 240.4,310.16 AND MINIMUM
 125% PER 424.3B
  
 7) NOTE: ALONG WITH COMMENT #6 ABOVE, IF THE HEAT LOAD
 IS LARGE THAN THE COOLING LOAD THEN THE HEAT LOAD WOULD
 THEN BE FIGURED INTO THE LOAD CALCULATIONS. 220.60
  
 8) NOTE: PLANS INDICATES THE SERVICE AS EXISTING
 HOWEVER HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE WHEN THIS IS A NEW SFR?
 PLEASE INCLUDE THE SERVICE ENTRANCE CONDUCTORS PER
 310.15B6 OR 310.16.
  
 9) NOTE: PLEASE KITCHEN COUNTER SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF
 THE SINK LOCATION WHICH WILL REQUIRE AND ADDITIONAL GFI
 PER 210.52C1-5. 210.8A6 FOR GFI PROTECTION.
  
 10) NOTE: A CHANGE IN THE 2005 NEC WAS 210.8A7 WHICH
 REQUIRED ALL RECEPTACLES LOCATED WITHIN 6FT OF LAUNDRY
 SINKS TO BE GFI/GFI PROTECTED. THIS INCLUDES ANY
 DEDICATED CIRCUITS/RECEPTACLES SUCH AS WASHING
 MACHINES.
  
 11) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 408.4 AS ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE
 2005 NEC WAS THAT ALL PANEL SCHEDULES SHALL BE MORE
 SPECIFIC TO ROOMS AND AREAS IN WHICH THEY FEED. THE USE
 OF *GENERAL LIGHTING AND GENERAL RECEPTACLES* WAS NO
 LONGER ACCEPTABLE. THE RECORD SET OF PLANS WILL BE
 REQUIRED TO HAVE PANEL SCHEDULE UPDATED BEFORE FINAL.
 THIS ITEM COULD BE DONE AS A PROVISO.
 AT THAT TIME ALL ARC FAULT PROTECTED CIRCUITS ARE
 REQUIRED TO BE LISTED. PLANS ONLY CONTAIN A NOTE THAT
 MENTIONS ALL OUTLETS IN BEDROOMS TO BE PROTECTED. THIS
 PROJECT IS UNDER THE 2005 NEC AND NOT THE 2008. 210.12
  
 12) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 210.52B1, 210.11C1 AND 220.52 AS
 ONE OR MORE OF THE TWO MINIMUM SMALL APPLIANCE CIRCUITS
 TO BE SHOWN AND FIGURED AT 1500VA. PLEASE SEE 210.52B1
 AS DINING ROOMS, BREAKFAST AREAS AND AREAS OF THE LIKE
 ARE ALL CONSIDERED UNDER THE SMALL APPLIANCE RULES OF
 THE CODE. IF THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL DINING ROOM
 RECEPTACLE CIRCUIT OR FLORIDA/BREAKFAST ROOM RECEPTACLE
 CIRCUIT THEN EACH ONE ABOVE THE TWO MINIMUM SMALL
 APPLIANCES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL
 1500VA.
 PLEASE ADJUST AS NEEDED. AS THE PANEL SCHEDULE IS NOT
 SPECIFIC IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE A ACCURATE REVIEW
 OF THE LOADS AND CIRCUITING FOR MINIMUMS.
  
 13) NOTE: THE LIVING ROOM NORTHEAST WALL IS OVER 12FT
 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL RECEPTACLE
 PER 210.52.
  
 14) NOTE: PLANS INDICATE SMOKE DETECTORS. PLEASE SEE
 NFPA-72 AS SMOKE DETECTORS ARE ONLY DEVICES WHICH
 DETECT AND DO NOT SOUND AN ALARM. WILL THERE BE A FIRE
 ALARM PANEL AND SOUNDING DEVICES?
 SMOKE ALARMS ARE DEVICES THAT DETECT AND SOUND AN
 ALARM. SHOULD THESE BE SA AND SMOKE ALARMS?
 PLEASE SEE 11.5.1,11.8.3 OF NFPA AND CHAPTER 9 OF FBC
 FOR DEFINTIONS.
  
  
  
  
 **IMPORTANT**
 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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