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2016-06-15 15:30:48 | REVIEW 2014 5TH FBC ED. NEC 2011 |
| MARIO VALDES |
| ELECTRICAL PLAN EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6713 |
| [email protected] |
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| -THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT |
| APPLY TO THE INTERIOR STAIRWAY MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| - 1006.1 ILLUMINATION REQUIRED. 1006.2 ILLUMINATION |
| LEVEL. |
| THE MEANS OF EGRESS, INCLUDING THE EXIT DISCHARGE, |
| SHALL BE ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES THE BUILDING SPACE |
| SERVED BY THE MEANS OF EGRESS IS OCCUPIED. |
| THE MEANS OF EGRESS ILLUMINATION LEVEL SHALL NOT BE |
| LESS THAN 1 FOOTCANDLE (11 LUX) AT THE WALKING SURFACE. |
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| - FBC-B 1011. EXIT SIGNAGE REQUIRED.THE FACE OF AN EXIT |
| SIGN ILLUMINATED FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE SHALL HAVE AN |
| INTENSITY OF NOT LESS THAN 5 FOOTCANDLES |
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| - NEC 700.12 (F) (4) ? EMERGENCY/EXIT LIGHTING SHALL BE |
| FED BY LIGHTING CIRCUIT OF SAME LOCAL AREA. *IF 3 OR |
| MORE LIGHTING CIRCUITS SUPPLY THE AREA, EM LIGHTS MAY |
| BE ON OWN CIRCUIT. |
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| - 1022.5 PENETRATIONS. |
| PENETRATIONS INTO AND OPENINGS THROUGH INTERIOR EXIT |
| STAIRWAYS AND RAMPSARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR REQUIRED |
| EXIT DOORS, EQUIPMENT AND DUCTWORK NECESSARY FOR |
| INDEPENDENT VENTILATION OR PRESSURIZATION, SPRINKLER |
| PIPING, STANDPIPES, ELECTRICAL RACEWAY FOR FIRE |
| DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND ELECTRICAL RACEWAY |
| SERVING THE INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY AND RAMP AND |
| TERMINATING AT A STEEL BOX NOT EXCEEDING 16 SQUARE |
| INCHES (0.010 M2). SUCH PENETRATIONS SHALL BE PROTECTED |
| IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 714. THERE SHALL BE NO |
| PENETRATIONS OR COMMUNICATING OPENINGS, WHETHER |
| PROTECTED OR NOT, BETWEEN ADJACENT INTERIOR EXIT |
| STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS. OPEN PENETRATIONS SHALL BE |
| PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 714.3.2. |
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