Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110126
Permit Number 17110126
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-01-04 12:40:40CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2014
 5TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2011 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION INCLUDING ALL
 LOADS. THE LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED USED A DEMAND
 FACTOR FOR EACH UNIT, AND THEN USED THOSE NUMBERS TO
 APPLY A SECOND DEMAND FACTOR FOR MULTI-FAMILY
 DWELLINGS, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED. ADDITIONALLY, I DO
 NOT SEE ANY HOUSE PANEL LOADS ADDED. WILL THERE BE ANY
 HOUSE LOADS INCLUDING LIGHTING OF EXTERIOR? FBC
 107.2.1; NEC 220.40
 2. PER CODE, FOR DWELLING UNITS, ATTACHED GARAGES, AND
 DETACHED GARAGES WITH ELECTRIC POWER, AT LEAST ONE WALL
 SWITCH-CONTROLLED LIGHTING OUTLET SHALL BE INSTALLED ON
 THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF OUTDOOR ENTRANCES/EXITS WITH GRADE
 LEVEL ACCESS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 210.70(A)(2)(B)
 3. BASED ON THE LOADS PROVIDED, THE PROPOSED SERVICE IS
 NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE LOADS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 215.2, 215.3, 220.40
 4. PROVIDE ACCURATE RISER DIAGRAM. BASED ON SITE VISIT,
 THE EXISTING MAIN IS 400 AMPS, NOT 800. IS THE PROPOSED
 SERVICE JUST A DISCONNECT, OR DOES IT HAVE BREAKERS
 THAT FEED THE METER STACKS? HOW ARE THE METER STACKS
 FED? IS THERE A GUTTER WITH TAPS? WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL
 LOCATION OF ALL THE METERS? RISER PROVIDED DOES NOT
 HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. FBC
 107.2.1; NEC 215.5
 5. IF METER BANKS ARE ALL TAPPED FROM 800 AMP MAIN,
 PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR EACH SET OF FEEDERS TO
 CONFIRM THE FEEDER IS SIZED ADEQUATELY. NEC 215.2,
 220.40
 6. GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR SPECIFIED IS NOT SIZED
 PROPERLY. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 250.66
 7. SHOW LOCATION OF SERVICE ON PLAN. FBC 107.2.1
 8. SHOW LOCATION OF NEW CU UNITS ON PLAN. PROVIDE GFCI
 PROTECTED OUTLET FOR SERVICING OF A/C EQUIPMENT PER
 CODE. NEC 210.63; FBC 107.2.1
 9. PROVIDE COPY OF SIGNED CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK,
 SHOWING TOTAL VALUE OF ALL WORK INCLUDING MATERIALS AND
 LABOR. THE ESTIMATE PROVIDED IS TOO LOW AND DOES NOT
 REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT.
 FBC 109.3
 10. PROVIDE INTERSYSTEM BONDING TERMINATION POINT AT
 SERVICE (SHOW ON PLAN). THIS IS NOT A WIRE, BUT AN
 ACTUAL TERMINATION POINT. SEE CODE. NEC 250.94
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES
 INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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