Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110126
Permit Number 17110126
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2018-05-07 17:19:22CODES 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.
  
 PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
 SATISFACTORILY HAVE BEEN NOTED AS CORRECTED. ITEMS
 REMAINING HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES.
  
 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 (NEC 220.83 CANNOT BE USED FOR THIS
 PROJECT, IT IS ONLY FOR A ONE FAMILY DWELLING WHERE
 LOAD IS TO BE ADDED. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION
 AS REQUESTED.)(4TH REVIEW, LOAD CALCULCATION NOT
 CORRECT. MATH FOR EACH COLUMN IS NOT TOTALED CORRECTLY,
 RESULTING IN A FINAL NUMBER THAT IS INCORRECT. IT IS
 RECOMMENDED THAT THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL MAKE AN
 APPOINTMENT TO MEET WITH PLAN REVIEWER.)
 2. CORRECTED.
 3. BASED ON THE LOADS PROVIDED, THE PROPOSED SERVICE IS
 NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE LOADS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 215.2, 215.3, 220.40 (BASED ON MY CALCULATION FROM THE
 LOADS PROVIDED ON PLAN, THE MINIMUM SERVICE WOULD NEED
 TO HAVE A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 886 AMPS. SERVICE
 DESIGNED IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE LOADS SPECIFIED.)(4TH
 REVIEW, LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED, WHICH IS INCORRECT,
 CALLED FOR A 900 AMP SERVICE, BUT THE PLAN SHOWS AN 800
 AMP SERVICE. THIS ITEM STILL NEEDS CORRECTION.)
 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 (THE KEY PLAN SHOWS THE METER STACKS
 IN 3 LOCATIONS, SO TAP RULES DICTATE THAT THESE TAPS
 MUST TERMINATE IN A SINGLE BREAKER OR SET OF FUSES.
 PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 240.21(B)(5) )
 5. CORRECTED.
 6. GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR SPECIFIED IS NOT SIZED
 PROPERLY. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 250.66 (4TH REVIEW,
 SIZE NOT CORRECT.)
 7. SHOW LOCATION OF SERVICE ON PLAN. FBC 107.2.1 (NOT
 CORRECTED.)(4TH REVIEW. KEY PLAN IS NOT TO SCALE AND
 DIFFICULT TO SEE, PROVIDE AS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED.
 THERE WERE TWO E-2 SHEETS PROVIDED AND THE SECOND ONE
 SHOWS A FULL LAYOUT OF BUILDING, BUT NEED TO REMANE THE
 SHEET SO THERE ARE NOT DUPLICATES.)
 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 (4TH REVIEW, NOT PROVIDED
 SATISFACTORILY. NEED FULL PLAN SHOWING BUILDING AND THE
 LOCATIONS OF UNITS. THERE WERE TWO E-2 SHEETS PROVIDED
 AND THE SECOND ONE SHOWS A FULL LAYOUT OF BUILDING, BUT
 DOES NOT SHOW LOCATIONS OF UNITS. NEED TO REMANE THE
 SHEET SO THERE ARE NOT DUPLICATES.)
 9. CORRECTED.
 10. CORRECTED.
 11. CORRECTED.
 12. ADDITIONAL PLAN REVIEW FEE ADDED PER PREVIOUS
 COMMENT. PLAN REVIEW FEES NEED TO BE PAID BEFORE
 RESUBMITTAL OF PLANS.
  
 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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