Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110126
Permit Number 17110126
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 6
Notes
Date Text
2018-11-05 17:09:46CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC 2017
 6TH ED, CHAPTER 1.
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017
 6TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: NEW REVIEW BASED ON DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL CHANGE. DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
 SATISFACTORILY ARE MARKED AS CORRECTED. PREVIOUS
 COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY
 HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES. ANY NEW
 COMMENTS WILL BE LISTED AFTER PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
  
 1. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION TO JUSTIFY SERVICE
 SIZE. LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED IS NOT CODE COMPLIANT.
 NEC 220 (LOAD CALCULATION FOR MAIN NOT PROVIDED. LOAD
 CALCULATION FOR PANELS DOES NOT MATCH LOADS SPECIFIED
 IN PANEL SCHEDULE ON SHEET E-1. PROVIDE AS PREVIOUSLY
 REQUESTED.)
 2. BASED ON LOADS PROVIDED, SERVICE IS NOT OF
 SUFFICIENT SIZE FOR THE LOAD. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 215.2, 215.3, 408.30, 408.36 (NOT CORRECTED, SEE NOTE
 1)
 3. BASED ON LOADS PROVIDED, FEEDERS TO FPL ARE NOT
 SIZED PROPERLY. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 310.15(B)(16)
 (ONCE LOAD IS CALCULATED PROPERLY, SIZE FEEDERS
 APPRORIATELY.)
 4. PROVIDE CALCULATION FOR WIRE SIZE TO METERS/ METER
 BANKS. NEC 220, 215.2, 215.3, 240.21 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 5. PROVIDE METHOD OF TAPPING WIRES TO EACH METER. AS
 SHOWN ON PLAN, THE WIRES WOULD GO TO INDIVIDUAL METERS.
 HOW WOULD THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED? IF A TAP IS TO BE USED,
 TAP RULES DICTATE THAT THE TAPS MUST TERMINTATE IN A
 SINGLE BREAKER OR SET OF FUSES. PROVIDE COMPLIANCE. NEC
 240.21(B)(5); WPB FBC 107.2.1 (NOT CORRECTED.)
 6. SHEET E-1 SHOWS UNIT TYPES A, B, AND C. SHEET E-3
 SHOWS UNIT TYPES A AND B. ATTEMPTED LOAD CALCULATION
 SHOWS 3 TYPES OF UNITS. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR
 CORRECTION. WPB FBC 107.2.1 (NOT CORRECTED.)
 7. PROVIDE ACCURATE SIZED GROUNDING ELECTRODE
 CONDUCTOR. NEC 250.66 (CANNOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL LOAD
 IS CALCULATED PROPERLY.)
 8. PROVIDE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATION FOR EACH
 PANEL INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM THE POWER COMPANY
 STATING WHAT THE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT IS FOR
 THE SERVICE TO CONFIRM THE STATED AIC RATING OF THE
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND DOWNSTREAM PANELS IS ADEQUATE.
 NEC 110.9, 110.10 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 9. PROVIDE AIC RATING OF SERVICE DISCONNECT AND PANELS.
 NEC 110.3, 110.9 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 10. PROVIDE NOTES TO INDICATE THE REQUIRED MARKING OF
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR ARC FLASH HAZARD WARNING AND
 AVAILABLE FAULT CURRENT PER CODE. NEC 110.16, 110.24
 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 11. PROVIDE SPEC SHEET FOR 4000 VA RANGE SPECIFIED IN
 LOAD CALCULATIONS. NEC 110.3 (NOT PROVIDED. LOAD
 CALCULATION NOW SHOWS 8000 VA FOR RANGE, PANEL SCHEDULE
 SHOWS 4000 VA. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR
 CORRECTION.)
  
 BE ADVISED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
 OF INFORMATION INCORRECT AND/OR MISSING WITH THIS PLAN.
 FUTURE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ARE POSSIBLE WHEN THE
 INFORMATION ABOVE IS SUPPLIED.
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 12. NEW RISER SHOWS 2 - 500 MCM WIRES TO MAIN
 DISCONNECT FUSED AT 650 AMP. THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM
 OF 3 WIRES IN A SINGLE PHASE SERVICE. THIS WIRE SIZE IS
 NOT RATED FOR 650 AMPS. A 650 AMP FUSE IS NOT A
 STANDARD FUSE SIZE PER NEC 240.6, PROVIDE DETAILS.
 PROVIDE SIZE AND AIC RATING OF MAIN DISCONNECT. NEC
 110.3, 215.5, 220.5, 240.6, 310.15; WPB FBC 107.2.1
 13. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NOT AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
 CONDUCTOR IN THE CONDUITS ON THE LOAD SIDE OF THE
 SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS. A GROUNDED CIRCUIT
 CONDUCTOR IS NOT PERMITTED TO FUNCTION AS THE EQUIPMENT
 GROUNDING CONDUCTOR. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 250.142(B)
 14. CONDUIT SIZES SPECIFIED FOR FEEDERS IS NOT CODE
 COMPLIANT. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC TABLE 1 AND 4,
 INFORMATIVE ANNEX C.
 15. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SOME OF THESE COMMENTS HAVE
 NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR TWO REVIEWS. IF UPON THE NEXT
 REVIEW, IF IT IS NECESSARY TO REJECT THE SUBMITTED PLAN
 A THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME REASONS, AN ADDITIONAL PLAN
 REVIEW IS REQUIRED. FLORIDA STATUTES STATE: WITH
 RESPECT TO EVALUATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
 DOCUMENTS, IF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT NECESSARY, IN
 ORDER TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE AND ISSUE A PERMIT, TO REJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS
 REQUIRED BY THE CODE THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO
 CORRECT A CODE VIOLATION SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY
 NOTED IN EACH REJECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EGRESS, FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, ENERGY,
 ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL,
 MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND GAS SYSTEMS, OR OTHER
 REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY RULE OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 COMMISSION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT SHALL IMPOSE, EACH TIME AFTER THE THIRD SUCH
 REVIEW THE PLANS ARE REJECTED FOR THAT CODE VIOLATION,
 A FEE OF FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPORTION OF THE
 PERMIT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO PLANS REVIEW. FS 553.80(2)(B)
  
 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 THE PREVIOUSLY
 REVIEWED SHEETS. ONE COPY OF THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED
 SHEETS SHOULD REMAIN IN PACKAGE AND BE MARKED OLD
 SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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