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2018-11-05 17:09:46 | CODES 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 |
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| ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: NEW REVIEW BASED ON DESIGN |
| PROFESSIONAL CHANGE. DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.) |
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| 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. |
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| NEW COMMENTS: |
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| 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) |
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| END OF COMMENTS. |
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| 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. |
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| SINCERELY, |
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| JOHN PEARSON |
| ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6746 |
| [email protected] |
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