Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020254
Permit Number 18020254
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-05 16:53:29CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 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: 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. BE ADVISED THAT FIRE ALARM, LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS,
 DAS, LIGHTNING PROTECTION, GENERATORS, COMMERCIAL HOOD
 SYSTEMS, WALK IN COOLERS, SIGNS, SITE LIGHTING, AND
 SWIMMING POOLS (WHERE APPLICABLE) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
 THE SCOPE OF THIS PLAN REVIEW. PROVIDE A BLOCK NOTE
 INDICATING THE REQUIRED SEPARATE PERMITS AND DATA
 SPECIFICATION SHEET SUBMITTALS FOR ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS
 PRESENT. FBC 105.1, 107.2.1 (DID NOT SEE THIS NOTE
 ADDED.)
 2. CORRECTED.
 3. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS 3 MAINS. IT APPEARS MAIN # 1 AND
 2 ARE LOCATED IN MDB AND MAIN # 3 IS IN A SEPARATE
 LOCATION. SHOULD MDB BE LABELED MDP? THERE IS A NOTE
 THAT THIS EQUIPMENT IS RATED FOR 12000 AMPS, PROVIDE
 CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTION. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE
 FOR THIS PANEL. ALSO, I DO NOT SEE MAIN # 3 IN THE
 ELECTRICAL ROOM (ROOM 127). PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND
 NAMES FOR EACH MAIN. WHAT IS THE RATING OF MAIN #1?
 ALSO, FOR PANEL ?MDB?, THERE APPEARS TO ONLY BE 17?
 CLEARANCE FOR THIS? PROVIDE CORRECTIONS AND/OR
 CLARIFICATIONS AS NEEDED. FBC 107.2.1; NEC 110.26,
 695.3 (SOME ITEMS CORRECTED. BASED ON NEW RISER
 DIAGRAM, THERE WOULD BE 4 SERVICES TO THIS BUILDING.
 THERE IS A 2000 AMP SERVICE AT MDP, A 600 AMP SERVICE
 SHOWN ON RISER BUT NOT ON POWER PLAN, A SERVICE TO FIRE
 PUMP, AND A PROPOSED 200 AMP SERVICE FOR KITCHEN. EACH
 SERVICE NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITH LABELS THAT
 STATE WHICH SERVICE IT IS AND THE LOCATION OF OTHER
 SERVICES ON PROPERTY. EACH MAIN WITHIN EACH SERVICE
 SHOULD ALSO BE LABELED ACCORDINGLY. PANEL A ON ROOF IS
 SHOWS AS BEING FED FROM THE 600 AMP SERVICE, WHICH ONLY
 HAS 198 AMPS DEMAND, SO WHY DOES THE 200 AMP SERVICE
 NEED TO BE ADDED? PANEL A IS ALSO BEING SHOWN AS FED
 FROM MDP AS AN 800 AMP PANEL INSTEAD OF 600 AMP AND IT
 IS INCLUDED IN THE LOAD CALCULATION FOR PANEL MDP,
 WHICH IS AN OBVIOUS DISCREPANCY. WHILE ADDITIONAL
 SERVICES CAN BE ALLOWED, THERE NEEDS TO BE
 JUSTIFICATION. PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS.)
 4. CORRECTED.
 5. CORRECTED.
 6. PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR SERVICE, INCLUDE
 EXISTING AND NEW LOADS TO CONFIRM CAPACITY OF SERVICE
 IS ADEQUATE. SOME PANEL SCHEDULE SHOW DEMAND FACTORS
 FOR DWELLING UNITS. THE NEC DEFINES A DWELLING UNIT AS:
 ?A SINGLE UNIT, PROVIDING COMPLETE AND INDEPENDENT
 LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, INCLUDING
 PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LIVING, SLEEPING, COOKING, AND
 SANITATION.? THIS DEFINITION DOES NOT MATCH THIS
 FACILITY, SO THESE DEMAND FACTORS SHOULD NOT BE USED.
 ALSO, PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR BUS DUCT. NEC 100,
 215.2, 220, 408.30 (NEED FURTHER EXPLANATION OF LOAD ON
 SERVICE. THE FEEDERS AND OVERCURRENT PROTECTION SHOULD
 BE SIZED TO HANDLE 100% OF THE NON-CONTINUOUS LOAD PLUS
 125% OF THE CONTINUOUS LOAD. THE ONLY CONTINUOUS LOAD
 SHOWN IS FOR LIGHTING, THE LARGEST MOTOR LOAD IS NOT
 SHOWN ON ANY SCHEDULES. ADDITIONALLY, THE RISER DIAGRAM
 SHOWS A FUTURE POOL, BUT NO LOAD IS INCLUDED FOR THIS.
 PROVIDE CORRECTIONS. NEC 215.2, 215.3, 220.14(C),
 430.24)
 7. CORRECTED.
 8. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 9. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 10. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 11. CORRECTED.
 12. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE FOR EACH PANEL INDICATING
 ANY NEW OR ALTERED CIRCUITS, THE WIRE AND BREAKER SIZE
 FOR THESE CIRCUITS, AND AFCI OR GFCI PROTECTION WHERE
 APPLICABLE TO COMPLY WITH CODE. IT APPEARS THAT SOME
 SCHEDULES ARE MISSING AND SOME HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS
 TBD. PROVIDE COMPLETED SCHEDULES. PANEL SCHEDULES
 SHOULD INCLUDE UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR CIRCUITS, SUCH AS
 ROOM NUMBERS OR LOCATIONS. GENERAL TERMS ARE NOT
 ACCEPTABLE. NEC 210.8, 210.12, 215.5, 408.4
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 13. THE FOLLOWING PANELS ARE SHOWN WITH A 125 MAIN
 CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT HAVE A LOAD THAT EXCEEDS 125 AMP:
 PANEL EML, 4LA, 5LA, 6LA, 7LA, 8LA 9LA, 10LA. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 215.3
 14. PANEL EMH SHOWS A LOAD OF 400.36 AMPS ON A?, WHICH
 EXCEEDS THE RATING OF THE PANEL AND THE CONDUCTORS
 FEEDING THE PANEL. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE LARGEST
 MOTOR DEMAND AT 125% HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED, WHICH WOULD
 FURTHER OVERLOAD THIS PANEL AND CONDUCTORS. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 215.2, 215.3, 310.15(B)(16)
 15. PROVIDE VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION FOR FEEDER NUMBER
 7 FROM GENERATOR TO TRANSFER SWITCH TO CONFIRM THE
 CONDUCTOR SIZE IS ADEQUATE FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. PROVIDE
 A NOTE TO INCLUDE INDICATION OF SUBMITTAL OF COMPLETION
 DOCUMENTS PER FBC EC C405.6.4, FBC EC C405.6.3, NEC
 695.7
 16. IT APPEARS THE GENERATOR WILL BE OVERLOADED AS
 PANEL EMH SHOWS A LOAD OF 330.7 KVA BEFORE CORRECTIONS
 NOTED IN COMMENT # 14. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 701.4,
 695.3(D)(1)
 17. PLAN SHOWS THE FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER BEING FED FROM
 PANEL EMH THROUGH ATS-1. THIS ATS IS REQUIRED TO BE
 LISTED FOR USE WITH FIRE PUMP EQUIPMENT. PROVIDE SPEC
 SHEET TO CONFIRM LISTING. NEC 110.3, 695.10
 18. IF THE FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER IS FED FROM PANEL EMH
 AS SHOWN, THIS BREAKER WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH NEC
 695.4(B)(3)(B) THROUGH (E). SHOW METHOD OF COMPLIANCE.
 19. THE PREFERRED METHOD OF CONNECTION FROM THE
 GENERATOR TO THE FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER PER THE NEC WOULD
 BE A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE GENERATOR HAVING TWO
 BREAKERS, ONE DEDICATED TO ATS-1 AND ONE DEDICATED TO
 THE FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER, WHICH WOULD BE A LISTED FIRE
 PUMP CONTROLLER WITH BUILT IN ATS. THIS IS HOW WE
 NORMALLY SEE THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION DESIGNED. THE
 DESIGN SHOWN IS PERMITTED, BUT MUST COMPLY WITH
 COMMENTS 17 AND 18 ABOVE. IF THE PREFERRED METHOD
 MENTIONED IN THE NEC IS USED, COMMENTS 17 AND 18 DO NOT
 APPLY. NEC 695.4(A)
  
 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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