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2018-05-08 16:31:34 | CODES 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 |
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| ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW. |
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| THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH ENGINEER AT |
| MEETING ON 5-7-18. |
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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. CORRECTED. |
| 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.)(3RD REVIEW, |
| PLAN CURRENTLY SHOWS MORE THAN 6 MAINS WHICH VIOLATES |
| NEC 230.71. ENGINEER IS CONFIRMING THE LAYOUT OF MDP |
| AND WILL RE-LABEL PLAN WITH ACCURATE COUNT OF MAINS.) |
| 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)(3RD REVIEW - SOME DATA IS NOT TRANSFERRING |
| CORRECTLY IN PANEL SCHEDULES. ENGINEER ADVISED THAT THE |
| PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED AND AN ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION |
| PROVIDED.) |
| 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 (SOME |
| PANELS STILL DO NOT HAVE CLEAR LOCATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT |
| THAT IS USED IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION. PROVIDE |
| CORRECTION.) |
| 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 (THERE ARE STILL MANY PANELS THAT |
| ARE NOT SHOWING THE CORRECT TYPE AND SIZE. PROVIDE |
| CORRECTIONS.) |
| 14. CORRECTED. |
| 15. CORRECTED. |
| 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) (3RD REVIEW - THE GENERATOR IS STILL SHOWN |
| AS OVERLOADED. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS.) |
| 17. CORRECTED. |
| 18. CORRECTED. |
| 19. CORRECTED. |
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| NEW COMMENTS: |
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| 20. FIRE PUMP IS BEING SHOWN AS FED FROM MDP IN PANEL |
| SCHEDULE. PROVIDE CORRECTION. ALSO, DID NOT SEE A LOAD |
| FOR A JOCKEY PUMP ANYWHERE. WILL THERE BE A PRESSURE |
| MAINTENANCE PUMP WITH THIS SYSTEM, AND WHERE IS IT FED |
| FROM? FBC 107.2.1 |
| 21. DURING MEETING WITH ENGINEER, THE FAULT CURRENT FOR |
| THE MAINS WAS DISCUSSED. FAULT CALCULATIONS WILL NEED |
| TO BE PROVIDED FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS OF THE SERVICE |
| EQUIPMENT SO THAT PROPER SIZING OF EQUIPMENT CAN BE |
| CONFIRMED, AS WELL AS PROPER LABELING. 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. IF FPL IS |
| NOT ABLE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY FASHION, WE WILL ACCEPT |
| THIS AS A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING |
| THAT ALL PANELS WILL NEED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE |
| CALCULATED FAULT CURRENT. NEC 110.9, 110.10 |
| 22. 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 |
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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 OR VOID THE |
| PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS. |
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| SINCERELY, |
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| JOHN PEARSON |
| ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6746 |
| [email protected] |
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