Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18021080
Permit Number 18021080
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-23 17:25:09CODES 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 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. LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED IS INCORRECT. BASED ON THE
 NUMBERS PROVIDED: 10,000 + 16,610 + 6,500 = 33,110 VA,
 DIVIDED BY 240 = 138 AMPS. PROVIDE CORRECTED LOAD
 CALCULATION. NEC 220; FBC RE E3602.3 (LOAD CALCULATION
 NOT CORRECT, SEE NEW COMMENT #9 BELOW. ALSO, MATH IS
 NOT CORRECT.)
 2. IF THE NUMBERS IN COMMENT # 1 RESULT IN SERVICE
 LARGER THAN THE 125 AMP SERVICE SPECIFIED ON PLAN,
 PROVIDE CORRECTION TO SIZE OF SERVICE. NEC 215.2, 220,
 230.42, 408.30 (NOT ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME, AS THE LOAD
 CALCULATION IS NOT CORRECT.)
 3. CORRECTED.
 4. THERE IS A DISCREPANCY ON THE PLAN FOR THE TANKLESS
 WATER HEATER. DETAIL SHOWS THIS IS A 7KW LOAD, WHILE
 THE LOAD CALCULATION SHOWS THIS AS A 30KW LOAD. CLARIFY
 AND/OR CORRECT. FBC 107.2.1 (DISCREPANCY IS STILL
 THERE, ONLY NOW IT SHOWS AS 7 KW ON PRODUCT SPEC AND 11
 KW IN LOAD CALCULATION. PROVIDE CORRECTION.)
 5. CORRECTED.
 6. NOTE # 3 IN ELECTRICAL NOTES STATES THAT RECEPTACLES
 SHALL BE TAMPER RESISTANT PER NEC 406.11. THIS CODE
 SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO TAMPER RESISTANT RECEPTACLES.
 PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 406.12; FBC RE E4002.14 (NOT
 CORRECTED. PROVIDE NOTE THAT ALL RECEPTACLES SHALL BE
 TAMPER RESISTANT PER NEC 406.12 AND FBC RE E4002.14)
 7. CORRECTED.
 8. CORRECTED.
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 9. THE LOAD FOR A DRYER SHALL BE CALCULATED AT 5000
 WATTS OR THE NAMEPLATE RATING, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
 PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 220.54; FBC RE E3602.2
 10. THE RISER DIAGRAM PROVIDED WITH THIS SUBMISSION IS
 VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST SUBMISSION. AS THERE ARE
 OTHER METERS WITH THIS SERVICE, PROVIDE LOAD
 CALCULATION FOR ENTIRE SERVICE IN ADDITION TO THE LOAD
 CALCULATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT, INCLUDE EXISTING
 AND NEW LOADS TO CONFIRM CAPACITY OF SERVICE IS
 ADEQUATE. SHOW WIRE SIZE OF SERVICE ON RISER DIAGRAM TO
 CONFIRM IT IS SIZED TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL LOAD. NEC
 215.2, 220, 408.30; FBC RE E3602.3
 11. ONLY THE RECEPTACLE OUTLETS ARE SHOWN AS AFCI
 PROTECTED. PER CODE: "ALL 120-VOLT, SINGLE PHASE, 15
 AND 20 AMPERE BRANCH CIRCUITS SUPPLYING OUTLETS IN
 DWELLING UNIT FAMILY ROOMS, DINING ROOMS, LIVING ROOMS,
 PARLORS, LIBRARIES, DENS, BEDROOMS, SUNROOMS,
 RECREATION ROOMS, CLOSETS, HALLWAYS, OR SIMILAR AREAS
 OR ROOMS, SHALL HAVE AFCI PROTECTION." THIS INCLUDES
 LIGHTING AND RECEPTACLE OUTLETS PROVIDE CORRECTION. IF
 DESIRED, A NOTE WILL SUFFICE IN LIEU OF MARKING EACH
 OUTLET WITH AFCI. NEC 210.12; FBC RE E3902.12
  
 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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