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This weeks post is from NFPA 72 when placing smoke alarms near cooking appliances in dwelling units.

NEW REQUIREMENT FOR 1/1/2019

29.8.3.4 Specific Location Requirements

(5) Effective January 1, 2019 smoke alarms and smoke detectors used in household fire alarm systems installed between 6 ft. and 20 ft. along a horizontal flow path from a stationary or fixed cooking appliance shall be listed for resistance to common nuisance sources from cooking. (2017).

The following is from NFPA 72 appendix “A” 2017

These are four examples that show how to place smoke alarms when encountering cooking appliances within a certain distance. The zone from 6’ to 20’ and what type of smoke alarm needs to be placed in these zones.

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Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

This week we will deal with the locations again, this time it’s for when we place smoke alarms near a ceiling fan, and/or a forced air supply registers.(A/C or Heat)

29.8.3.4 Specific Location Requirements

(7) Smoke alarms and smoke detectors shall not be installed within a 914mm (36 in.) horizontal path from the supply registers of a forced air heating or cooling system and shall be installed outside of the direct airflow from those registers.

(8) Smoke alarms and smoke detectors shall not be installed within a 914 mm (36 in.) horizontal path from the tip of the blade of a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan.

So if you have a 52” fan then you will need to be 62” away from the box in the ceiling for the fan in order to pass the rough inspection.

Till next time work safe be safe

Jake. 

We have had a lot of inquires for Continuing Education these past few weeks.  Attached find our flyer.

Note!

If you are a newly licensed contractor that received your license after August 31,2016 you will only need 7 hours of continuing education.

Those hours are specific and are covered in our SEMINAR 1.

For those of you that received your license after August 31, 2017 you do not need any Continuing Education, but will just have to pay the renewal fees. If you have any questions you can email me and I will let you know what you need to do to renew your license.  jleccemail@hotmail.com

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Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

From all of us at the Code Connection, we just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas

Be safe talk to soon

Jake,Darlene, and Aaron

This new section requires a SPD (Surge protection device) to protect all EMERGENCY switchboards,

and panelboards.  You will need to know which panels and switchboards are connected to the emergency

system.

If you have a question you would like answered please send it to us and we will post it in a future posting.

Till next time be safe work safe.

Jake

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This week we bring another great graphic from the FBC.  This pertains to drilling and notching wood framing members.

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Till next time be safe work safe

Jake

This Table from the Florida Building Code has been removed, and replaced by the new calculation using 83% for residential services.  Just as they did in the NEC the FBC removed an easier way to size residential conductors and overcurrent devices by replacing it with a calculation.  All changes aren’t necessarily better.  The table shown not only gives us the conductors and overcurrent device sizes it gives us the grounding electrode conductor size also.  Make a copy and stick it in your code book for easier reference or Email me and I’ll send you a PDF.

Till next time be safe work safe, and Happy Birthday to our son Aaron who turns 26 today.

Happy Birthday we love you.

Jake

Ever wonder when you put that service mast above the roof how far from the edge can it be or how high off the roof does it has to be.  This weeks post comes from the Florida Building Code Residential it is a graphic that will help you understand this section.  This section E3604.2.1 is a good example of how this section is interpreted, I added the red boxes for further clarification.

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Till next time work safe and be safe

Jake

This weeks post comes from the Florida Building Code Residential Electrical code from Chapters 34 through 45.  Inside each chapter they have given us some of the best illustrations that I’ve seen. So every now and then I will pull up one or two to show you.  This one shows the clearances from overhead services to platforms , widows and  the like.  A good illustration on what the code implies (230.9).

Till next time be safe work safe

Jake