Florida Generators

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There will be more electrical work in Florida...all residential buildings more than 75' tall must have a generator to power the elevators and must have a 5 day onsite power supply. This appears to be a retro active rule requiring the generators to be installed in existing buildings before the end of 2008.
Don
 
don_resqcapt19 said:
There will be more electrical work in Florida...all residential buildings more than 75' tall must have a generator to power the elevators and must have a 5 day onsite power supply. This appears to be a retro active rule requiring the generators to be installed in existing buildings before the end of 2008.
Don
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Could you post the source of this info ?
 
Im not a lawyer by no means but after reading through this it seems that it will be only enforced with local govt.aproval county by county.Around line 623 this is stated.It is a good idea to keep things up and going.If it is accepted by the counties then buy stock in generator manufacturing companies and jump on the band wagon.
 
Most of the buildings here that would be involved are in down town Tampa.I just can't see how this will all fit in the limited space.Who will foot the cost ?And the last place i want to be in a hurricane is down town in a high rise.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
That and food stores should be a must
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Really? Don't be free king stupid, Since when is the government going to tell any business they have to be open for business?

I'm a small business owner & if I want to close up shop I think its my right!
If I don't want to work, I don't have to & you can't make me.
 
77401 said:
Really? Don't be free king stupid, Since when is the government going to tell any business they have to be open for business?

I'm a small business owner & if I want to close up shop I think its my right!
If I don't want to work, I don't have to & you can't make me.
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I didnt say they had to be open.But they could force them to have a gen..They always start out slow just like seat belts did in the 60's
 
One problem with keeping the gas stations open is, that when the gas and beer trucks can't get to these stations to restock them, the clerks will be killed by the frustrated customers. (this isn't meant to be a joke)

Roger
 
roger said:
One problem with keeping the gas stations open is, that when the gas and beer trucks can't get to these stations to restock them, the clerks will be killed by the frustrated customers. (this isn't meant to be a joke)

Roger
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How come you ain't at the Coco meeting at Asheville?
I'm here.
 
Doh!!!

Are you going to be in town tomorrow?

Roger
 
I will be at the Crown Plaza all day long listening to a bunch of junk about things I know nothing about.

Today I learned that it is code compliant to install a foundation without vents. This will be good to know if I ever decide to go into bricklaying.

Tomorrow night we will have the big meal and I believe that is all I came for other than a chance to get another look at God?s country, it is beautiful up here.

Well I might have come so I could enjoy the $12 breakfast buffet.

Maybe it was for this s l o w internet.
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roger said:
One problem with keeping the gas stations open is, that when the gas and beer trucks can't get to these stations to restock them, the clerks will be killed by the frustrated customers. (this isn't meant to be a joke)

Roger
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That reminded me of something.

Long long time ago (I think it was 1978/9) I was living in Va. Beach. We had a blizzard (very uncommon). 18" of snow. State of emergency declared. No one supposed to be out on the roads. Well me and my buddy across the street decided we would take my truck and head down to the LBI (London Bridge Inn) and drink some beer and shoot some pool. We got stuck in snowdrifts twice before we made it. We were genuinely surprised when we discovered they were not open.
 
[/QUOTE=Today I learned that it is code compliant to install a foundation without vents. This will be good to know if I ever decide to go into bricklaying. [/QUOTE]


If this is done properly you have a conditioned crawl space. This is very efficient and handy. You also have conditioned attics where the insulation is under the roof. Overall this saves HVAC $$$!

Check out this:

http://www.buildingscience.com/resources/default.htm


In this site they go into conditioned crawl spaces, etc.
 
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