bullheimer
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- WA
Besides having full AFCI protection, and upping the number of required outlets on the walls, having the small appliance ckts, and a bathroom ckt., can anybody give me any more things i might have forgotten about?
like do i need the same smoke requirements? still have to have a bathroom outlet on it's own ckt? still can't feed any other outlets off the kit. ckts.? boy, this is going to suck.
each section is being fed by either a 200A sub or a 150A sub. one of the 150A subs is going to have to eat 4 RANGE CKTS!! i can derate these on a subpanel just like a main right? ie the feeder and not the service?
i am going to have to change out almost every single pole breaker in this 3 story building, sure glad i caught that one! got to get this right! i asked the elec inspector but he wouldn't elaborate much more other than to say this is going to have to be wiring as a brand new dwelling unit. pretty much cut and dried i guess. this is still going to be a rental unit, they are not considered commercial are they? (for the undercabinet outlets, like d/w and disp gfci protection). the general who gets this is going to be ripping out a mile of drywall and every room is double rocked, sux to be him! but i got to get it right to tell him where to rip it out, so he can bid it right too. (friend of mine).
basically correct me if i'm wrong, but this has to now be wired like a brand new house, si'? (i even saw a requirement in the code for front and rear outlets at ground level. and, but thankfully i don't have any...balconies.) The owner has just added an addendum to the specs that he wants to see load calcs for the subs too. a good idea. every unit is getting a microwave, range, fridge, a d/w and disp., and (has an existing 20A 240V AC). The current building just had a ckt for the bath gfi, and another one on the same counter top that fed out to every recept in the room. so that bath room outlet has to be refed from the first one. wowie, they are in tile back splashes.
like do i need the same smoke requirements? still have to have a bathroom outlet on it's own ckt? still can't feed any other outlets off the kit. ckts.? boy, this is going to suck.
each section is being fed by either a 200A sub or a 150A sub. one of the 150A subs is going to have to eat 4 RANGE CKTS!! i can derate these on a subpanel just like a main right? ie the feeder and not the service?
i am going to have to change out almost every single pole breaker in this 3 story building, sure glad i caught that one! got to get this right! i asked the elec inspector but he wouldn't elaborate much more other than to say this is going to have to be wiring as a brand new dwelling unit. pretty much cut and dried i guess. this is still going to be a rental unit, they are not considered commercial are they? (for the undercabinet outlets, like d/w and disp gfci protection). the general who gets this is going to be ripping out a mile of drywall and every room is double rocked, sux to be him! but i got to get it right to tell him where to rip it out, so he can bid it right too. (friend of mine).
basically correct me if i'm wrong, but this has to now be wired like a brand new house, si'? (i even saw a requirement in the code for front and rear outlets at ground level. and, but thankfully i don't have any...balconies.) The owner has just added an addendum to the specs that he wants to see load calcs for the subs too. a good idea. every unit is getting a microwave, range, fridge, a d/w and disp., and (has an existing 20A 240V AC). The current building just had a ckt for the bath gfi, and another one on the same counter top that fed out to every recept in the room. so that bath room outlet has to be refed from the first one. wowie, they are in tile back splashes.
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