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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 574 EF 005 030 TITLE Minimum Check List for Mechanical and Electrical Plans & Specifications. INSTITUTION North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Facility Services. PUB DATE 1992-06-29 NOTE 79p. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Check Lists; *Electrical Systems; Elementary Secondary Education; *Equipment Standards; Guidelines; *Mechanical Equipment; Plumbing; *School Buildings; *School Maintenance; *State Standards IDENTIFIERS *North Carolina ABSTRACT This is the fifth revision of the Minimum Check List since its origin in 1960 by North Carolina's School Planning. The checklist was developed to serve as a means of communication between school agencies and design professionals and has been widely used in the development and review of mechanical and electrical plans and specifications by engineers, architects, and superintendents in planning public school facilities. The checklist has three primary sections: plumbing systems, mechanical systems, and electrical and lighting systems. Specific guidelines on drainage and waste, fittings, fixtures, water supply, gas systems, stack and breeching, boilers, oil burners, piping, heaters, controls, heating systems, air conditioning, service entrance feeders, branch circuits, and alarm systems are provided. Diagrams showing grounding methods, a typical electrical summary, and recommended lighting systems with illumination levels appear at the end. (RJM) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************************************************

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 418 574 EF 005 030

TITLE Minimum Check List for Mechanical and Electrical Plans &Specifications.

INSTITUTION North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh.Div. of School Facility Services.

PUB DATE 1992-06-29NOTE 79p.

PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055)EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Check Lists; *Electrical Systems; Elementary Secondary

Education; *Equipment Standards; Guidelines; *MechanicalEquipment; Plumbing; *School Buildings; *School Maintenance;*State Standards

IDENTIFIERS *North Carolina

ABSTRACTThis is the fifth revision of the Minimum Check List since

its origin in 1960 by North Carolina's School Planning. The checklist wasdeveloped to serve as a means of communication between school agencies anddesign professionals and has been widely used in the development and reviewof mechanical and electrical plans and specifications by engineers,architects, and superintendents in planning public school facilities. Thechecklist has three primary sections: plumbing systems, mechanical systems,and electrical and lighting systems. Specific guidelines on drainage andwaste, fittings, fixtures, water supply, gas systems, stack and breeching,boilers, oil burners, piping, heaters, controls, heating systems, airconditioning, service entrance feeders, branch circuits, and alarm systemsare provided. Diagrams showing grounding methods, a typical electricalsummary, and recommended lighting systems with illumination levels appear atthe end. (RJM)

********************************************************************************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made *

* from the original document. *

********************************************************************************

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Bob Etheridge, State SuperintendentNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Dr. Charles H. Weaver, Assistant State SuperintendentAuxiliary Services

Tom O'Kelley, DirectorDivision of School Facility Services

Dr. Karen S. Gulledge, Chief ConsultantSchool Planning

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NORTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

116 West Edenton Street, Education BuildingRaleigh, NC 27603-1712

MEMORANDUM

TO: Engineers, Architects, Educators and OtherInterested Parties

FROM: School Planning, Division of School Facility ServicesNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

SUBJECT: "Minimum Check List for Mechanical and ElectricalPlans and Specifications"

BOB ETHERIDGEState Superintendent

June 29, 1992

Numerous changes have been made in the mechanical and electrical fields sincethe previous publication of the "Minimum Check List". The revision attached is

an effort to address those changes. The following focus on several which

require special attention.

PLUMBING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

1. The major domestic hot water deman0 in public schools is the kitchenequipment. Generally, this is a 140"F requirement. Such heaters shouldsupply kitchen equipment only and should be fossil-fuel fired.

2. With the exception of kitchen and athletic facilities, all other hotwater may be electrically heated as the demand is not that great.Separate generation equipment should be provided for low temperaturerequirements (lavatories and showers) to eliminate all chances of

scalding.

3. Always recirculate from the most distant fixture or fixture group.However, the smallest recirculation pump available will usually sufficefor any application.

4. Plumbing fixture trim should be completely specified as well as

fixtures. Generally, drafting schedules are incomplete. What is notspecified usually gets installed at lower quality.

5. Place isolation valves as if you had to pay for them and service thefixtures in the future.

6. Do not use aquastats or mixing valves. Instruct draftsmen to deletethem from "standard" details.

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HVA/C PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

1. Provide access to all HVA/C equipment as if you were to be servicing it.

2. Hydronic systems installed now will give system fuel and equipmentflexibility in tile future.

ELECTRICAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

1. Short Circuit (Fault) Currents and Withstand Ratings

As a result of the increase in capacity of the National Electrical PowerSystem grid, and larger and air conditioned schools requiring moreelectric power capacity, the snort circuit currents available at theservice entrance conductors and panels are gradually getting larger.The available short circuit current (or KVA) should be placedon theriser diagrath so an awareness is made to electrical engineers, that willremind them to provide proper coordination of the electrical systemwithin the school buildings for both new and reT0deled projects, withemphasis on older buildings.

2. Non-linear Loads

Numerous computers, ballasts (electromagnetic and electronic) forlighting fixtures, adjustable frequency motor drives and otherelectronic equipment will be installed in new and existing schools.The non-linear loads and harmonics are of considerable concern in theseinstallations. Transformers designed for non-linear loads and oversizedneutrals for feeders and branch circuits should be considered in theseapplications.

3. Transient and Surge Voltages

Electronic equipment is very sensitive, and protection is generallynecessary for lightning, power company switching and generation surgesand disturbances created within the school building electrical system.Transient and surge protection can be provided at:

a. The service entrance.

b. In the panelboards serving the electronic equipment.

c. In the receptacles serving the electronic equipment (if the equipmentdoes not have built-in protection).

One, a combination of the three or all three may be needed. Use yourprofessional knowledge and judgement. Protection is required for tele-phone and data conductors which go from building to building or acrosstown.

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Page 3June 29, 1992

4. Lighting Systems

Recommended lighting levels are now indicated with a minimum and maximumfoot candle range. The type of lighting fixtures which are acceptableare included for each particular area. Incandescents and mercury vaporare "out" except where noted. The use of electronic switches areencouraged to disconnect lighting circuits in unoccupied rooms.

5. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Particular attention is directed to sound systems, fire alarm systems,exit and emergency lighting and telephone accessibility. Correctivemeasures to assist the sight and hearing impaired are addressed in theADA. Hearing aids connected to telephones and auditorium/gymnasium/multi-purpose room sound systems, additional flashing strobe lights forrestrooms, strategic placement of all the audible/visual devices in firealarm systems and sufficient lighting for emergency situations andproper directions for exits shall be provided.

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sist

ing

was

te li

nes

shou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

for

chem

istr

y la

bora

torie

sin

hig

h sc

hool

s, a

nd p

erha

ps s

ome

othe

r sp

ecia

l use

s

such

as

the

chem

istr

y in

stru

ctor

s ta

ble

in a

mid

dle

scho

ol.

The

y ar

e no

t con

side

red

nece

ssar

y fo

r ot

her

norm

al la

bora

tory

are

as.

Cor

rosi

on r

esis

tant

trap

s ar

e re

quire

d on

all

fixtu

res

in c

hem

istr

y cl

assr

oom

s,an

d m

ay b

e us

ed if

des

ired

in o

ther

labo

rato

ries

such

as

phys

ics

and

biol

ogy.

P-t

raps

to th

e w

all,

or lo

cate

d be

low

floo

r, a

re p

refe

rred

toS

-tra

ps to

floo

r. P

last

er a

nd/o

r in

terc

epto

r tr

aps

are

usua

lly n

eede

d

for

wor

k si

nks

in a

reas

suc

h as

art

cla

ssro

oms.

Ven

t pip

e fle

shin

gs, a

t the

roo

f, sh

ould

be

mad

e in

two

piec

es.

One

of t

hese

sho

uld

be a

cap

whi

ch s

lides

dow

n ov

er to

p of

the

pipe

, and

suf

ficie

ntly

ove

rlaps

the

base

flas

hing

. Cop

per

orle

ad is

pre

ferr

ed.

Scr

eens

, to

prot

ect a

gain

st g

rave

l, ro

cks,

etc

., ar

e re

com

men

ded

for

inst

alla

tion

on th

ese

flesh

ings

.

Ref

eren

ce is

mad

e to

the

size

s of

ven

t pip

ing

at th

e po

intw

here

it p

asse

s th

roug

h th

e ro

of. I

t is

reco

mm

ende

d th

at tw

o in

ches

be a

min

imum

siz

e.

Cle

anou

ts p

lace

d in

hor

izon

tal p

ipe

runs

sho

uld

be fa

bric

ated

usin

g lo

ngsw

eep

one

quar

ter

bend

s or

fitti

ngs

prov

idin

g on

e ei

ghth

turn

. Sta

ndar

d on

e qu

arte

r be

nds

shou

ld n

ever

be u

sed.

In c

lay

(V.C

.) p

ipe

sew

er li

nes,

cas

t iro

n fit

tings

sho

uld

be p

rovi

ded

at th

e ba

ses

of c

lean

outs

to p

reve

nt b

reak

ing

with

end

of

the

sew

er r

od.

15

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Roo

f dra

inag

e sh

all b

e de

sign

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

req

uire

men

ts o

f the

NC

SB

C, P

lum

bing

, Cha

pter

XV

(as

min

imum

).

The

act

ual i

nsta

llatio

n of

roo

f dra

ins

and

flash

ing,

for

inte

rior

roof

dra

in s

yste

ms,

sho

uld

be m

ade

by th

e ge

nera

l con

trac

tor.

Pip

ing

for

such

sys

tem

s sh

ould

be

by th

e pl

umbi

ng c

ontr

acto

r.

Ref

eren

ce is

mad

e to

the

NC

SB

C, V

olum

e 1-

C e

ntitl

ed "

Mak

ing

Bui

ldin

gs a

nd F

acili

ties

Acc

essi

ble

to a

nd U

sabl

e by

the

Phy

sica

lly H

andi

capp

ed".

App

ropr

iate

pro

visi

ons

of th

is s

ectio

n ar

e ap

plic

able

to p

lum

bing

sys

tem

s in

pub

lic s

choo

ls.

Wat

er c

lose

ts, u

rinal

s, la

vato

ries

and

drin

king

foun

tain

s or

wat

er c

oole

rs m

ust b

e co

nsid

ered

for

the

hand

icap

ped.

FIT

TIN

GS

All

hose

bib

bs s

houl

d ha

ve m

inim

um 1

8" c

lear

ance

und

erne

ath.

A h

ose

bibb

with

a r

emov

able

han

dle

or a

key

ope

rate

d lo

ck s

hiel

d sh

ould

be

inst

alle

d in

any

toile

t roo

m h

avin

g a

floor

dra

in.

Eac

h fix

ture

sho

uld

have

an

indi

vidu

al w

ater

sup

ply

cuto

ff va

lve.

Flu

sh v

alve

s m

ust b

e eq

uipp

ed w

ith v

acuu

m b

reak

ers

(NC

SB

C, P

lum

bing

, Cha

pter

XII.

).

Use

free

ze p

roof

hos

e bi

bbs

whe

re a

pplic

able

; the

se s

houl

d be

key

ope

rate

d.

All

hose

bib

bs, i

nclu

ding

wal

l hyd

rant

s an

d an

y ou

tlets

with

hos

e th

read

s, s

hall

have

bac

kflo

w p

reve

ntio

n de

vice

s in

stal

led

(NC

SB

C, P

lum

bing

, Cha

pter

XII)

. For

ext

erio

r in

stal

latio

ns, c

are

mus

t be

take

n to

pre

vent

free

zing

.

Lava

tory

was

te fi

tting

s sh

ould

be

cast

type

, as

oppo

sed

to tu

be c

onst

ruct

ion.

FIX

TU

RE

SLa

vato

ries

shou

ld b

e ac

id r

esis

ting,

and

hav

e rig

id s

uppl

ies.

Str

aine

rs, (

beeh

ive

or g

rid ty

pe a

re s

ugge

sted

), a

nd n

ot p

op-u

psor

plu

gs, s

houl

d be

use

d in

lava

tory

was

tes

in p

ublic

toile

ts a

nd r

estr

oom

s.

Elo

ngat

ed b

owls

and

ope

n fr

ont s

eats

, with

out c

over

s, fo

r w

ater

clo

sets

are

req

uire

d by

Cod

e (N

CS

BC

, Plu

mbi

ng, S

ectio

n 90

6.1

and

907.

1). F

or m

ale

toile

ts, t

he r

ecom

men

datio

n is

that

wat

er c

lose

t sea

ts in

corp

orat

e th

e se

lf- r

aisi

ng s

prin

ghi

nge

or th

e se

lf-

sust

aini

ng fr

ictio

n hi

nge

with

che

ck fe

atur

es.

A la

vato

ry s

hall

be lo

cate

d in

the

kitc

hen

area

for

hand

was

hing

. Thi

s la

vato

ry s

hall

have

a m

ixin

g fa

ucet

sup

ply

fittin

g.

BE

ST C

OPY

MA

L L

AB

E

1617

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A s

ervi

ce s

ink

or a

rec

epto

r sh

ould

be

loca

ted

with

inth

e co

nfin

es o

f the

kitc

hen

area

.

Sta

ndar

d, s

ingl

e pu

rpos

e fix

ture

s sh

ould

be

used

whe

rew

ater

wor

ks a

nd p

lum

bing

are

con

cern

ed; i

.e.,

a ha

ndw

ashi

ng la

vato

ry

shou

ld n

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

a d

rinki

ng fo

unta

in, a

mop

sink

sho

uld

not b

e co

mbi

ned

with

a h

andw

ashi

ngla

vato

ry, n

or s

houl

d

one

be s

ubst

itute

d fo

r th

e ot

her.

Drin

king

foun

tain

s ou

tsid

e a

build

ing

shal

l be

fros

t pro

of.

All

was

tes

from

thes

e sh

ould

be

carr

ied

to d

ry w

ells

or

stor

m d

rain

s.

Dry

wel

ls s

houl

d be

loca

ted

at le

ast 5

0 fe

et fr

om w

ater

supp

ly w

ells

.

Cou

nter

top

sink

s sh

ould

hav

e le

dges

with

hol

es to

rec

eive

fauc

ets.

Fau

cets

sho

uld

not b

e m

ount

ed in

cou

nter

tops

.

Sup

plie

s (p

ipe,

val

ves

and

fittin

gs)

that

are

con

ceal

ed, s

uch

as fo

rcou

nter

top

sink

s, d

o no

t nee

d to

be

the

rigid

type

, and

nee

d

not b

e pl

ated

.

Gym

nasi

um d

ress

ing

room

s sh

ould

hav

e dr

inki

ng fo

unta

ins.

The

se s

houl

d no

t be

wat

er c

oole

rs.

Wal

l hun

g ty

pe u

rinal

s w

ith s

hiel

ds a

re r

ecom

men

ded.

NC

SB

C, P

lum

bing

, Sec

tion

910.

3 re

quire

s a

max

imum

flow

rat

eof

3gp

m fo

r a

show

er h

ead.

WA

TE

R S

UP

PLY

(see Sections 7 and 8 of the NCBRR and ChapterXII of the NCSBC, Plumbing)

Wel

ls m

ust b

e lo

cate

d aw

ay fr

om p

ossi

ble

sour

ces

ofco

ntam

inat

ion,

pro

perly

pro

tect

ed, a

nd w

ell s

ites

mus

t be

appr

oved

by

a re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e D

ivis

ion

ofH

ealth

Ser

vice

s, D

EH

NR

.

At s

choo

l site

s w

here

wel

l wat

er s

yste

ms

are

plan

ned,

ow

ners

,arc

hite

cts

and

engi

neer

s ar

e ur

ged

and

enco

urag

ed to

con

sult

the

stat

e D

EH

NR

, Div

isio

n of

Env

ironm

enta

lMan

agem

ent f

or g

eolo

gica

l inf

orm

atio

n.

Pla

ns s

hall

show

the

loca

tion

of th

e w

ell,

and

com

plet

ede

tails

of t

he w

ell s

uppl

y sy

stem

incl

udin

g w

ell,

pum

p, p

ump

hous

e,pi

ping

and

stor

age

tank

. If t

he s

tora

ge ta

nk is

pre

ssur

ized

and

exce

eds

120

gallo

ns n

omin

al w

ater

con

tain

ing

capa

city

,it

mus

t be

of

AS

ME

con

stru

ctio

n an

d re

gist

ered

with

the

Nat

iona

lBoa

rd (

refe

r to

NC

BR

R).

Whe

n an

ele

vate

d ta

nk is

inst

alle

d, a

fire

hydr

ant

shal

l be

prop

erly

loca

ted

on th

e si

te, o

r th

at a

hos

eco

nnec

tion

be p

rovi

ded

on th

e st

andp

ipe,

or

both

. For

any

kin

d of

on-s

ite

wat

er s

uppl

y, r

easo

nabl

e an

d ap

prop

riate

fire

prot

ectio

n eq

uipm

ent s

houl

d be

inst

alle

d. W

hen

new

wel

l sup

ply

syst

ems

are

used

, pro

visi

ons

for

cont

inuo

us c

hlor

inat

ion

are

stro

ngly

rec

omm

ende

d.

Whe

n w

ater

is o

btai

ned

from

a p

ublic

sys

tem

, pla

nssh

all s

how

loca

tion

of th

e w

ater

sup

ply

conn

ectio

n, a

nd s

ize

of th

e w

ater

met

er. P

ress

ure

redu

cing

sta

tions

sho

uld

beut

ilize

d w

here

sup

ply

pres

sure

exc

eeds

80

psig

.

18

n 0

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20

Dis

hwas

hing

and

sho

wer

ing

are

the

two

fact

ors

to c

onsi

der

in s

izin

g w

ater

hea

ting

equi

pmen

t. S

uch

equi

pmen

t mus

t be

plac

edw

here

com

pone

nts

can

be e

asily

mai

ntai

ned.

Kitc

hen

and

show

er h

ot w

ater

sho

uld

be g

ener

ated

and

con

trol

led

sepa

rate

ly.

Tem

perin

g va

lves

, if u

tiliz

ed, s

houl

d be

pla

ced

at p

oint

of u

se. G

ener

atin

g an

d st

orin

g sh

ower

wat

er a

t non

scal

ding

tem

pera

ture

sis

rec

omm

ende

d.

180

degr

ee w

ater

hea

ters

sho

uld

carr

y th

e N

SF

labe

l, or

equ

al (

NS

F S

tand

ard

No.

5).

San

itizi

ng h

ot w

ater

from

wat

er h

eate

r to

dis

hwas

her

boos

ter

heat

er s

houl

d be

rec

ircul

ated

by

pum

ping

in o

rder

to m

aint

ain

max

imum

tem

pera

ture

at t

he b

oost

er.

Wat

er h

eate

rs a

nd/o

r st

orag

e ta

nks

mus

t hav

e sa

fety

val

ves

that

are

siz

ed a

nd in

stal

led

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith r

equi

rem

ents

of t

heN

CB

RR

.

Wat

er h

eate

rs in

corp

orat

ing

the

use

of d

ip tu

bes

mus

t con

form

to th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

NC

BR

R.

All

hot w

ater

sto

rage

equ

ipm

ent s

houl

d ha

ve ta

nks

equi

pped

to p

reve

nt in

terio

r co

rros

ion.

For

ele

ctric

wat

er h

eate

rs o

f all

type

s, th

e en

gine

er m

ust b

e ca

refu

l to

com

ply

with

(1)

all

the

requ

irem

ents

of A

rtic

le42

2-14

in th

e N

EC

; and

(2)

NC

BR

R r

equi

rem

ents

for

the

UL

labe

l. C

ontr

ol v

olta

ge s

houl

d al

way

s be

vol

ts to

gro

und

such

as

120

volts

or

277

volts

. All

wat

er h

eate

rs s

houl

d be

con

trol

led

on a

n en

ergy

man

agem

ent s

yste

m.

Circ

ulat

ors

for

dom

estic

hot

wat

er u

se s

houl

d be

all

bron

ze c

onst

ruct

ion.

Con

trol

sho

uld

be b

y tim

e cl

ock

as w

ell a

s te

mpe

ratu

re.

All

star

ters

for

circ

ulat

ors

(pum

ps)

usin

g th

ree-

phas

e cu

rren

t mus

t inc

orpo

rate

ove

rload

pro

tect

ion

for

all t

hree

pha

ses

(NE

CA

rtic

le 4

30-3

7).

All

wat

er s

uppl

y sy

stem

s sh

all b

e di

sinf

ecte

d be

fore

bei

ng p

lace

d in

ser

vice

. (N

CS

BC

, Plu

mbi

ng, S

ectio

n 12

07).

The

eng

inee

r sh

all d

esig

nate

on

a pl

umbi

ng d

raw

ing

the

sour

ce o

f wat

er s

uppl

y.

Dom

estic

wat

er p

ipin

g sh

ould

not

be

rout

ed b

elow

sla

b-on

-gra

de c

onst

ruct

ion.

SE

WA

GE

DIS

PO

SA

L S

YS

TE

MS

Loca

tions

and

prin

cipa

l ele

vatio

ns o

f con

nect

ions

to p

ublic

sew

er s

yste

ms

shal

l be

show

n on

pla

ns (

NC

GS

130

-13)

.

Whe

n an

on-

site

sew

age

trea

tmen

t pla

nt, o

r ad

ditio

n to

an

exis

ting

plan

t, is

req

uire

d an

d pl

anne

d, th

e fo

llow

ing

cons

ider

atio

nsar

e ap

plic

able

:

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AL

AU

LL

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App

licat

ion

shal

l be

mad

e to

DE

HN

R fo

r pl

ants

that

dis

char

ge to

the

land

sur

face

, to

surf

ace

wat

ers;

or

for

plan

ts th

at d

isch

arge

to g

roun

d ab

sorp

tion

syst

ems.

Bot

h th

e si

te (

new

or

exis

ting)

and

the

prop

osed

pla

nt a

nd s

yste

m (

new

or

exis

ting)

sha

ll be

app

rove

d by

this

age

ncy.

Thi

s ag

ency

mus

t be

cons

ulte

d pr

ior

to p

rocu

ring

a si

te w

here

on-

site

sew

age

trea

tmen

t and

/or

disp

osal

is c

onte

mpl

ated

.

Pla

ns a

nd s

peci

ficat

ions

for

the

prop

osed

sew

age

trea

tmen

t pla

nt, o

r ad

ditio

n to

exi

stin

g, s

houl

d be

pre

pare

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

DE

HN

R r

ecom

men

datio

ns, a

nd s

hall

be s

ubm

itted

to th

em fo

r ap

prov

al.

DE

HN

R a

ppro

val f

or a

pro

ject

mus

t be

mad

e be

fore

the

Sta

te S

uper

inte

nden

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruct

ion

issu

es th

e ce

rtifi

cate

of

appr

oval

.

Pla

ns fo

r se

wag

e tr

eatm

ent p

lant

s sh

all i

nclu

de c

ompl

ete

deta

ils a

nd e

leva

tions

of a

ll un

its a

nd a

ppur

tena

nces

, inc

ludi

ng p

rofil

efr

om b

uild

ings

to fi

nal p

oint

of w

aste

dis

posi

tion.

A c

ompl

ete

sum

mar

y of

plu

mbi

ng lo

ads,

in fi

xtur

e un

its, s

hall

be s

how

n on

the

plan

s.

For

aer

atio

n ty

pe s

ewag

e pl

ants

(on

-site

): (

1) a

sui

tabl

e fe

nce

(whi

ch s

houl

d in

clud

e ba

rbed

wire

at t

he to

p) is

man

dato

ry to

excl

ude

child

ren

from

this

dan

gero

us a

rea,

and

(2)

the

man

ufac

ture

r's s

tand

ard

cove

ring

for

the

entir

e ta

nk is

rec

omm

ende

d.

All

plan

s, w

heth

er fo

r ne

w w

ork

or a

dditi

on to

exi

stin

g, m

ust i

ndic

ate

clea

rly w

heth

er s

ewag

e di

spos

al is

to a

mun

icip

al s

yste

mor

to a

n on

-site

sys

tem

.

Whe

n se

wag

e di

spos

al w

ill b

e to

a m

unic

ipal

sys

tem

, che

ck s

houl

d be

mad

e to

ass

ure

that

the

syst

em c

an a

ccep

t the

add

ition

al

load

.

GA

S S

YS

TE

MS

All

gas

syst

ems,

whe

ther

for

LP o

r na

tura

l gas

, mus

t con

form

str

ictly

to th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f "N

FP

A-5

4, N

atio

nal F

uel G

as C

ode"

.A

pplic

able

als

o is

Vol

ume

III o

f the

NC

SB

C.

In p

artic

ular

, the

two

area

s in

Sec

tion

54 th

at a

re o

f mos

t con

cern

are

(1)

the

kind

s an

d ty

pes

of p

ipes

that

are

acc

epta

ble

for

gas;

and

(2)

the

allo

wab

le m

etho

ds fo

r in

stal

ling

pipe

with

res

pect

to r

outin

g,pl

acem

ent,

spec

ial t

reat

men

ts a

nd v

alvi

ngar

rang

emen

ts.

Sch

ool P

lann

ing

reco

mm

ends

that

met

allic

pip

e, b

ut n

ot tu

bing

, alw

ays

be u

sed

for

gas

syst

ems.

Wel

ded

join

ts, f

or la

rger

siz

es,

are

cons

ider

ed g

ood

prac

tice.

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All

gas

pipi

ng s

houl

d be

spe

cifie

d to

hav

e a

100

psi a

ir te

st w

ith s

oap

solu

tion

appl

ied

to a

ll jo

ints

.

In a

ll lo

calit

ies

whe

re a

pplic

able

, the

eng

inee

r sh

ould

spe

cify

that

a p

erm

it fo

r in

stal

latio

n of

gas

app

lianc

es m

ust b

e ob

tain

ed,

and

loca

l ins

pect

ion

of th

e w

ork

mus

t be

requ

este

d.

In lo

catin

g ga

s-fir

ed w

ater

hea

ters

, in

eith

er n

ew o

r ex

istin

g fa

cilit

ies,

the

engi

neer

mus

t ass

ure

that

ther

e w

ill b

e ad

equa

te a

irfo

r co

mbu

stio

n an

d pr

oper

ven

tilat

ion

for

the

spac

e.

Gas

pip

ing

to la

bora

tory

cas

e w

ork

shou

ld h

ave

a sh

utof

f val

ve in

stal

led

in a

lock

able

pan

el o

r at

the

inst

ruct

ors

tabl

e, w

hich

is lo

ckab

le.

GR

EA

SE

TR

AP

S

Ext

erio

r gr

ease

trap

s sh

all b

e in

stal

led.

App

licab

le d

irect

ions

and

inst

ruct

ions

sho

uld

be c

lose

ly fo

llow

ed. A

sta

ndar

d si

ze,

conc

rete

sep

tic ta

nk is

rec

omm

ende

d, w

ith c

apac

ity to

be

500

gallo

ns m

inim

um.

Infe

rior

grea

se tr

aps

are

not r

ecom

men

ded

and

shal

l not

be

used

.

Plu

mbi

ng F

ixtu

re R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Loca

te to

ilet f

acili

tes

for

stud

ents

and

teac

hers

so

that

no

pers

on w

ill h

ave

to tr

avel

mor

e th

an 2

00 ft

. for

acc

ess.

Min

imum

faci

litie

s sh

all b

e pr

ovid

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

rev

isio

ns to

tabl

e 92

2.2

of V

ol. I

I, N

CS

BC

app

rove

d D

ecem

ber

1990

.

WA

TE

R C

LOS

ET

SU

RIN

ALS

LAV

AT

OR

IES

MF

M

K -

91

per

601

per

251p

er 4

51

per

60

10-1

21

per

100

1 pe

r 25

1 pe

r 45

1 pe

r 10

0

Pro

vide

one

sho

wer

for

each

four

per

sons

in P

.E. a

t tim

e of

larg

est c

lass

.

24L

EST

CO

PY A

VA

ILA

BL

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MO

UN

TIN

G H

EIG

HT

S (

RIM

)

FIX

TU

RE

AN

D A

PP

LIC

AT

ION

ST

AN

DA

RD

WA

TE

R C

LOS

ET

S

Gra

des

Kin

derg

arte

n th

roug

h T

hree

15"

Gra

des

Fou

r th

roug

h S

ix15

"

Juni

or a

nd S

enio

r H

igh,

Sev

en th

roug

h T

wel

ve15

"

AC

CE

SS

IBLE

TO

TH

E D

ISA

BLE

D

15"

15"

17"-

19"

UR

INA

LSG

rade

s K

inde

rgar

ten

thro

ugh

Thr

ee14

"-17

"

Gra

des

Fou

r th

roug

h S

ix20

"

Juni

or H

igh,

Sev

en th

roug

h N

ine

22"

Sen

ior

Hig

h, T

en th

roug

h T

wel

ve24

"

LAV

AT

OR

IES

Gra

des

Kin

derg

arte

n an

d O

ne24

"

14"

14"

17"

17"

28"

(24"

MIN

. KN

EE

SP

AC

E)

30"

34"

Gra

des

Tw

o th

roug

h S

ix27

"

Juni

or a

nd S

enio

r H

igh,

Sev

en th

roug

h T

wel

ve31

"

DR

INK

ING

FO

UN

TA

INS

Gra

des

Kin

derg

arte

n th

roug

h T

hree

24"

Gra

des

Fou

r th

roug

h S

ix28

"

Juni

or a

nd S

enio

r H

igh,

Sev

en th

roug

h T

wel

ve34

"

30"

30"

34"

SH

OW

ER

S (

SE

E N

OT

ES

BE

LOW

)

Ele

men

tary

Boy

s an

d G

irls

50"-

56"

Juni

or H

igh

Boy

s, S

even

thro

ugh

Nin

e72

"

Juni

or H

igh

Girl

s, S

even

thro

ugh

Nin

e60

"-66

"

Sen

ior

Hig

h B

oys,

Ten

thro

ugh

Tw

elve

72"

Sen

ior

Hig

h G

irls,

Ten

thro

ugh

Tw

elve

66"

66"

FIX

ED

& 4

8" F

LEX

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74"

FIX

ED

& 6

0" F

LEX

IBLE

74"

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& 6

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28.

ME

CH

AN

ICA

L S

YS

TE

MS

GE

NE

RA

L

The

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t of L

abor

boi

ler

and

tank

ope

ratin

g ce

rtifi

cate

s ar

e re

quire

d fo

r al

l boi

lers

and

cer

tain

wat

erhe

ater

s.

Ade

quat

e fr

ee c

ombu

stio

n an

d ve

ntila

tion

air

shal

l be

prov

ided

in th

e bo

iler

room

(N

CB

RR

,Sec

tion

0400

, Rul

e 04

13).

Mot

or o

verlo

ad p

rote

ctio

n m

ust b

e as

spe

cifie

d by

the

NE

C. F

or th

ree-

phas

e m

otor

s, p

rote

ctio

n is

nec

essa

ryfo

r al

l thr

ee p

hase

s

(NE

C 4

30-3

7).

Gut

ters

are

pro

hibi

ted

on r

ange

hoo

ds. T

he r

ange

hoo

d sh

ould

be

mou

nted

so

that

ther

e is

a m

inim

um o

f six

feet

and

six

inch

esan

d a

max

imum

of s

even

feet

cle

aran

ce fr

om th

e flo

or, a

nd it

sho

uld

be c

onst

ruct

ed s

o th

at th

ere

is a

t lea

st 1

2in

ches

ver

tical

rise

on th

e in

side

bef

ore

the

hood

sta

rts

to ta

per.

Ran

ge h

oods

sho

uld

cove

r th

e en

tire

area

of t

heco

okin

g eq

uipm

ent,

and

surr

ound

suc

h ar

ea b

y at

leas

t six

inch

es. C

apac

ity o

f the

ran

ge h

ood

fan

shou

ld b

e ap

prox

imat

ely

100

cfm

per

squ

are

foot

of

hood

are

a. A

two-

spee

d fa

n is

rec

omm

ende

d. It

is r

ecom

men

ded

that

ven

tilat

ion

air

be d

isch

arge

dst

raig

ht u

p al

l the

way

; if

this

is n

ot d

one,

app

ropr

iate

cle

anou

t doo

rs s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d. A

utom

atic

fire

ext

ingu

ishi

ngeq

uipm

ent m

ust b

e in

stal

led

inki

tche

n ra

nge

hood

s. (

NC

SB

C, V

olum

e III

, Sec

tion

308)

.

Ade

quat

e qu

antit

ies

of m

akeu

p ai

r sh

ould

be

prov

ided

for

all e

xhau

st fa

ns. F

ilter

ing

and

tem

perin

g ai

r sh

ould

be

cons

ider

edw

here

this

is d

esira

ble.

Per

iphe

ral m

akeu

p ty

pe d

esig

ns w

hich

use

unt

empe

red

air

may

be

used

.

Eng

inee

rs s

houl

d si

ze a

ll va

lves

on

the

plan

s if

they

are

oth

er th

an fu

ll pi

pe s

ize.

A c

ompl

ete

heat

ing

and

cool

ing

sum

mar

y sh

all b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans,

eith

er a

ll or

in p

art a

s is

app

ropr

iate

for

a gi

ven

scho

ol,

as fo

llow

s:

The

new

load

.

The

exi

stin

g lo

ad; w

here

this

info

rmat

ion

is n

ot a

vaila

ble,

the

owne

r sh

ould

mak

e ar

rang

emen

ts to

pro

vide

it e

ither

by

the

desi

gn c

onsu

ltant

or

som

e ot

her

mea

ns.

The

cap

acity

pro

vide

d fo

r kn

own

futu

re e

xpan

sion

.

The

spa

re c

apac

ity p

rovi

ded

if th

is is

diff

eren

t.

The

dom

estic

hot

wat

er lo

ad w

here

app

licab

le.

The

net

SB

I or

IBR

cap

acity

of t

he b

oile

r or

boi

lers

, whe

re a

pplic

able

.

6ES

CO

PY A

MIA

BL

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Hea

ting

and

cool

ing

desi

gn c

ondi

tions

sha

ll be

sta

ted

on th

e pl

ans.

The

mec

hani

cal p

lans

sha

ll be

ar th

e se

al o

f the

eng

inee

r w

ho is

res

pons

ible

for

the

desi

gn, a

nd IS

BY

LA

W R

EQ

UIR

ED

to in

spec

t and

issu

e a

Cer

tific

ate

of C

ompl

ianc

e up

on c

ompl

etio

n of

the

proj

ect (

NC

GS

133

-1.1

).

Boi

ler

room

floo

rs s

houl

d be

at o

r ab

ove

grad

e el

evat

ion.

The

eng

inee

r sh

ould

sel

ect a

ll "r

unni

ng"

equi

pmen

t with

res

pect

to th

e no

ise

and

vibr

atio

n fa

ctor

, esp

ecia

lly th

at w

hich

is to

be

used

in o

r ad

jace

nt to

occ

upie

d sp

aces

.

Eng

inee

rs s

hall

spec

ify a

nd b

e ce

rtai

n th

at p

rope

rly b

alan

ced

air

and

wat

er s

yste

ms

are

obta

ined

.

A c

ompl

ete

orie

ntat

ion

of th

e H

VA

C s

yste

m s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d fo

r th

e m

aint

enan

ce s

taff

by th

e en

gine

er o

r th

e m

anuf

actu

rer's

repr

esen

tativ

es.

Pip

ing

syst

em c

lean

ing

trea

tmen

t and

pla

cing

in s

ervi

ce s

houl

d be

com

plet

ely

spec

ified

.

As

built

dra

win

gs s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d to

the

owne

r. H

owev

er, t

his

serv

ice

is n

ot u

sual

ly c

over

ed in

the

stan

dard

AIA

con

trac

tan

d w

ill h

ave

to b

e ad

ded.

Suf

ficie

nt s

pace

s m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r al

l HV

AC

equ

ipm

ent s

o th

at p

rope

r cl

eara

nces

for

mai

nten

ance

ser

vice

and

fitte

r ch

ange

sca

n be

acc

ompl

ishe

d. T

his

is a

req

uire

men

t for

all

elec

tric

ally

ope

rate

d eq

uipm

ent (

see

NE

C 1

10-1

6, 1

7).

Whe

n H

VA

C e

quip

men

t is

loca

ted

outs

ide,

it s

houl

d be

enc

lose

d an

d pr

otec

ted

from

dam

age

from

van

dals

and

pre

vent

unqu

alifi

ed p

erso

ns fr

om a

cces

s, c

hain

link

fenc

es a

nd b

rick

wal

ls w

ith lo

ckab

le g

ates

are

exa

mpl

es.

ST

AC

K A

ND

BR

EE

CH

ING

Sta

ck

The

re s

houl

d be

a h

inge

d cl

eano

ut d

oor

for

the

chim

ney.

A fl

ue li

ning

is r

equi

red

(NC

SB

C, S

ectio

n 10

02).

Coo

rdin

ate

with

the

arch

itect

.

A p

reca

st fl

ue th

imbl

e or

fire

bric

k lin

ing

is n

eede

d w

here

the

bree

chin

g en

ters

the

chim

ney.

Coo

rdin

ate

with

the

arch

itect

.

Con

nect

ions

at t

he th

imbl

e, b

reec

hing

and

chi

mne

y m

ust b

e ai

rtig

ht fo

r ef

ficie

nt o

pera

tion.

For

coa

l fue

l and

on

new

wor

k, th

e us

e of

indu

ced

draf

t fan

s is

dis

cour

aged

. In

all c

ases

, chi

mne

ys s

houl

d be

of s

uffic

ient

heig

hts

to e

ffect

pro

per

smok

e ab

atem

ent.

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Whe

n us

ed, a

n in

duce

d dr

aft f

an s

houl

d be

sup

port

ed in

depe

nden

tly o

f the

bre

echi

ng,

have

an

expa

nsio

n jo

int b

etw

een

it an

d th

e br

eech

ing,

and

sho

uld

not o

bstr

uct n

orm

al a

cces

s to

the

boile

r.-

Whe

n m

etal

chi

mne

ys a

re s

peci

fied,

as

they

mig

ht b

e fo

r oi

l- or

gas

-fire

d eq

uipm

ent,

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

NF

C,

Vol

ume

4, N

FP

A 2

11 s

hall

appl

y. T

he m

ater

ials

use

d an

d th

e es

tabl

ishm

ento

f pro

per

clea

ranc

es a

re o

f con

side

rabl

e

impo

rtan

ce.

Bre

echi

ng The

bre

echi

ng s

houl

d be

sup

port

ed in

depe

nden

tly o

f the

boi

ler,

and

sho

uld

be in

sula

ted

for

oil a

nd c

oal f

ired

inst

alla

tions

.

Eno

ugh

clea

nout

s, p

rope

rly lo

cate

d, s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d to

pro

mot

e ea

sy, p

erio

dic

clea

ning

.A

bar

omet

ric d

ampe

r sh

ould

be

used

whe

re a

pplic

able

.In

mul

tiple

boi

ler

inst

alla

tions

, a lo

ckin

g ty

pe d

ampe

r sh

ould

be

inst

alle

d in

eac

h se

para

tebo

iler

bree

chin

g.

BO

ILE

RS

At l

east

thre

e fe

et c

lear

ance

is r

equi

red

(fou

r fe

et is

rec

omm

ende

d) o

n to

pof

low

pre

ssur

e bo

ilers

(N

CB

RR

, Sec

tion

0400

, Rul

e

0409

) F

our

feet

cle

aran

ce is

rec

omm

ende

d on

th6

side

s as

a m

inim

um a

nd fr

om a

ll at

tach

ed p

ipes

, gau

ges,

con

trol

s, e

tc.

Low

pre

ssur

e bo

ilers

with

man

hole

s sh

ould

hav

e at

leas

t fiv

e fe

et c

eilin

g cl

eara

nce.

The

cei

ling

clea

ranc

e is

five

feet

for

high

pre

ssur

e bo

ilers

.

The

saf

ety

and/

or r

elie

f val

ve c

apac

ity s

hall

be s

peci

fied.

For

tube

rem

oval

and

cle

anin

g, s

teel

boi

lers

sha

ll ha

ve m

inim

um c

lear

ance

of t

he le

ngth

of th

e lo

nges

t tub

e, p

lus

12 in

ches

, at

the

fron

t.

Cas

t iro

n bo

ilers

sho

uld

have

suf

ficie

nt c

lear

ance

for

clea

ning

and

firin

g. T

his

is n

orm

ally

the

leng

th o

f the

boi

ler

plus

12

inch

es.

Whe

n se

ctio

ns a

re a

dded

to a

cas

t iro

n bo

iler,

the

nam

e pl

ate

and

safe

tyva

lve

mus

t be

chan

ged

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e ne

w r

atin

g

(NC

BR

R, P

arag

raph

2. V

, Hea

ting

Boi

lers

).

Boi

ler

Rat

ings

The

SB

I net

rat

ing

shou

ld b

e sh

own

for

a st

eel b

oile

r. B

oile

r se

lect

ion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

with

res

pect

to lo

ad, p

ipin

g an

d

pick

up.

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AL

AB

LE

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The

IBR

net

rat

ing

for

a ca

st ir

on b

oile

r sh

ould

be

spec

ified

.

Whe

re c

atal

ogue

s sh

ow o

nly

gros

s bo

iler

ratin

gs, c

are

shou

ld b

e ta

ken

to d

eter

min

e th

e tr

ue n

et r

atin

gs, a

nd p

rope

r se

lect

ion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

with

res

pect

to b

oth

the

dire

ct c

onne

cted

load

and

nec

essa

ry p

icku

p an

d pi

ping

loss

es (

as a

pplic

able

to s

choo

ls).

Saf

ety

valv

e an

d re

lief v

alve

dis

char

ges

shou

ld b

e in

stal

led

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e N

CB

RR

.

The

dis

char

ge li

ne fr

om th

e sa

fety

and

/or

relie

f val

ve s

hall

be s

uppo

rted

oth

er th

an b

y th

e va

lve

itsel

f.

Use

cop

per

wire

to s

ecur

e th

e in

sula

tion

to th

e bo

iler

unle

ss in

sula

tion

stud

s ar

e us

ed.

Do

not c

over

man

hole

s, r

odho

les,

nam

e pl

ate

or A

SM

E s

tam

ping

on

the

boile

r.

The

boi

ler

botto

m b

low

dow

n va

lve

or v

alve

s, a

nd p

ipin

g, m

ust b

e si

zed

and

arra

nged

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith r

equi

rem

ents

of t

heN

CB

RR

, Par

agra

ph 2

. VII,

Inst

alla

tion

requ

irem

ents

.

The

ret

urn

pipi

ng c

onne

ctio

n at

the

rear

of t

he b

oile

r sh

ould

be

mad

e to

eith

erth

e ce

nter

tap

or to

the

cent

er o

f a h

eade

r co

nnec

ting

the

two

outs

ide

taps

in o

rder

to p

rovi

de e

ven

wat

er fl

ow in

to a

nd th

roug

h th

e bo

iler.

Boi

le r

pip

ing,

as

inst

alle

d, s

houl

d no

t res

tric

t the

use

of t

he s

mok

e ho

od c

lean

out d

oor,

man

hole

ope

ning

s, a

nd p

lugg

ed o

peni

ngs.

A m

inim

um o

f one

bric

k co

urse

or

thre

e in

ch th

ick

conc

rete

bas

e sh

ould

be

inst

alle

d un

der

a bo

iler

and

its fi

ring

devi

ce to

pre

vent

corr

osio

n.

Cro

ss-t

ype

fittin

g sh

ould

be

used

on

stea

m b

oile

r pi

ping

at w

ater

col

umns

, wat

er fe

eder

s an

d LW

cut

offs

for

clea

ning

pur

pose

s.

Whe

n sp

ecify

ing

stea

m b

oile

rs, e

ngin

eers

sho

uld

be v

ery

care

ful t

o pr

oper

ly e

valu

ate

the

stea

m a

nd w

ater

cap

aciti

es (

volu

mes

)of

the

boile

rs in

rel

atio

n to

the

syst

em s

erve

d, a

nd in

rel

atio

n to

the

kind

of f

iring

to b

e ap

plie

d (g

as, f

or e

xam

ple)

. Too

littl

eca

paci

tyre

sults

in s

ome

seve

re p

robl

ems

such

as

diffi

culty

with

hol

ding

the

wat

er li

ne. T

he m

etho

d of

feed

wat

er c

ontr

ol b

ecom

es v

ery

impo

rtan

t, an

d th

is s

houl

d be

pro

perly

des

igne

d an

d sh

own

in d

etai

l on

the

plan

s. E

ach

stea

m b

oile

r ap

plic

atio

n sh

ould

be

fully

engi

neer

ed to

sui

t the

sys

tem

it w

ill s

erve

. Hea

ting

boile

r de

sign

sho

uld

inco

rpor

ate

a de

gree

of s

pare

boi

ler

capa

city

with

out

stan

dby

equi

pmen

t. W

here

bud

get w

ill p

erm

it, tw

o bo

ilers

siz

ed a

t 60

per

cent

eac

h ar

e re

com

men

ded.

OIL

BU

RN

ER

S A

ND

OIL

ST

OR

AG

E T

AN

KS

Hea

ting

fuel

sho

uld

be li

ght o

il or

nat

ural

gas

. Whe

re n

atur

al g

as is

ava

ilabl

e, d

ual f

uel b

urne

rs fo

r bo

th g

as a

nd o

il sh

ould

be

used

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Oil

burn

er c

ontr

ols.

A c

adm

ium

cel

l rel

ay is

sat

isfa

ctor

y fo

r ap

prox

imat

ely

3gph

and

low

er fi

ring

rate

s.

An

elec

tron

ic, p

rogr

am ty

pe p

rimar

y co

ntro

l sho

uld

be u

sed

for

afir

ing

rate

gre

ater

than

3gp

h. In

add

ition

to s

afet

y cu

tout

,

this

wou

ld p

rovi

de p

repu

rge

and

post

purg

e of

the

boile

r; p

urgi

ngsh

ould

def

inite

ly b

e pr

ovid

ed.

Oil

stor

age

tank

cap

acity

sho

uld

be r

elat

ive

to th

e si

ze o

f the

hea

ting

plan

t, an

d to

loca

l ser

vice

and

del

iver

y co

nditi

ons.

Nor

mal

ly a

10,

000

gallo

n ta

nk, m

inim

um c

apac

ity, i

s re

quire

d to

obt

ain

low

est f

uel o

il co

st th

roug

h ce

ntra

l pur

chas

ing.

The

tank

sho

uld

be th

orou

ghly

coa

ted

exte

rnal

ly w

ith a

sui

tabl

epr

otec

tive

com

poun

d, in

the

field

, jus

t prio

r to

inst

alla

tion.

A g

ood

trea

tmen

t wou

ld b

e on

e co

at o

f red

lead

pai

nt a

nd tw

o co

ats

ofbl

ack

asph

alt.

Tan

k sh

ould

be

fabr

icat

ed o

f hea

vy g

auge

met

al o

r fib

ergl

ass,

and

sho

uld

bear

the

Und

erw

riter

s' la

bel.

Tan

k sh

all b

e in

stal

led

in s

tric

t acc

orda

nce

with

all

gove

rnin

g fir

e bu

ildin

gco

des

and

envi

ronm

enta

l reg

ulat

ions

.

Abo

ve g

roun

d ta

nks

with

pro

perly

des

igne

d an

d co

nstr

ucte

d co

ntai

nmen

t may

be u

sed.

Fill

end

of t

ank

shou

ld b

e fo

ur to

six

inch

es lo

wer

than

oth

er e

nd.

Tan

k sh

ould

be

adeq

uate

ly a

ncho

red

by m

eans

of a

con

cret

e pa

d an

d/or

sui

tabl

eha

rdw

are.

ST

EA

M, H

OT

WA

TE

R A

ND

CO

OLI

NG

PIP

ING

Pip

e tu

nnel

s ar

e re

com

men

ded,

and

sho

uld

be la

rge

enou

gh to

wor

k in

. Thi

s re

com

men

datio

n ap

plie

s to

thos

e ca

ses

whe

re

pipe

mus

t be

plac

ed b

elow

gra

de o

r be

low

floo

r sl

ab. (

Ple

ase

see

next

item

).

Hea

ting

or c

oolin

g pi

pe s

houl

d ne

ver

be p

lace

d un

derg

roun

d or

bel

owsl

ab o

n gr

ade

unle

ss th

ere

is n

o ot

her

choi

ce. C

onde

nsat

e

lines

, whi

ch m

ust n

eces

saril

y be

pla

ced

unde

rgro

und

at ti

mes

,sh

ould

be

copp

er, T

ype

"K",

or

som

e ot

her

mat

eria

l tha

t is

espe

cial

ly c

orro

sion

res

ista

nt. F

ittin

gs fo

r co

pper

pip

e sh

ould

be

wro

ught

type

,and

join

ts s

houl

d be

mad

e w

ith 9

5-5

sold

er o

r

bette

r.

Whe

n it

is n

eces

sary

to in

stal

l con

dens

ate

pipe

und

ergr

ound

(th

at is

, und

er a

slab

on

grad

e), t

he p

ract

ice

of p

laci

ng th

e pi

pe,

whe

reve

r po

ssib

le, o

utsi

de th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f the

bui

ldin

g is

hig

hly

pref

erab

le to

pla

cing

it u

nder

the

slab

.

Insu

latio

n in

the

boile

r ro

om s

houl

d ha

ve a

pro

tect

ive

jack

et a

pplie

d.F

acto

ry p

rovi

ded

jack

ets

are

not s

uffic

ient

. Alu

min

um

jack

ets

are

acce

ptab

le.

-wtE

ST C

OPY

MA

LA

BL

E

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Pip

e an

chor

ing

and

prov

isio

ns fo

r ex

pans

ion

(by

mea

ns o

f exp

ansi

on fi

tting

s, s

win

g jo

ints

or

expa

nsio

nlo

ops)

mus

t be

prov

ided

whe

re n

eces

sary

.

Inst

all u

nion

s in

all

pipe

line

s fo

r th

e re

mov

al o

f tra

ps, v

alve

s, s

trai

ners

, etc

., ex

cept

whe

n th

e fit

ting

is th

eco

mbi

natio

n un

ion

or fl

ange

type

.

A p

ipin

g ho

okup

det

ail f

or e

ach

piec

e of

hea

ting

and

cool

ing

appa

ratu

s, in

clud

ing

boile

rs, p

umps

, hot

wat

er g

ener

ator

sand

tank

s,

conv

erte

rs, r

adia

tion

units

, for

ced

air

heat

ing

and

cool

ing

units

and

drip

ass

embl

ies,

and

for

all p

oint

s w

here

spe

cial

pip

ing

cond

ition

s ex

ist,

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans.

Pitc

h di

rect

ions

for

all h

eatin

g an

d co

olin

g (w

ater

) lin

es s

houl

d be

sho

wn

on th

e pl

ans.

The

loca

tions

of p

ipin

g ru

ns (

such

as

abov

e ce

iling

s, e

xpos

ed a

t cei

lings

, etc

.) s

houl

dbe

indi

cate

d by

not

es o

n pl

an d

raw

ings

.

In a

com

bina

tion

hot w

ater

-chi

lled

wat

er s

yste

m in

corp

orat

ing

a bo

iler,

pip

ing

mus

t be

arra

nged

and

val

ved

so th

at c

hille

d w

ater

cann

ot c

ircul

ate

thro

ugh

the

boile

r (N

CB

RR

). A

lso,

hot

wat

er m

ust n

ot c

ircul

ate

thro

ugh

the

chill

er.

RA

DIA

TIO

N A

ND

UN

IT H

EA

TE

RS

Indi

vidu

al c

ontr

ol v

alve

s sh

ould

be

size

d la

rge

enou

gh n

ot to

res

tric

t cap

aciti

es. T

wo

posi

tion

valv

essh

ould

be

full

pipe

siz

e.

Str

ap-o

n lim

it co

ntro

ls, t

o pr

even

t col

d op

erat

ion,

sho

uld

be in

stal

led

on a

ll un

it he

ater

s an

d ca

bine

thea

ters

that

are

not

use

dal

so fo

r ve

ntila

tion

or c

oolin

g. U

nit h

eate

rs in

sho

ps, f

or e

xam

ple,

that

are

des

ired

for

circ

ulat

ing

air

sepa

rate

ly fr

om h

eatin

g m

ay

incl

ude

an a

dditi

onal

on-

off a

utom

atic

con

trol

to a

ccom

plis

h th

is.

Val

ves,

bal

anci

ng c

ocks

and

trap

s sh

ould

be

acce

ssib

le (

not b

ehin

d co

vers

with

out a

cces

spa

nels

.

The

fron

ts a

nd e

nds

of r

adia

tion

cove

rs s

houl

d ha

ve a

min

imum

thic

knes

s of

16

gaug

e.

CO

NT

RO

LS

Eng

inee

rs s

houl

d sp

ecify

in d

etai

l all

cont

rols

, des

crib

e in

det

ail a

ll co

ntro

ls, a

nd d

escr

ibe

sequ

ence

sof

ope

ratio

n.

All

cont

rols

, sta

rter

s, s

witc

hes,

etc

., sh

ould

be

perm

anen

tly la

bele

d af

teri

nsta

llatio

n.

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40

Hea

ting

cont

rol d

iagr

ams

shou

ld a

ppea

r on

the

plan

s.R

igid

gua

rds,

of c

ast i

ron

or s

imila

r co

nstr

uctio

n, a

re n

eede

d to

cov

er th

erm

osta

ts in

gym

nasi

ums,

dre

ssin

g ro

oms,

sho

ps,

corr

idor

s, r

estr

oom

s an

d ot

her

unsu

perv

ised

are

as. A

ll th

erm

osta

ts s

houl

d be

loca

ted

onth

e pl

ans.

Whe

n an

indu

ced

draf

t fan

is u

sed,

a p

repu

rge

and

low

dra

ft sw

itch

shou

ld b

e in

stal

led.

Pos

tpur

gesh

ould

not

be

used

on

stok

erin

stal

latio

ns. M

anuf

actu

rer's

rec

omm

ende

d pi

pe s

ize

from

the

bree

chin

g to

the

cont

rolle

r m

ustb

e fo

llow

ed.

Any

con

trol

circ

uit f

or a

ny k

ind

of s

pace

hea

ting

devi

ce o

r w

ater

hea

ter

shou

ld b

e a

phas

e to

gro

und

circ

uit.

A p

hase

to p

hase

circ

uit s

houl

d no

t be

used

. Vol

tage

s re

com

men

ded

are

120

volts

, 277

vol

ts a

nd 2

4vo

lts.

As

an im

port

ant f

acto

r in

con

serv

ing

fuel

s an

d en

ergy

it is

of t

he u

tmos

t im

port

ance

that

(1)

clo

ck c

ontr

ol a

nd (

2) n

ight

set

back

cont

rol b

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r al

l spa

ce h

eatin

g an

d co

olin

g eq

uipm

ent.

Als

o, c

lock

s or

timin

g co

ntro

ls a

re a

pplic

able

to e

xhau

st fa

ns.

In m

ost c

ases

, coo

ling

equi

pmen

t sho

uld

be tu

rned

off

alto

geth

er d

urin

g un

occu

pied

perio

ds (

nigh

ts, w

eeke

nds

and

holid

ays)

.

The

con

trol

con

side

ratio

n re

ferr

ed to

her

e m

eans

turn

ing

off a

ll eq

uipm

ent,

incl

udin

g pu

mps

,unl

ess

som

e of

it is

nee

ded

to

prev

ent f

reez

ing.

Boi

lers

sho

uld

be c

ontr

olle

d in

suc

h a

man

ner

as to

use

the

leas

t pos

sibl

e am

ount

of

fuel

dur

ing

off h

eatin

g pe

riods

.

HO

T W

AT

ER

HE

AT

ING

SY

ST

EM

S

Fee

d or

mak

eup

wat

er to

the

boile

r sh

ould

be

fed

at th

e re

turn

con

nect

ion

to th

e bo

iler

and

shal

l be

pipe

d to

com

ply

with

the

inst

alla

tion

requ

irem

ents

of t

he N

CB

RR

.

The

re s

houl

d be

a v

alve

d by

pass

aro

und

the

pres

sure

reg

ulat

ing

valv

e se

rvin

g th

e sy

stem

.

The

low

wat

er c

utof

f sho

uld

be in

stal

led

norm

ally

in th

e ris

er li

ne o

ff th

e bo

iler

nozz

le(N

CB

RR

, par

t 2).

A b

alan

cing

line

is g

ood

prac

tice

if m

ore

than

one

com

pres

sion

tank

is u

sed.

Air

cont

rol f

ittin

gs a

t boi

lers

and

com

pres

sion

tank

s ar

e ne

cess

ary.

On

larg

ein

stal

latio

ns th

e us

e of

sep

arat

e ch

ambe

r ai

rel

imin

atio

n de

vice

s is

rec

omm

ende

d; th

ese

are

pres

sure

ves

sels

and

mus

t be

so tr

eate

d. A

shu

toff

valv

e sh

all b

e in

stal

led

in

the

pipe

line

to e

ach

expa

nsio

n ta

nk fo

r se

rvic

ing.

Hot

wat

er c

ircul

atin

g (h

eatin

g) p

umps

sho

uld

have

bro

nze

impe

llers

.

Rev

erse

ret

urn

desi

gn o

f hot

wat

er h

eatin

g or

chi

lled

wat

er s

yste

m p

ipin

g is

hig

hly

desi

rabl

e,an

d sh

ould

be

used

.

BE

ST C

OPY

AM

AM

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Aut

omat

ic v

alve

s sh

ould

be

the

sam

e si

ze a

s th

e pi

pes

exce

pt w

here

mod

ulat

ing

valv

es a

re u

sed.

In m

ultip

le b

oile

r in

stal

latio

ns, p

ipin

g ar

rang

emen

t at b

oile

rs a

nd p

umps

sho

uld

be s

uch

that

wat

er fl

ow is

equ

ally

div

ided

thro

ugh

each

boi

ler.

In g

ener

al, p

umpi

ng a

way

from

the

boile

r(s)

to th

e sy

stem

is b

y fa

r th

e m

ost w

orka

ble

met

hod.

All

com

pres

sion

tank

s sh

ould

be

spec

ified

to m

eet A

SM

E C

ode

cons

truc

tion,

and

be

so s

tam

ped.

Sig

ht g

lass

es s

houl

d no

t be

inst

alle

d on

tank

s.

Man

ual t

ype

air

vent

s sh

ould

alw

ays

be u

sed

inst

ead

of th

e au

tom

atic

type

.

For

eco

nom

ical

rea

sons

, the

inst

alla

tion

of s

tand

by p

umps

is n

ot r

ecom

men

ded.

Whe

n w

arra

nted

, a s

pare

mot

or c

ould

be

supp

lied.

The

re m

ay b

e tim

es w

hen

para

llel p

umpi

ng c

ould

be

a w

orth

whi

le c

onsi

dera

tion.

Pum

ps s

hall

have

a c

utof

f val

ve o

n ea

ch s

ide

for

serv

icin

g. O

ne v

alve

may

be

an a

ir te

sted

bal

anci

ng c

ock.

A s

impl

e flo

w d

iagr

am is

usu

ally

a b

ig h

elp

in d

efin

ing

the

syst

em.

Boi

lers

mus

t nev

er b

e pi

ped

for

reve

rse

flow

. Pum

p aw

ay fr

om th

e bo

iler.

ST

EA

M H

EA

TIN

G S

YS

TE

MS

The

low

wat

er c

utof

f and

saf

ety

wat

er fe

eder

sho

uld

be s

et a

t a le

vel t

wo

and

one

half

inch

es b

elow

the

norm

al w

ater

leve

l of

the

boile

r (N

CB

RR

, Sec

tion

5, R

ule

20).

The

con

dens

ate

pum

p sh

ould

be

size

d fo

r th

e ne

t cap

acity

of t

he b

oile

r.

The

con

dens

ate

pum

p sh

ould

hav

e a

cast

iron

rec

eive

r.

Ver

tical

, und

ergr

ound

type

pum

ps a

re p

refe

rred

ove

r flo

or-m

ount

ed ty

pes

inst

alle

d in

pits

.

GA

S H

EA

TIN

G S

YS

TE

MS

, GA

S B

UR

NE

RS

AN

D G

AS

-FIR

ED

BO

ILE

RS

Gas

hea

ting

syst

ems,

dire

ct-f

ired

shal

l be

inst

alle

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

pro

visi

ons

of th

e N

CS

BC

. Any

oth

er ty

pe o

f dire

ct-f

ired

syst

em is

not

per

mis

sibl

e.

Whe

n a

dire

ct-f

ired,

gas

sys

tem

is to

be

used

for

a pu

blic

sch

ool b

uild

ing,

it is

urg

ently

rec

omm

ende

d an

d re

ques

ted

that

the

desi

gnin

g en

gine

er a

nd a

rchi

tect

hol

d a

mee

ting

in th

e pr

elim

inar

y st

ages

with

Sch

ool P

lann

ing

and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Ins

uran

ce,

if ne

cess

ary,

to d

iscu

ss th

e m

atte

r in

det

ail.

Thi

s w

ould

be

high

ly b

enef

icia

l to

all p

artie

s co

ncer

ned

with

res

pect

to s

yste

m a

nd

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equi

pmen

t sel

ectio

ns, a

nd in

avo

idin

g de

sign

con

side

ratio

ns p

rohi

bite

d by

cod

e an

d/or

law

.G

as b

urne

rs, f

or b

oile

r fir

ing,

are

rec

omm

ende

d to

be

of th

e at

mos

pher

ic (

nonp

ress

ure

type

in th

e lo

wer

ran

ge o

f siz

es (

up to

appr

oxim

atel

y 2,

000,

000

btu

inpu

t). F

acto

ry e

ngin

eere

d un

its, i

ncor

pora

ting

boile

r an

d bu

rner

, are

pre

ferr

ed o

ver

othe

r ty

pes.

Use

and

pro

per

appl

icat

ion

of th

e be

st g

rade

s of

gas

com

bust

ion

equi

pmen

t and

saf

ety

cont

rols

are

man

dato

ry. A

ll eq

uipm

ent

and

cont

rols

sho

uld

be s

peci

fied

to b

e in

str

ict a

ccor

danc

e w

ith m

anuf

actu

rers

' rec

omm

enda

tions

and

the

best

acc

epte

dpr

actic

es, a

nd th

ey m

ust m

eet r

equi

rem

ents

of t

he A

GA

. The

eng

inee

r is

rem

inde

d he

re th

at c

ontr

ol e

quip

men

t set

fort

h in

prin

ted

mat

eria

l by

man

ufac

ture

rs, a

lthou

gh it

is p

roba

bly

adeq

uate

from

a s

afet

y st

andp

oint

, is

usua

lly m

inim

um. H

ence

, com

bust

ion

cont

rol c

ompo

nent

s sh

ould

be

care

fully

eng

inee

red

to p

rodu

ce th

e de

gree

of s

afet

y an

d pe

rfor

man

ce n

eede

d in

pub

lic s

choo

lap

plic

atio

ns. A

ttent

ion

is c

alle

d to

the

requ

irem

ents

of N

CB

RR

, Sec

tion

.060

0, R

ule

.606

.

The

app

rove

d m

etho

ds o

f ins

talli

ng g

as p

ipin

g, a

nd th

e ty

pes

of p

ipe

and

fittin

gs to

be

used

are

of c

onsi

dera

ble

impo

rtan

ce.

Spe

cific

atio

ns a

nd/o

r pl

ans

shou

ld s

tate

thes

e ite

ms

in d

etai

l. T

he r

equi

rem

ents

of N

FP

A 5

4 ar

e m

anda

tory

, and

hen

ce s

houl

dbe

ade

quat

ely

show

n an

d de

scrib

ed.

Gas

pip

ing

test

sho

uld

be th

e sa

me

as th

at r

efer

red

to in

the

Plu

mbi

ng S

yste

ms,

Gas

Sys

tem

s.

In g

as-f

ired

boile

r in

stal

latio

ns c

onsi

der

the

inst

alla

tion

of c

ombi

natio

n ga

s-oi

l bur

ners

to p

rovi

de d

ual f

uel c

apab

ility

.

Pip

e lin

es v

entin

g ga

s fr

om a

pplia

nces

or

devi

ces

shal

l ter

min

ate

outs

ide

the

build

ing.

VE

NT

ILA

TIN

G

Sch

ool P

lann

ing,

rec

ogni

zing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f pro

per

vent

ilatio

n, r

ecom

men

ds th

at c

onsi

dera

tion

be g

iven

to p

rovi

ding

mec

hani

cal v

entil

atio

n fo

r al

l the

occ

upie

d sp

aces

in a

pub

lic s

choo

l bui

ldin

g. M

inim

um q

uant

ities

of a

ir w

ould

then

at l

east

mee

tre

quire

men

ts o

f the

NC

SB

C.

Mec

hani

cal v

entil

atio

n m

ay b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y m

eans

of a

sep

arat

e in

take

and

exh

aust

sys

tem

, or

by m

eans

of i

nteg

ratio

n w

ith th

ehe

atin

g-co

olin

g sy

stem

. The

latte

r m

etho

d is

muc

h pr

efer

red.

Whe

n ve

ntila

tion

air

is in

trod

uced

into

a s

pace

, ade

quat

e pr

ovis

ion

mus

t be

mad

e fo

r ai

r re

lief.

Var

iabl

e vo

lum

e ve

ntila

tion

syst

ems,

whe

ther

sep

arat

e or

inte

grat

ed w

ith h

eatin

g or

coo

ling

equi

pmen

t, ar

e ve

ry u

sefu

l in

the

Nor

th C

arol

ina

clim

ate.

Mec

hani

cal v

entil

atio

n is

vita

l to

gym

nasi

ums,

lock

er r

oom

s, c

erta

in s

tora

ge r

oom

s, d

ress

ing

room

s, la

undr

ies,

toile

t roo

ms

and

jani

tor's

clo

sets

. It i

s ap

prop

riate

to p

rovi

de fo

r ye

ar-r

ound

, tim

ed o

pera

tion

of v

entil

atio

n eq

uipm

ent f

or a

reas

whe

re u

nifo

rms

are

stor

ed. A

sou

nd tr

ap s

houl

d be

inst

alle

d in

a d

uct s

yste

m s

ervi

ng tw

o or

mor

e to

ilet r

oom

s.

4B

EST

CO

PYA

VA

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Foo

d st

orag

e ro

om v

entil

atio

n: T

his

is n

eces

sary

, and

sho

uld

be d

one

by m

eans

of i

ntro

duci

ng o

utsi

de fr

esh

air

near

the

floor

and

expe

lling

exh

aust

air

thro

ugh

the

roof

, all

by g

ravi

tyflo

w.

Pai

nt s

pray

roo

ms

dem

and

spec

ial t

reat

men

t with

res

pect

tove

ntila

tion

and

safe

ty r

equi

rem

ents

.P

aint

spr

ay b

ooth

s,

com

mer

cial

type

, are

rec

omm

ende

d. If

one

is n

ot to

be

used

but

apa

int s

pray

roo

m is

des

ired,

the

engi

neer

sho

uld

be c

aref

ul

to in

vest

igat

e th

is m

atte

r th

orou

ghly

with

res

pect

tore

gula

tions

and

cod

es.

Pai

nt s

pray

are

as a

re c

onsi

dere

d ha

zard

ous

loca

tions

.

AIR

CO

ND

ITIO

NIN

G (

CO

OLI

NG

)

Coo

ling

is r

ecog

nize

d as

a d

esira

ble

and

usef

ul fe

atur

e in

pub

licsc

hool

s. C

oolin

g sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed fo

r sc

hool

s or

por

tions

of s

choo

ls th

at w

ill b

e us

ed fo

r ei

ther

full

or p

art-

time

sum

mer

scho

ol p

rogr

ams.

Coo

ling

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r al

l int

erio

r cl

assr

oom

s w

ithou

t exc

eptio

n.

Any

of t

he ty

pes

of c

oolin

g sy

stem

s th

at c

onfo

rm to

goo

den

gine

erin

g pr

actic

es a

re a

ccep

tabl

e. T

he ty

pe o

f sys

tem

use

d,

how

ever

, sho

uld

be g

iven

car

eful

con

side

ratio

n w

ith r

espe

ct to

e_ac

h in

divi

dual

cas

e. T

he e

cono

mic

s of

bot

h th

e fir

st c

ost a

nd

the

oper

atin

g an

d m

aint

enan

ce c

ost s

houl

d be

ana

lyze

d.

It is

look

ed u

pon

as g

ood

prac

tice

to c

onsi

der

prov

isio

ns fo

r fu

ture

cool

ing

in a

ny n

ew s

choo

l tha

t is

not t

o ha

ve c

oolin

g in

stal

led

initi

ally

. Sys

tem

des

ign,

rel

ated

equ

ipm

ent a

nd s

ervi

ces

coul

dal

l be

cons

ider

ed in

the

light

of a

ddin

g co

olin

g at

a la

ter

time.

Coo

ling

load

sum

mar

ies

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans

in th

e sa

me

man

ner

asfo

r he

atin

g.

Con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

pro

vidi

ng h

umid

ifica

tion

cont

rol

in a

ir co

nditi

onin

g sy

stem

s. T

his

is v

ery

impo

rtan

t in

med

ia

cent

ers

and

whe

n co

nditi

oned

spa

ces

are

carp

eted

.

In c

entr

al p

lant

A/C

sys

tem

s ca

refu

l sel

ectio

n of

the

refr

iger

atio

n eq

uipm

ent i

s im

port

ant.

Pro

per

eval

uatio

n sh

ould

be

mad

e

of c

apac

ities

, fle

xibi

lity,

spa

ce r

equi

rem

ents

, noi

se a

nd v

ibra

tion

fact

ors,

ope

ratin

g an

d m

aint

enan

ce c

osts

, etc

. Loa

d di

vers

ity

shou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

whe

re a

pplic

able

. The

type

of

refr

iger

atio

n m

achi

nery

to b

e us

ed, r

ecip

roca

ting,

cen

trifu

gal,

herm

etic

or

open

sho

uld

be c

aref

ully

inve

stig

ated

and

eval

uate

d.

Sel

f- c

onta

ined

, uni

tary

A/C

equ

ipm

ent i

s ac

cept

able

whe

reap

plic

able

. How

ever

, suc

h eq

uipm

ent s

houl

d be

ver

y ca

refu

lly

eval

uate

d w

ith r

espe

ct to

life

exp

ecta

ncy,

cap

acity

limita

tions

, ven

tilat

ing

capa

bilit

y an

d no

ise

fact

ors.

Win

dow

type

A/C

uni

ts a

re n

ot r

ecom

men

ded,

and

shou

ld b

e us

ed o

nly

as a

last

res

ort.

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48

ELE

CT

RIC

AL

AN

D L

IGH

TIN

G S

YS

TE

MS

GE

NE

RA

L

The

ele

ctric

al p

lans

sha

ll in

clud

e a

sing

le li

ne o

r ris

er d

iagr

am s

how

ing

serv

ice

cond

uit s

ize,

ser

vice

wire

siz

e an

d ty

pe (

or b

usdu

ct),

pan

els,

sw

itche

s, o

verc

urre

nt d

evic

e si

zes,

tran

sfor

mer

s (w

hen

used

in th

e se

cond

ary

syst

em),

feed

er c

ondu

it si

zes,

feed

er w

ire s

izes

and

com

plet

e gr

ound

ing

and

bond

ing

deta

ils. S

peci

ficat

ions

sha

ll de

scrib

e qu

ality

of m

ater

ials

and

met

hods

of in

stal

latio

n.

Gro

undi

ng a

nd b

ondi

ng d

etai

ls s

hall

be s

how

n by

mea

ns o

f a s

epar

ate

diag

ram

.

The

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Gen

eral

Sta

tues

req

uire

that

all

elec

tric

al e

quip

men

t, de

vice

s an

d ap

para

tus

sold

and

use

d in

this

sta

te s

hall

be e

valu

ated

for

safe

ty a

nd li

sted

by

an a

ccre

dite

d lis

ting

agen

cy (

NC

GS

66-

25).

The

spe

cific

atio

ns s

hall

indi

cate

that

requ

irem

ent.

The

ele

ctric

al p

lans

sha

ll in

clud

e a

num

bere

d ci

rcui

t dia

gram

for

each

pan

el s

how

ing

circ

uit u

se, c

ircui

t bre

aker

siz

e, c

ircui

t wire

size

, circ

uit c

ondu

it si

ze, p

hase

load

s an

d to

tal p

anel

load

.

The

em

erge

ncy

syst

em s

hall

be k

ept s

epar

ate

from

all

othe

r w

iring

(N

EC

700

-17)

.

Whe

re w

ire a

nd e

quip

men

t is

over

size

d fo

r fu

ture

exp

ansi

on o

r fo

r eq

uipm

ent w

hich

may

be

adde

d in

the

futu

re, s

ome

nota

tion

of th

is o

n th

e pl

ans

is h

elpf

ul to

eve

ryon

e co

ncer

ned.

The

ent

ire s

yste

m s

hall

be c

olor

cod

ed. P

aint

ing

or ta

ping

sho

uld

not b

e ap

plie

d to

wire

of s

ize

num

ber

six

or s

mal

ler.

Tw

o se

ts o

f col

ors

shou

ld b

e us

ed fo

r co

lor

codi

ng d

ual v

olta

ge s

yste

ms

(suc

h as

277

/480

and

120

/208

vol

ts).

Col

orst

anda

rdiz

atio

n fo

r th

e ph

ase

cond

ucto

rs s

houl

d be

red

, bla

ck a

nd b

lue

for

120/

208

volt

syst

ems,

and

yel

low

, bro

wn,

and

ora

nge

for

277/

480

volt

syst

ems.

Whe

n lo

ng r

uns

of w

ire a

re u

sed,

vol

tage

dro

p sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed (

inde

pend

ent o

f spa

re c

apac

ity).

The

ele

ctric

al p

lans

sha

ll be

ar th

e se

al o

f the

eng

inee

r w

ho is

res

pons

ible

for

the

desi

gn a

nd IS

BY

LA

W R

EQ

UIR

ED

to in

spec

tan

d is

sue

a C

ertif

icat

e of

Com

plia

nce

upon

com

plet

ion

of th

e pr

ojec

t (N

CG

S 1

33-1

.1).

All

elec

tric

al p

lans

and

spe

cific

atio

ns s

houl

d be

coo

rdin

ated

for

the

heat

ing

and

air

cond

ition

ing

cont

rols

, gen

eral

ligh

ting

and

plum

bing

wiri

ng, a

nd th

ey s

hall

com

ply

with

Cha

pter

32

of th

e N

CS

BC

.

BE

STC

OPY

AV

AL

AB

LE

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Wiri

ng a

nd fi

nal c

onne

ctio

ns fo

r th

e co

ntro

l of m

echa

nica

leq

uipm

ent (

heat

ing

and

NC

con

trol

s) s

houl

d be

a p

art o

f the

mec

hani

cal c

ontr

act,

but a

ll w

ork

shal

l con

form

to th

e N

EC

and

be a

ccom

plis

hed

by a

lice

nsed

ele

ctric

al c

ontr

acto

r w

here

requ

ired.

The

ele

ctric

al p

lans

sha

ll sh

ow th

e se

cond

ary

volta

ge a

tth

e si

ngle

line

or

riser

dia

gram

, in

pane

l and

oth

er s

ched

ules

and

in

the

light

ing

fixtu

res

listin

g. A

ccep

tabl

e se

cond

ary

volta

ge s

yste

ms

incl

ude:

120/

208

volts

, fou

r-w

ire, w

ye (

for

very

sm

all f

acili

ties)

.

277/

480

volts

, thr

ee-p

hase

, fou

r-w

ire, w

ye (

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r m

ost n

ewfa

cilit

ies)

.

A s

ingl

e-ph

ase

syst

em is

acc

epta

ble

only

whe

n th

e sc

hool

isal

read

y si

ngle

-pha

se a

nd w

ill r

emai

n ve

ry s

mal

l afte

r th

e ad

ditio

n,

or w

hen

it is

not

pos

sibl

e to

get

a th

ree-

phas

esy

stem

.

Del

ta s

yste

ms

(120

/240

vol

ts, t

hree

-pha

se, f

our-

wire

) ar

e no

tre

com

men

ded

and

shou

ld b

e us

ed o

nly

whe

re a

n ad

ditio

n to

an

exis

ting

faci

lity

oper

atin

g at

this

vol

tage

is c

onst

ruct

ed, a

nd c

onve

rsio

nto

120

/208

vol

ts w

ye is

not

eco

nom

ical

ly fe

asib

le. W

here

no 2

40 v

olt,

thre

e-ph

ase

equi

pmen

t is

used

,th

e vo

ltage

sho

uld

be c

onve

rted

to 1

20/2

08 v

olts

.

Ref

eren

ce is

mad

e to

ste

p-do

wn

tran

sfor

mer

s w

ithin

the

seco

ndar

y sy

stem

.D

etai

ls fo

r tr

ansf

orm

er w

iring

, gro

undi

ng a

nd

bond

ing

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on th

e dr

awin

gs. A

ttent

ion

is c

alle

d to

the

diag

ram

s sh

owin

g ty

pica

l gro

undi

ng a

nd b

ondi

ng th

at fo

llow

in th

is s

ectio

n. S

ee N

EC

450

-3 fo

r ov

ercu

rren

t pro

tect

ion

requ

irem

ents

.

Con

duct

ors

supp

lied

from

the

seco

ndar

y te

rmin

als

of a

dry

type

tran

sfor

mer

, with

in th

e se

cond

ary

elec

tric

al s

yste

m, m

ust b

e

prov

ided

with

ove

rcur

rent

pro

tect

ion

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

ere

quire

men

ts o

f the

NE

C 2

40-3

and

240

-21.

Con

duct

ors

from

a

sing

le-p

hase

tran

sfor

mer

can

be

an e

xcep

tion.

See

NE

C 3

84-1

6(d)

for

serv

ice

to a

pan

elbo

ard

from

the

seco

ndar

y of

a

tran

sfor

mer

.

Loca

tions

for

step

-dow

n (d

ry ty

pe)

tran

sfor

mer

s ar

e im

port

ant f

rom

the

stan

dpoi

nts

of s

afet

y an

d pr

oper

ope

ratio

n. S

uch

tran

sfor

mer

s sh

ould

nev

er b

e lo

cate

d in

wet

are

as o

r ar

eas

that

are

tobe

was

hed

dow

n by

hos

ing.

The

y sh

ould

nev

er b

e pl

aced

dire

ctly

on

the

floor

, but

sho

uld

be e

leva

ted

to e

limin

ate

apo

ssib

le w

ater

haz

ard.

It is

sug

gest

ed th

at th

ey b

e m

ount

ed o

n an

gle

iron

fram

es 1

8" h

igh.

Con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

alw

ays

be g

iven

tolo

catin

g tr

ansf

orm

ers

in p

rope

rly v

entil

ated

are

as. T

rans

form

ers

shou

ld n

ot b

e di

rect

ly a

cces

sibl

e to

stu

dent

s, b

ut r

athe

rsh

ould

be

plac

ed in

equ

ipm

ent r

oom

s, c

lose

ts o

r si

mila

r sp

aces

not

19

freq

uent

ed b

y st

uden

ts. P

leas

e re

fer

to th

e N

EC

450

-9,

10, 1

3 an

d 21

.

The

spe

cific

atio

ns s

hall

dem

and

that

all

insu

late

d co

nduc

tors

be m

arke

d on

the

oute

r co

verin

g, g

ivin

g vo

ltage

, typ

e an

d si

ze

so th

at th

ey c

an b

e re

adily

iden

tifie

d af

ter

inst

alla

tion.

Con

duct

ors

shou

ld b

e of

cop

per

wire

.

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A c

ompl

ete

elec

tric

al s

umm

ary

(exa

mpl

e of

a ty

pica

l ele

ctric

al s

umm

ary

follo

ws

this

sec

tion)

sha

ll be

show

n on

the

plan

s, e

ither

all o

r in

par

t as

is a

ppro

pria

te fo

r a

give

n sc

hool

, as

follo

ws:

The

new

load

.

The

exi

stin

g lo

ad; w

here

this

info

rmat

ion

is n

ot a

vaila

ble,

the

owne

r sh

ould

mak

e ar

rang

emen

ts to

pro

vide

it ei

ther

by

the

desi

gn c

onsu

ltant

or

som

e ot

her

mea

ns, s

uch

as d

eman

d re

adin

g fr

om th

e el

ectr

ic u

tility

.

The

cap

acity

pro

vide

d fo

r kn

own

futu

re e

xpan

sion

.

The

spa

re c

apac

ity p

rovi

ded

if no

t for

futu

re e

xpan

sion

stat

e re

ason

s; s

uch

as "

Pro

visi

on fo

r A

ir C

ondi

tioni

ng".

The

tota

l cap

acity

of t

he s

ervi

ce.

In 2

0 am

pere

bra

nch

circ

uit w

iring

, som

e ci

rcui

ts a

re o

f suc

h le

ngth

that

num

ber

ten

wire

mus

t be

used

at t

hebe

ginn

ing

of th

e

run

to a

void

exc

essi

ve v

olta

ge d

rop.

For

gen

eral

cla

ssro

oms,

one

20

ampe

re c

ircui

t sho

uld

be u

sed

for

the

rece

ptac

les

only

in o

ne c

lass

room

, and

noth

ing

else

sho

uld

be o

n th

is c

ircui

t. T

his

is a

min

imum

req

uire

men

t. S

peci

al c

lass

room

s w

ill r

equi

re d

iffer

ent c

onsi

dera

tions

.

Ref

eren

ce is

mad

e to

mak

ing

build

ings

acc

essi

ble

to a

nd u

sabl

e by

the

phys

ical

ly h

andi

capp

ed (

as r

equi

red

by th

eN

CS

BC

and

AD

A).

Ple

ase

refe

r to

Vol

ume

I-C

for

loca

tions

of t

elep

hone

s, li

ghtin

g sw

itche

s an

d ot

her

item

s.

Ele

ctric

al a

nd m

echa

nica

l eng

inee

rs s

houl

d w

ork

toge

ther

clo

sely

to a

ssur

e th

at a

ll as

pect

s of

ele

ctric

al e

nerg

y us

age

in th

ebu

ildin

g w

ill b

e co

ntro

lled

to m

inim

ize

cost

s to

the

owne

r. T

his

mea

ns o

f cou

rse

that

rea

sona

ble

met

hods

of e

nerg

ym

anag

emen

t,fo

r an

y gi

ven

proj

ect,

shou

ld b

e pr

oper

ly a

pplie

d. W

ith r

egar

d to

ele

ctric

al a

nd li

ghtin

g sy

stem

des

ign,

the

elec

tric

al e

ngin

eers

'at

tent

ion

is c

alle

d to

NC

SB

C C

hapt

er 3

2, V

olum

e I,

and

the

prov

isio

ns th

erei

n th

at a

pply

.

Ref

eren

ce is

mad

e to

gym

nasi

ums,

gym

toriu

ms,

pla

y an

d ot

her

sim

ilar

area

s th

at h

ave

over

head

mou

nted

light

ing

fixtu

res.

Met

hods

of m

ount

ing

over

head

fixt

ures

are

impo

rtan

t. F

ixtu

res

shou

ld b

e m

ount

ed a

s hi

gh a

s po

ssib

le to

be fu

nctio

nal,

shou

ldbe

mou

nted

on

swiv

els

and

shou

ld in

corp

orat

e sa

fety

cha

ins.

_ P

rote

ctiv

e le

ns o

rwire

cag

es s

houl

d al

way

s be

use

d, o

utsi

de a

sw

ell a

s in

side

, to

prot

ect t

he la

mps

. All

of th

is s

houl

d be

don

e in

an

effo

rt to

pre

vent

the

falli

ng o

ffix

ture

s an

d/or

deb

ris (

whe

n

hit o

r da

mag

ed)

and

ther

eby

prev

ent i

njur

y to

stu

dent

s be

low

.

SE

RV

ICE

EN

TR

AN

CE

FE

ED

ER

The

loca

tion

of th

e ne

ares

t pow

er p

ole

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans.

Thi

s w

ould

be

in a

dditi

on to

loca

ting

the

padm

ount

ed

tran

sfor

mer

whe

n us

ed.

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The

ser

vice

ent

ranc

e fe

eder

sho

uld

be d

etai

led

and

dim

ensi

oned

, sho

win

g th

e po

int o

f atta

chm

ent t

o th

e st

ruct

ure

alon

g w

ithth

e cl

eara

nce

of s

ervi

ce w

ires

over

fini

sh g

rade

, driv

es a

nd r

oofs

(N

EC

230

-24

thro

ugh

230-

29).

Con

nect

ions

at t

he s

ervi

ce h

ead

shal

l be

mad

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

req

uire

men

ts o

f the

NE

C, A

rtic

le 2

30-5

4 (r

efer

to P

arag

raph

s(c

), (

f) a

nd (

g) in

par

ticul

ar).

Und

ergr

ound

ser

vice

s ar

e re

com

men

ded,

bot

h pr

imar

y an

d se

cond

ary,

and

sho

uld

be u

sed

in a

ll ca

ses

unle

ss th

e co

st is

unre

ason

able

. Rou

ting

for

the

unde

rgro

und

serv

ice

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on a

plo

t or

site

pla

n.

SE

RV

ICE

EQ

UIP

ME

NT

All

serv

ice

equi

pmen

t sha

ll be

bon

ded

up to

and

incl

udin

g th

e fir

st o

verc

urre

nt d

evic

e (N

EC

250

-71)

.

Spe

cific

atio

ns s

hall

cove

r bo

ndin

g, a

nd b

ondi

ng d

iagr

ams

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans.

The

bon

d w

ire u

sed

to c

arry

the

faul

t cur

rent

of a

par

alle

l ser

vice

, whe

re tw

o or

mor

e co

ndui

ts a

re u

sing

the

sam

e ju

mpe

r, s

hall

be s

ized

on

the

com

bine

d co

nduc

tor

capa

city

and

not

on

the

capa

city

of o

ne s

et o

f con

duct

ors

(NE

C 2

50-7

9).

The

em

erge

ncy

syst

em s

hall

be b

onde

d up

to a

nd in

clud

ing

its o

verc

urre

nt d

evic

e (N

EC

250

-G).

Sw

itche

s, c

abin

ets

and

cuto

ut b

oxes

of t

he s

urfa

ce ty

pe a

nd m

etal

rac

eway

s, b

oxes

and

fitti

ngs

mou

nted

on

wal

ls s

ubje

ct to

dam

pnes

s sh

all n

ot b

e at

tach

ed d

irect

ly to

the

wal

l sur

face

but

sha

ll ha

ve a

t lea

st a

qua

rter

inch

air

spac

e be

twee

n en

clos

ures

and

the

wal

ls o

r ot

her

supp

ortin

g su

rfac

es (

NE

C 3

73-2

).

Cab

inet

s an

d cu

tout

box

es in

sw

itchg

ear

shal

l be

incr

ease

d in

siz

e to

acc

omm

odat

e ex

tra

conn

ectio

ns (

NE

C 3

73-7

).

Eac

h in

divi

dual

bui

ldin

g or

str

uctu

re s

hall

have

its

own

grou

nd a

nd it

s ow

n di

scon

nect

ing

mea

ns a

s re

quire

d by

the

NE

C (

NE

C23

0-70

, 230

-84

and

250-

24).

Pro

vide

ligh

tnin

g pr

otec

tion

at, o

r as

nea

r as

pos

sibl

e, th

e se

rvic

e en

tran

ce, o

r th

e m

ain

pane

lboa

rd. S

uppl

emen

tary

pro

tect

ion

for

elec

tron

ic e

quip

men

t and

com

pute

rs m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed.

The

gro

undi

ng e

lect

rode

sys

tem

con

nect

ions

sha

ll be

to th

e bu

ildin

g w

ater

mai

n (m

etal

lic p

ipe)

and

gro

und

rods

and

sha

ll be

acce

ssib

le. B

uild

ing

stee

l may

be

used

whe

re a

cces

sibl

e. P

oint

of a

ttach

men

t sha

ll be

indi

cate

d on

the

plan

s. R

efer

to N

EC

205-

H. T

he s

ize(

s) o

f the

gro

undi

ng e

lect

rode

con

duct

or(s

) sh

all b

e sh

own

on th

e pl

ans.

Whe

n gr

ound

wire

s ar

e pr

otec

ted

by th

e us

e of

con

duits

, the

con

duits

and

wire

s m

ust b

e bo

nded

toge

ther

at b

oth

ends

of t

heco

ndui

ts (

NE

C 2

50-9

2).

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56

It is

pos

sibl

e th

at p

last

ic o

r ot

her

nonc

ondu

ctiv

e pi

pe fo

r bu

ildin

g w

ater

ser

vice

mig

ht b

ein

stal

led.

How

ever

, thi

s is

not

reco

mm

ende

d by

Sch

ool P

lann

ing.

The

ele

ctric

alen

gine

er is

req

uest

ed, w

hen

it is

app

ropr

iate

, to

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

e

plum

bing

des

ign

engi

neer

to in

form

him

that

nonc

ondu

ctiv

e pi

pe is

use

less

as

an e

lect

rical

grou

nd, a

nd th

at m

etal

lic p

ipe

is

need

ed a

nd r

ecom

men

ded.

In a

ny e

vent

, pro

perg

roun

ding

mus

t be

esta

blis

hed

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ithth

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

NE

C, A

rtic

les

250-

81 th

roug

h 86

.

Ser

vice

equ

ipm

ent s

hall

be s

peci

fied

as s

ervi

ce e

quip

men

t,an

d sh

all h

ave

the

UL

labe

l as

such

.

For

equ

ipm

ent i

nter

rupt

ing

capa

city

, ref

eren

ce is

mad

eto

NE

C 1

10-9

. The

faul

t cur

rent

(or

KV

A)

ratin

gf r

om th

e po

wer

com

pany

shou

ld b

e in

dica

ted

on th

e pl

ans

on o

r ne

ar w

here

the

serv

ice

entr

ance

is in

dica

ted

in th

e si

ngle

line

or

riser

dia

gram

.

Due

to th

e de

ratin

g ef

fect

of h

eat o

n el

ectr

ical

equi

pmen

t and

wiri

ng, e

lect

rical

ser

vice

equ

ipm

ents

houl

d no

t be

loca

ted

in b

oile

r

room

s. If

ele

ctric

al e

quip

men

t has

tobe

loca

ted

in a

boi

ler

room

, it s

houl

d be

in a

com

plet

ely

sepa

rate

enc

losu

re e

xclu

sive

ly

for

that

equ

ipm

ent a

nd p

lace

d as

far

f rom

the

boile

r as

pos

sibl

e. U

nder

no

circ

umst

ance

s sh

ould

elec

tric

al e

quip

men

t be

loca

ted

in a

roo

m w

ith a

coa

l-fire

d or

pro

pane

- fir

ed b

oile

r.In

exi

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

whe

re th

e bo

iler

room

is b

elow

grad

e, e

lect

rical

ren

ovat

ions

shou

ld r

eloc

ate

elec

tric

al e

quip

men

t aw

ay fr

omth

e bo

iler

room

.

DIS

TR

IBU

TIO

N E

QU

IPM

EN

T

Pla

ce a

ll el

ectr

ical

equ

ipm

ent,

such

as

pane

lboa

rds,

disc

onne

ct s

witc

hes,

sta

rter

s, r

estr

oom

and

cor

ridor

ligh

ting

switc

hes

in

loca

tions

not

nor

mal

ly a

cces

sibl

e to

stu

dent

s.O

ffice

are

as, s

tora

ge c

lose

ts, a

ttics

, mec

hani

cal

equi

pmen

t roo

ms

and

"dry

"

cust

odia

l sto

rage

roo

ms

are

typi

cal e

xam

ples

.K

eyed

sw

itche

s fo

r co

rrid

or a

nd r

estr

oom

ligh

ting

circ

uits

are

an

acce

ptab

le

alte

rnat

e.

Pan

el s

peci

ficat

ions

mus

t inc

lude

spe

cial

app

rove

dlu

gs w

here

the

cond

ucto

rs a

re r

un in

mul

tiple

or

are

used

in th

ru-f

eede

rs.

Bol

t-in

type

bre

aker

s sh

ould

be

used

in p

anel

s.

Bre

aker

s sh

ould

be

num

bere

d an

d br

anch

circ

uits

shou

ld b

e in

stal

led

as s

how

n on

the

plan

s; s

hop

draw

ings

of p

anel

s sh

ould

mat

ch th

e pl

ans.

Do

not a

llow

mor

e th

an o

ne s

olid

or

stra

nded

wire

unde

r on

e lu

g or

scr

ew ty

pe te

rmin

al u

nles

s it

is a

ppro

ved

for

such

use

(N

EC

110-

14).

Thr

oate

d, in

sula

ted

bush

ings

sho

uld

be u

sed

onal

l EM

T c

onne

ctor

s.

Con

side

r ha

rmon

ic d

isto

rtio

ns fr

om c

ompu

ters

, cop

ym

achi

nes,

prin

ters

, lig

htin

g fix

ture

s an

d ot

her

equi

pmen

tan

d si

ze th

e

feed

er a

nd p

anel

boar

d ne

utra

ls a

ccor

ding

ly a

nd s

peci

fytr

ansf

orm

ers

for

use

with

non

linea

r lo

ads.

MST

CO

PY A

MU

SE°

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Spa

re c

ondu

its s

houl

d be

incl

uded

whe

re s

pare

bre

aker

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

flus

hm

ount

ed p

anel

s.

Whe

re th

e nu

mbe

r of

ove

rcur

rent

dev

ices

are

suc

h th

at it

bec

omes

nec

essa

ry to

prov

ide

two

pane

lboa

rds

mou

nted

sid

e by

sid

e,

suffi

cien

t inf

orm

atio

n sh

all b

e fu

rnis

hed

the

cont

ract

or to

per

mit

cond

uits

tobe

run

to th

e pr

oper

enc

losu

re.

Pro

per

pane

lboa

rd p

rote

ctio

n is

nec

essa

ry (

NE

C 3

84).

Pro

vide

ligh

tnin

g an

d su

rge

prot

ectio

n w

here

TV

, com

pute

r an

d te

leco

mm

unic

atio

nseq

uipm

ent i

s lo

cate

d.

The

use

of t

rans

form

ers

to c

onve

rt 2

08 v

olts

to 2

40 v

olts

for

use

in h

ome

econ

omic

s ra

nges

is n

ot r

ecom

men

ded.

The

ele

ctric

alen

gine

er s

houl

d in

form

the

arch

itect

and

ow

ner

that

208

vol

t equ

ipm

ent

shou

ld b

e us

ed.

BR

AN

CH

CIR

CU

ITS

Met

al s

witc

h an

d re

cept

acle

cov

er p

late

s ar

e re

com

men

ded.

Moi

stur

e pr

oof s

witc

hes

and

light

ing

fixtu

res

shal

l be

used

in w

ash

area

s, s

how

er r

oom

s,fr

eeze

r an

d re

frig

erat

ion

room

s,di

shw

ashe

r lo

catio

ns, a

nd o

ther

suc

h pl

aces

that

are

like

ly to

be

subj

ecte

d to

wat

er o

rm

oist

ure

(NE

C 4

10-4

and

370

-5).

Use

GF

I rec

epta

cles

with

in s

ix fe

et o

f all

lava

torie

s, s

inks

and

oth

er w

et lo

catio

ns,a

nd fo

r w

hirlp

ools

.

Do

not u

se fl

ush

floor

-typ

e re

cept

acle

s in

kitc

hens

or

like

plac

es s

ubje

ct to

was

hing

dow

n an

d m

oppi

ng.

At l

east

one

dup

lex

outle

t is

requ

ired

in th

e bo

iler

room

and

at l

east

one

sha

ll be

with

in 7

5 fe

et o

f any

and

all

insi

de a

nd o

utsi

dem

echa

nica

l and

plu

mbi

ng e

quip

men

t, in

clud

ing

roof

mou

nted

(19

93 N

EC

will

cha

nge

dist

ance

to 2

5 fe

et).

Junc

tion

and

pull

boxe

s, a

s a

min

imum

, sha

ll be

siz

ed a

ccor

ding

toC

ode

(NE

C 3

70-1

8).

Pro

vide

dis

conn

ect s

witc

hes

for

wat

er h

eate

rs, w

here

they

are

loca

ted

outo

f sig

ht o

f the

pan

elbo

ards

feed

ing

them

.

A m

ultiw

ire b

ranc

h ci

rcui

t, as

def

ined

by

the

NE

C, S

ectio

n 21

0-4,

sha

ll be

conn

ecte

d in

suc

h a

man

ner

that

the

neut

ral w

ill n

ot

carr

y m

ore

than

the

max

imum

load

of a

ny o

neof

the

"hot

con

duct

ors"

in th

e ci

rcui

t.

All

lock

nuts

mus

t be

tight

ened

dur

ing

inst

alla

tion

(NE

C 3

00-1

0).

Do

not l

oad

bran

ch c

ircui

ts to

mor

e th

an 8

0 pe

rcen

t of t

heir

rate

dca

paci

ty (

NE

C 2

10-2

3).

58Ss

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Flu

ores

cent

fixt

ures

mou

nted

on

com

bust

ible

, low

dens

ity, c

ellu

lose

fibe

rboa

rd s

hall

be in

stal

led

as r

equi

red

by th

e C

ode

(NE

C

410-

M).

Max

imum

allo

wab

le lo

ad fo

r lig

htin

g is

2.5

wat

ts p

er g

ross

squ

are

foot

. See

the

NC

SB

C S

ectio

n 32

02.6

- L

ight

ing.

How

ever

,

muc

h le

ss is

req

uire

d w

hen

usin

g flu

ores

cent

, met

alha

lide

and

high

pre

ssur

e so

dium

ligh

ting

fixtu

res.

MO

TO

RS

AN

D E

QU

IPM

EN

T

Whe

re r

acew

ay fl

exib

ility

is d

esire

d at

the

poin

t of c

onne

ctio

nto

the

mot

or o

r pi

ece

of e

quip

men

t, fle

xibl

e co

ndui

t mus

t be

inst

alle

d

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith C

ode

requ

irem

ents

(N

EC

350

).

The

rmal

ove

rload

pro

tect

ion

shal

l be

prov

ided

for

ever

y m

otor

as

requ

ired

by C

ode

(NE

C 4

30, P

ar.C

). R

unni

ng o

verc

urre

nt

prot

ectio

n fo

r th

ree-

phas

e m

otor

s m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed in

eac

h ph

ase,

all a

s re

quire

d in

NE

C, A

rtic

le 4

30-3

7. E

ach

mot

or s

hall

be

with

in s

ight

of i

ts d

isco

nnec

ting

mea

ns. M

ore

than

fifty

feet

isco

nsid

ered

out

of s

ight

. (S

ee th

e N

EC

, 430

-H).

Cau

tion

shou

ld b

e us

ed in

sel

ectin

g 48

0 vo

lt eq

uipm

ent f

orki

tche

ns. M

ost k

itche

n eq

uipm

ent o

pera

tes

from

120

or

208

volts

,

sing

le-p

hase

or

208

volts

, thr

ee-p

hase

.

Mos

t new

sho

p eq

uipm

ent o

pera

tes

at 1

20 o

r 20

8 vo

lts,

sing

le-p

hase

or

208

volts

, thr

ee-

phas

e.

EM

ER

GE

NC

Y A

ND

EX

IT L

IGH

TIN

G S

YS

TE

MS

AN

DP

OW

ER

Em

erge

ncy

and

exit

light

ing

are

requ

ired

by th

e N

CS

BC

.A

ttent

ion

is d

irect

ed to

Sec

tion

1118

-Exi

t Illu

min

atio

n an

d S

igns

. All

scho

ol b

uild

ings

, reg

ardl

ess

of a

ge, s

hall

have

bot

h ex

it an

d em

erge

ncy

light

ing.

Illum

inat

ed e

xit s

igns

sha

ll be

str

ateg

ical

ly p

lace

d w

here

they

may

be s

een

from

any

whe

re in

cor

ridor

s (b

oth

dire

ctio

ns),

gym

nasi

ums,

caf

eter

ias,

aud

itoriu

ms,

med

ia c

ente

rs a

nd o

ther

ass

embl

y ar

eas.

Whe

re c

orrid

ors

have

sm

oke

door

s, e

xit f

ixtu

res

usua

lly s

houl

d be

loca

ted

over

the

door

s on

bot

h si

des.

Flu

ores

cent

lam

ps s

houl

d be

use

d in

exi

t lig

htin

g fix

ture

s fo

r th

e no

rmal

pow

er s

ourc

e ill

umin

atio

n an

d in

cand

esce

nts

for

emer

genc

y ba

ttery

out

put o

nly.

Ext

ende

d lif

e in

cand

esce

nts

shou

ld b

eus

ed.

The

LE

D ty

pe e

xit l

ight

ing

fixtu

res,

whi

ch a

re U

L lis

ted,

may

be

used

in c

ompe

titiv

e bi

ddin

g or

whe

n on

Sta

te C

ontr

act.

Due

to th

e am

ount

of f

ailu

res

expe

rienc

ed b

y ow

ners

,ba

ttery

ope

rate

d flu

ores

cent

ligh

ting

fixtu

res

will

not

be

acce

pted

for

emer

genc

y lig

htin

g sy

stem

s. H

alog

en la

mps

shou

ld b

e us

ed o

n ba

ttery

ope

rate

d em

erge

ncy

light

ing.

Thr

ee-w

ay a

nd fo

ur-w

ay s

witc

hes

shal

l not

be

used

in th

e em

erge

ncy

syst

em (

NE

C 7

00-2

0).

Man

ually

ope

rate

d sw

itche

s fo

r th

e ex

it an

d/or

em

erge

ncy

syst

emsh

all b

e ac

cess

ible

onl

y to

aut

horiz

ed p

erso

nnel

(N

EC

700

-20)

.

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The

em

erge

ncy

syst

em s

hall

not b

e co

ntro

lled

from

the

stag

e of

an

asse

mbl

y ar

ea (

NE

C70

0-21

).

Caf

eter

ias,

gym

nasi

ums,

aud

itoriu

ms

and

othe

ras

sem

bly

area

s th

at w

ill a

ccom

mod

ate

mor

eth

an 1

00 p

erso

ns s

hall

have

emer

genc

y ill

umin

atio

n. M

any

scho

olbu

ildin

gs h

ave

inte

rior

spac

es, w

ith n

o av

aila

ble

dayl

ight

, tha

t are

occ

upie

d by

stu

dent

s.

Exa

mpl

es o

f suc

h sp

aces

mig

ht b

e cl

assr

oom

s,re

stro

oms,

cor

ridor

s (w

here

the

cond

ition

isun

avoi

dabl

e), l

ocke

r an

d dr

essi

ng

room

s. T

hese

spa

ces

shal

l hav

e em

erge

ncy

illum

inat

ion

prov

ided

to p

reve

nt to

tal b

lack

out i

n ca

seof

pow

er fa

ilure

. Uns

witc

hed

nigh

t lig

hts

shal

l be

prov

ided

in th

ese

sam

e sp

aces

.

In a

reas

whe

re m

etal

hal

ide

or h

igh

pres

sure

sodi

um li

ghtin

g ar

e us

ed (

mer

cury

vap

orsh

ould

not

be

used

) a

supp

lem

enta

ry

light

ing

syst

em s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d to

illu

min

ate

an a

rea

durin

g a

mom

enta

ry p

ower

out

age.

The

met

alha

lide

light

ing

fixtu

res

in p

artic

ular

take

an

exte

nded

per

iod

of ti

me

tore

turn

to fu

ll ill

umin

atio

n. T

his

supp

lem

enta

ry s

yste

m s

houl

d be

fluo

resc

ent

light

ing,

but

qua

rtz

type

fixt

ures

are

ava

ilabl

e to

use

with

the

met

al h

alid

e or

hig

h pr

essu

re s

odiu

mfix

ture

s.

Spe

cial

pro

visi

ons

in th

e N

CS

BC

req

uire

the

appl

icat

ion

of p

artic

ular

type

s of

em

erge

ncy

pow

er s

ourc

es.

Ref

er to

Tab

le 1

118

in C

hapt

er 1

1 of

this

cod

e.

Bat

tery

pow

ered

exi

t and

em

erge

ncy

illum

inat

ion

syst

ems

are

usua

lly p

refe

rred

ove

r ge

nera

tors

.E

ase

of m

aint

enan

ce is

one

reas

on. B

atte

ry p

ower

ed s

yste

ms

are

reco

mm

ende

d ex

cept

on

larg

er fa

cilit

ies,

whe

re e

mer

genc

yge

nera

tors

may

be

mor

e co

st

effe

ctiv

e, o

r if

the

owne

r pr

efer

s th

e em

erge

ncy

gene

rato

r sy

stem

.

FIR

E A

LAR

M, S

MO

KE

AN

D H

EA

TD

ET

EC

TIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Man

ual f

ire a

larm

sys

tem

s ar

e re

quire

d fo

ral

l new

sch

ool b

uild

ings

. New

bui

ldin

gsad

ded

to e

xist

ing

cam

puse

s, a

dditi

ons

to

exis

ting

build

ings

and

maj

or r

enov

atio

nsre

quire

a m

anua

l fire

ala

rm s

yste

m, r

egar

dles

sof

whe

ther

the

othe

r ex

istin

g fa

cilit

ies

do o

r do

not

hav

e a

fire

alar

m s

yste

m.

Ref

er to

NC

SB

C, S

ectio

n 90

3.1.

1.

An

auto

mat

ic fi

re a

larm

sys

tem

, pro

perly

desi

gned

and

inst

alle

d, m

ay b

e us

ed in

stea

d of

am

anua

l sys

tem

. Ref

er to

the

NC

SB

C,

Sec

tions

903

.1.2

and

903

.2.5

.

Aut

omat

ic s

mok

e de

tect

ors

are

requ

ired

insp

ecifi

c fu

nctio

ns. R

ef e

rto

NC

SB

C, V

olum

e III

,S

ectio

ns 5

15. O

ther

loca

tions

incl

ude

both

sid

es o

f sm

oke

door

s, s

tora

ge r

oom

s,el

ectr

ical

roo

ms,

etc

.

Rat

e of

ris

e he

at d

etec

tors

sho

uld

bein

stal

led

in b

oile

r an

d fu

rnac

e ro

oms.

Ala

rm h

orns

/str

obe

light

s sh

all b

e lo

cate

d to

satis

fy th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

AD

A a

nd th

eF

ire S

afet

y C

odes

. Out

side

ala

rms

are

reco

mm

ende

d to

ale

rt p

erso

nsto

not

ent

er a

nd to

ale

rt n

eigh

bors

of th

e al

arm

dur

ing

unoc

cupi

ed p

erio

ds.

All

smok

e an

d he

at d

etec

tors

incl

udin

g, b

ut n

otlim

ited

to, t

hose

whi

ch a

ctiv

ate

the

shut

dow

n fe

atur

e of

air

hand

ling

units

, sha

ll

be ti

ed in

to th

e fir

e al

arm

sys

tem

and

activ

ate

the

alar

ms,

bot

h vi

sual

and

aud

ible

.

6263

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GE

NE

RA

L IL

LUM

INA

TIO

N

Clo

se c

oope

ratio

n by

the

arch

itect

, eng

inee

r an

d sc

hool

adm

inis

trat

or(s

)m

ust b

e ac

hiev

ed to

obt

ain

the

good

ligh

ting

syst

em

desi

gn n

eces

sary

for

a pr

oper

vis

ual e

nviro

nmen

t. T

here

are

alw

ays

atle

ast f

our

fact

ors,

dire

ctly

rel

ated

to th

e vi

sual

envi

ronm

ent,

that

mus

t be

cons

ider

ed w

hen

desi

gnin

g th

e lig

htin

g sy

stem

.T

hese

are

:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Leve

ls o

f illu

min

atio

n

Ref

lect

ance

s (a

nd r

ange

s of

ref

lect

ance

s)

Brig

htne

ss (

and

brig

htne

ss r

atio

s)

Con

trac

ts

A ta

ble

of r

ecom

men

ded

leve

ls o

f illu

min

atio

n fo

r sc

hool

s ca

n be

foun

dfo

llow

ing

here

in. S

ee A

NS

I /I E

S R

P3

-1 -

988

(or

late

st

addi

tion)

"G

uide

for

Edu

catio

nal F

acili

ties

Ligh

ting.

"

The

ove

rall

proc

edur

e fo

r de

sign

ing

the

light

ing

syst

em m

ight

follo

w s

uch

a co

urse

as

this

:

1.E

stab

lish

desi

red

envi

ronm

ent

a.B

right

ness

and

brig

htne

ss r

atio

s

b.C

olor

s an

d te

xtur

es

c.M

etho

d of

day

light

ing

and

dayl

ight

con

trol

s

2.E

stab

lish

refe

renc

e ta

sk a

nd r

equi

red

illum

inat

ion

leve

ls

a. G

ener

al o

r ac

adem

ic c

lass

room

s

b.S

peci

al p

urpo

se a

reas

- la

bs, l

ibra

ries,

sho

ps, e

tc.

3.E

stab

lish

gene

ral i

llum

inat

ion

syst

em

a.D

istr

ibut

ion

char

acte

ristic

s an

d en

ergy

usa

ge o

f lig

ht s

ourc

es

b.C

oord

inat

e w

ith e

ffect

of t

ask

visi

bilit

y

c.C

oord

inat

e w

ith to

tal e

nviro

nmen

t

(1)

Cha

ract

eris

tics

of h

eat a

nd n

oise

pro

duct

ion

(2)

Col

or a

ccep

tabi

lity

(3)

Spe

cial

and

est

hetic

cha

ract

eris

tics

64

4.E

stab

lish

supp

lem

enta

ry il

lum

inat

ion

(tas

k lig

htin

g)

a. C

halk

boar

dsb.

Spe

cial

task

s

c.S

peci

al a

reas

5.E

stab

lish

audi

ovis

ual r

equi

rem

ents

6.A

naly

ze e

cono

mic

s (li

fe c

ycle

cos

t ana

lysi

s)

a.C

apita

l exp

ense

b. M

aint

enan

ce e

xpen

se

c.E

lect

rical

ene

rgy

cost

.-E

ST C

OPY

AV

AL

AB

LE

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In r

oom

s la

rger

than

200

squ

are

feet

, dou

ble

switc

hing

(or

mor

e if

elec

tric

ally

nec

essa

ry)

is r

equi

red.

See

the

NC

SB

C, S

ectio

n

3202

.6-L

ight

ing.

In r

oom

s w

here

thre

e la

mp

or fo

ur la

mp

fixtu

res

are

utili

zed,

be

cert

ain

that

all

insi

de la

mps

are

switc

hed

sepa

rate

ly fr

om th

e ou

tsid

e la

mps

in a

uni

form

man

ner.

Use

ene

rgy

savi

ngs

lam

ps a

nd b

alla

sts

whe

n re

plac

ing

exis

ting

fixtu

res.

Eve

ntua

lly fe

dera

l law

will

req

uire

the

man

ufac

ture

of

only

ene

rgy

savi

ngs

lam

ps a

nd b

alla

sts.

Ele

ctro

nic

balla

sts

will

eve

ntua

lly r

epla

ce m

ost u

ses

for

pres

ent b

alla

sts.

If re

gula

r

lam

ps a

nd b

alla

sts

are

used

whe

n re

lam

ping

orr

epla

cing

bal

last

s, s

ome

pres

ent l

ight

ing

circ

uits

may

beco

me

over

load

ed, s

o

repl

acem

ents

sho

uld

alw

ays

be th

e en

ergy

sav

ings

type

s.

Out

door

ligh

ting

for

park

ing

lots

, wal

kway

s an

d se

curit

ysh

ould

be

done

with

res

pect

to th

e ow

ner's

des

ires,

adeq

uate

ligh

ting

of a

reas

in tr

avel

ing

to a

nd fr

om th

e bu

ildin

g,an

d fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

dis

cour

agin

g va

ndal

ism

. Hig

h pr

essu

reso

dium

fixt

ures

are

norm

ally

use

d an

d ar

e st

rong

ly r

ecom

men

ded.

Met

alha

lide

fixtu

res

may

be

used

if h

igh

pres

sure

sod

ium

fixtu

res

are

not w

ante

d

by th

e sc

hool

dis

tric

t.

Ath

letic

fiel

d lig

htin

g an

d w

iring

req

uire

som

e ca

refu

lth

ough

t.In

add

ition

to th

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of li

ghtin

g in

tens

ities

,fix

ture

sele

ctio

n, a

rran

gem

ent a

nd fi

xtur

e qu

ality

, the

engi

neer

sho

uld

be c

once

rned

with

the

safe

ty o

f the

inst

alla

tions

, and

the

requ

irem

ents

of b

oth

the

NE

C a

nd th

e N

atio

nal

Ele

ctric

al S

afet

y C

ode.

Und

ergr

ound

dis

trib

utio

n of

277

/480

vol

ts is

reco

mm

ende

d an

d en

cour

aged

with

met

al h

alid

e lig

htin

gfix

ture

s. H

igh

volta

ge d

istr

ibut

ion

is n

ot r

ecom

men

ded

beca

use

scho

ol

syst

ems

do n

ot h

ave

the

equi

pmen

t nor

qual

ified

peo

ple

to m

aint

ain

it.

Bec

ause

inca

ndes

cent

lam

ps u

se fi

ve ti

mes

the

ener

gyan

d po

wer

req

uire

d fo

r flu

ores

cent

and

met

al h

alid

e la

mps

, the

ysh

ould

not b

e us

ed e

xcep

t in

pipe

cha

ses,

sto

rage

roo

ms

and

stag

e flo

od li

ghtin

g. M

ercu

ry v

apor

lam

ps u

se a

lmos

ttw

ice

the

ener

gy

and

pow

er u

sed

by m

etal

hal

ides

, so

they

shou

ld n

ever

be

used

(so

me

man

ufac

ture

rs p

lan

todi

scon

tinue

man

ufac

ture

of

mer

cury

vap

or la

mps

and

fixt

ures

).D

imm

ing

equi

pmen

t can

be

used

on

fluor

esce

nt a

nd m

etal

halid

e lig

htin

g fix

ture

s. S

elf

extin

guis

hing

met

al h

alid

e (a

nd m

ercu

ry v

apor

)la

mps

sha

ll be

use

d to

pre

vent

ultr

avio

let r

adia

tion

bum

sw

hen

the

lam

ps a

re

brok

en.

The

use

of m

otio

n de

tect

ors,

infr

ared

or

othe

rele

ctro

nic

switc

hing

dev

ices

whi

ch a

re s

ensi

tive

to th

e pr

esen

ceof

peo

ple

in a

room

are

enc

oura

ged.

The

se d

evic

esw

ill tu

rn o

ff lig

htin

g fix

ture

s w

hen

ever

yone

leav

es a

roo

m.

A 1

0 m

inut

e de

lay

is

reco

mm

ende

d to

pre

vent

dam

age

to fl

uore

scen

t orm

etal

hal

ide

lam

ps a

nd b

alla

sts,

whi

ch m

ay o

ccu

rwhe

n pe

ople

go

in o

r co

me

out o

f a r

oom

freq

uent

ly.

As

an e

nerg

y co

nser

vatio

n m

easu

re, i

nter

ior

light

ing

syst

ems

can

be c

ontr

olle

d by

pho

toel

ectr

ic s

witc

hes,

just

aso

utdo

or li

ghtin

g

syst

ems

have

bee

n fo

r ye

ars.

The

sesw

itche

s m

ay b

e us

ed to

red

uce

insi

de li

ghtin

g le

vels

whe

n na

tura

l lig

htin

g pe

rmits

and

will

allo

w fu

ll ill

umin

atio

n on

clo

udy

days

and

at

nigh

t. H

owev

er, f

requ

ent o

pera

tions

of f

luor

esce

nt, m

etal

halid

e an

d hi

gh

pres

sure

sod

ium

fixt

ures

will

dam

age

balla

sts

and

lam

ps, s

o ca

refu

l con

side

ratio

n m

ustb

e gi

ven

to th

e de

sign

of s

witc

hing

circ

uits

. On

part

ly c

loud

y da

ys w

hen

the

phot

oele

ctric

sw

itche

s ar

e su

bjec

ted

to fr

eque

ntch

ange

s in

the

leve

ls o

f nat

ural

illum

inat

ion,

ligh

ting

circ

uits

will

be

subj

ecte

d to

rapi

d on

-off

switc

hing

if p

rope

r de

sign

and

inst

alla

tion

is n

ot p

erfo

rmed

.

66B

EST

CO

PY M

A8L

AB

LI

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SO

UN

D S

YS

TE

MS

AN

D C

LOC

K A

ND

BE

LLS

YS

TE

MS

Sou

nd s

yste

ms

may

be

sim

ple

or s

omew

hat c

ompl

ex a

sth

e ow

ner

desi

res.

Sys

tem

s sh

ould

be

desi

gned

for

two-

way

com

mun

icat

ion,

and

for

scho

ol w

ide

soun

d di

strib

utio

n fr

om o

nece

ntra

l poi

nt. I

n th

e in

itial

des

ign,

it is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at th

e

degr

ee o

f sop

hist

icat

ion

be li

mite

d to

a s

yste

m th

at th

e ow

nerw

ill a

ctua

lly m

ake

use

of.

Clo

ck a

nd b

ell s

yste

ms

prov

ide

for

the

orde

rly c

ontr

ol o

fpe

riods

with

in th

e sc

hool

day

, and

are

rec

omm

ende

d. S

yste

ms

and

equi

pmen

t sho

uld

be k

ept r

easo

nabl

y si

mpl

e in

the

best

inte

rest

of b

oth

oper

atio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce.

Com

plex

clo

ck s

yste

ms

that

are

con

tinua

lly o

ut o

f ord

er a

reob

viou

sly

unde

sira

ble

and

expe

nsiv

e to

pur

chas

e an

d m

aint

ain.

Clo

cks

whi

ch o

pera

te d

irect

ly fr

om 1

20 v

olt r

ecep

tacl

es (

or e

ven

batte

ries)

are

enc

oura

ged,

unl

ess

an in

tegr

ated

sys

tem

of

tele

visi

on, i

nter

com

, cla

ss c

hang

e be

lls a

nd in

terio

r te

leph

ones

is s

elec

ted,

whi

ch h

ave

time

disp

laye

d on

tele

visi

on s

ets.

SE

E -

"G

UID

ELI

NE

S T

O P

RO

VID

E U

NIF

OR

M W

IRIN

GS

ER

VIC

E F

OR

TE

LEC

OM

MU

NIC

AT

ION

IN N

OR

TH

CA

RO

LIN

A

PU

BLI

C S

CH

OO

LS",

Jul

y, 1

991,

and

"A

PR

IME

R O

NC

AB

LIN

G D

ES

IGN

AN

D IM

PLE

ME

NT

AT

ION

: CO

NS

IDE

RA

TIO

NS

FO

R

DE

CIS

ION

MA

KE

RS

", M

ay, 1

992,

pub

lishe

d by

the

Div

isio

n of

Med

iaan

d T

echn

olog

y, D

epar

tmen

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruct

ion.

The

se

publ

icat

ions

, whi

ch w

ere

prov

ided

to e

very

sup

erin

tend

ent o

f pub

licsc

hool

s in

Nor

th C

arol

ina,

incl

ude

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

the

inst

alla

tions

for

Tel

evis

ion

Rec

eptio

n an

d D

istr

ibut

ion

Sys

tem

s;M

aste

r A

nten

na T

elev

isio

n (M

AT

V),

Clo

sed

Circ

uit T

elev

isio

n

(CC

TV

), C

omm

unity

Ant

enna

Tel

evis

ion

(CA

N),

Mul

tiple

Sou

rce

Tel

evis

ion

(MS

TV

); c

ompu

ter,

tele

phon

e an

d da

ta s

yste

ms

wiri

ng. T

he u

se o

f the

se p

ublic

atio

ns is

sug

gest

ed fo

r al

l new

cons

truc

tion,

ren

ovat

ions

and

add

ition

s fo

r al

l sch

ools

, new

or

exis

ting,

in N

orth

Car

olin

a.

MST

CO

PY A

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OU

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TH

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MA

IN S

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VIC

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EU

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OU

ND

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ME

TH

OD

S -

MU

LTIP

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UIL

DIN

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BU

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ING

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VIC

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