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During a recent plan review one of the items written up and sent back to the RDP was that the circuits for the emergency lighting had to be compliant with 700.12. On the plans, they had shown a separate circuit for the EL system which did not activate with loss of power to the lighting circuit of the areas served.
Their response was that 700.15 conflicted with 700.12 and the EL circuit had to be on its own circuit. For starters, they did not know either code until they were written up and the initial design was made with ignorance to the facts. The other part is that I believe that they are confused as to the intent of 700.15 which in our interpretation is written to stop additional loads being from being supplied by lighting circuits with EL's.
Thoughts?
Their response was that 700.15 conflicted with 700.12 and the EL circuit had to be on its own circuit. For starters, they did not know either code until they were written up and the initial design was made with ignorance to the facts. The other part is that I believe that they are confused as to the intent of 700.15 which in our interpretation is written to stop additional loads being from being supplied by lighting circuits with EL's.
Thoughts?