Mechanical Code Flashcards
To establish minimum requirements of protection to public safety and health thru mechanical engineering, indoor air quality thru adequate air conditioning and ventilation; carbon dioxide mitigation thru energy conservation and renewable energy; to preserve life and protect property from damage and other hazards attributed to fire and smoke; and provide safety to firefighters and emergency responders during emergency operation.
To regulate and control the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and maintenance or use of heating, ventilating, cooling, and refrigeration systems; incinerators; and other miscellaneous heat producing mechanical equipment and systems within the jurisdiction of R.A 8495 or known as the Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998.
Mechanical Code
known as the Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998.
R.A 8495
Permits required for Mechanical
No mechanical system regulated by this code shall be installed, altered, repaired, replaced, or remodelled unless a separate mechanical permit for each separate building or structure has first been obtained and except as permitted in Section 111.1.
Applicants for permits shall have been licensed as contractor by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) and shall have duly complied with the requirements Republic Act (R.A) 4566 or known as the Contractors License Law
Any replacement of mechanical equipment shall be allowed to operate after installation provided a request for inspection is made within forty-eight hours after completion of replacement.
Operation of Mechanical Equipment.
Refrigeration equipment regulated by this code shall be tested and approved as required by Section 1223.0 of this code. Steam and hot water boilers and all piping shall be tested and approved as required by Sections 1007.0 and 1001.2.8 of this Code.
-All cold water, hot water, drainage, vents and storm drainage piping shall be tested and approved as required by where applicable by SecNon 1409.4, 1512.0 and 1709.2, fuel gas piping shall be tested and approved as required by Section 1814.0 of this Code
Testing of Equipment.
The person doing the work authorized by a permit shall notify the authority having jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The request for inspection must be filed not less than one (1) week before the inspection date.
-The person requesting inspections shall be required by this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.
Inspection Requests
The authority having jurisdiction shall be allowed to make other inspections of mechanical work to ascertain compliance with the provisions of this code and other laws that are enforced by the code enforcement agency.
Other Authorized Inspections
Any requested Incomplete inspection or when the required corrections have not been made, the authority having jurisdiction shall be allowed to assess a re-inspection fee.
- Re-inspection fees shall not be required the first time a job is rejected or for failure to comply with the requirements of this code for the first time.
- The fee shall be paid after completing a form, furnished for this purpose. The authority having jurisdiction shall adopt a fee schedule for this purpose.
- No additional inspection of the work shall be performed until the required foes have been paid.
Re-Inspections.
Air that has been treated to achieve a desired level of temperature, humidity, or cleanliness.
AIR, CONDITIONED
Any tube or conduit for transmission of air, fumes, vapors, or dusts. This definition shall not include:
(1) A vent, vent connector, or chimney connector.
(2) Any tube or conduit wherein the pressure of the air exceeds one (1) pound per square inch (6.895 KPA).
(3) The air passages of listed self-contained systems.
DUCT
Includes all ducts, duct fittings, plenums, and fans assembled to form a continuous passageway for the distribution of air.
DUCT SYSTEM
A device used for reducing the sensible heat of air for cooling by the process of evaporation of water into an airstream.
EVAPORATIVE COOLER
All of that equipment intended or installed for the purpose of environmental cooling by an evaporative cooler from which the conditioned air is distributed through ducts or plenums to the conditioned area.
EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEM
Includes all warm air furnaces, warm air heaters, combustion products vents, heating air distribution ducts and fans, and all steam and hot water piping, together with all control devices and accessories installed as part of, or in connection with, any environmental heating system or appliance regulated by this code.
HEATING EQUIPMENT
A warm air heating plant consisting of a heat exchanger enclosed in a casing. from which the heated air is distributed through ducts to various rooms and areas. A heating system includes the outside air, return air and supply air system, and all accessory apparatus and equipment installed in connection therewith.
HEATING SYSTEM
A refrigeration system that extracts heat from one/substance and transfers it to another portion of the same substance or to a second substance at a higher temperature for a beneficial purpose.
HEAT PUMP
The refrigeration equipment forming a part of the refrigeration system, including, but not limited to, the following: compressors, condensers, liquid receivers, evaporators, and connecting piping.
MACHINERY
An approved device that senses visible or invisible particles of combustion
SMOKE DETECTOR
An interior space enclosed by walls or construction extending through one or more stories or basements that connects openings in successive floors, or floors and roof, to accommodate elevators, dumbwaiters, mechanical equipment, or similar devices to transmit light or ventilation air
SHAFT
A listed. factory made vent pipe and vent fittings for conveying flue gases to the outside atmosphere.
VENT
A factory made gas vent listed by a nationally recognized testing agency for venting listed or approved appliances equipped to burn only gas.
Type B Gas Vent
A factory made gas vent listed by a nationally recognized testing agency for venting listed or approved gas fired vented wall furnaces.
Type BW Gas Vent
Venting system consisting of listed vent piping and fittings for use with oil burning appliances listed for use with Type L or with listed gas appliances
Type LA Gas Vent
An appliance designed primarily to supply hot water and equipped with automatic controls limiting water temperature to a maximum of 210°F (99°C).
WATER HEATER or HOT WATER HEATING BOILER
Each enclosure shall be of reasonable height, and shall have at least a ________ clearance between the entire service access panel of the equipment and the wall of the enclosure
36 inch/900mm
Roof where equipment is to be installed shall be designed to be capable of supporting the _________.
Additional loads
Equipment shall be installed on a ____________ of the roof.
well drained surface
at least ________ between any part of the equipment and the edge of a roof or similar hazard
6ft
Condensate from air washers, air-cooling coils, fuel burning condensing appliances, and the overflow from evaporative coolers and similar equipment shall be collected and discharged to an approved plumbing fixture or disposal area. If discharged into the drainage system, drain using a indirect wastepipe.
Condensate Disposal
When a colling coil or unit is located in an above ceiling, attic or furred space where damage may result from condensate overflow, an additional watertight pan of corrosion resistant metal shall be installed beneath the cooling coil or unit top to catch the overflow condensate.
Condensate Control
Condensate waste pipes from air-cooling coils shall be sized in accordance with equipment capacity as follows:
Condensate Waste Sizing
Condensate drain lines from individual fuel burning and condensing appliances shall be sized according to the manufacturer’s recomendations
Fuel Burning Appliance Condensate Drains
are made up of two separable parts which are used to hold the machine parts together by means of threaded fastening such as bolt and nut.
Threaded Joints
two metal surfaces are connected using a filler metal called solder.
Soldered Joints
used for gas and high-pressure lines
Flared Joints
Iron, steel. brass and copper pipe shall be standard weight iron pipe size pipe
Iron Pipe Size
Plumbing systems shall be installed in a manner conforming to this code, applicable standards, and the manufacturer’s installation instructions.
Installation Practices
SEC325 PROHIBITED FITTINGS AND PRACTICES
No drainage or vent piping shall be drilled and tapped for the purpose of making connections
No waste connection shall be made to a closet bend or stub of a water closet or similar fixture
All valves, pipes, and fittings shall be installed in correct relationship to the direction of flow
Drainage piping over operating and delivery rooms, nurseries, and other sensitive areas shall be kept to a minimum and shall not be exposed. Special precautions shall be taken to protect these areas from possible leakage.
SEC325 PROHIBITED FITTINGS AND PRACTICES