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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This is excellent \u2013 thank you. I offered back to the inspector that this language is much more precise than the open-end IRC language. Will advise all what is returned.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vincent Jolissaint via RE-wrenches<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 29, 2022 12:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Vincent Jolissaint <vincentj@cobaltpower.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] \u200bIRC 328 and ESS...approved barriers and "subject to" damage<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2021 International Fire Code<br>Revise as follows:<br>1207.11.7 Protection from impact. Stationary storage battery systems ESS installed in a location <br>subject to vehicle damage in accordance with shall Section 1207.11.7.1 or 1207.11.7.2 shall be <br>provided with impact protection in accordance with Section 1207.11.7.3. be protected by approved <br>barriers. Appliances in garages shall also be installed in accordance with Section 304.3 of the <br>International Mechanical Code.<br>Add new text as follows:<br>1207.11.7.1 Garages.<br>Where an ESS is installed in the normal driving path of vehicle travel within a garage, impact <br>protection complying with Section 1207.11.3 shall be installed. The normal driving path is a line <br>perpendicular to the garage vehicle opening to the back wall, extending 3 ft. (914 mm) to either <br>side along the back wall and to a height of 48 in. (1219 mm), (See Figure 1207.11.7.1) <br><br><br><br><br><br>Exception: Where the clear height of the vehicle garage opening is 7 ft 6 in, (2286 mm) or less, <br>ESS installed not less than 36 inches (914 mm) above finished floor are not subject to vehicle <br>impact protection requirements.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>1207.11.7.2 Other locations subject to vehicle impact.<br>Where an ESS is installed in a location other than as defined in Section 1207.11.7.1, and is <br>subject to vehicle damage, impact protection shall be provided in accordance with Section <br>1207.11.7.3.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>1207.11.7.3 Impact Protection Options.<br>Where ESS is required to be protected from impact in accordance with Section 1207.11.7.1 or <br>1207.11.7.2 such protection shall comply with one of the following:<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>1. Bollards constructed in accordance with one of the following:<br>1.1 48 inches (1219 mm) in length by 3 inches (76mm) in diameter schedule. 80 steel pipe embedded <br>in a concrete pier 12 inches (304 mm) deep and 6 inches (152 mm) in diameter, with 36 inches (914 <br>mm) of pipe exposed, filled with concrete, and spaced at a maximum interval of 5 feet (1524 mm). <br>Each bollard shall be located not less than 6 inches (152 mm) from an ESS.<br>1.2 36 inches (914 mm) in height by 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter schedule 80 steel pipe fully <br>welded to an 8 inches (203 mm) by 8 inches (203 mm) by ¼ inch (6.4 mm) thick steel plate and <br>bolted to a concrete floor by means of 4 - ½ inch (13 mm) concrete anchors with 3 inch (76 mm) <br>minimum embedment. Spacing shall be not greater than 60 inches. (1524 mm), and each bollard shall <br>be located not less than 6 inches (152 mm) from the ESS.<br>1.3 Pre-manufactured steel pipe bollards shall be filled with concrete and anchored in accordance <br>with the manufacturer's installation instructions, with spacing not greater than a 60 inches. (1524 <br>mm). Located not less than 6 inches (152mm) from the ESS.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Hi Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The 2023 IRC has been modified with some code that I helped create.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here is a link that has a pretty recent draft of this code. This code (with slight edits) has been adopted by the ICC and will become code January 1 2023. See page 486.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/IFC-2021-Group-A-2021-Group-A-Aug-13.pdf">https://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/IFC-2021-Group-A-2021-Group-A-Aug-13.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#351C75'>With Regard,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#351C75'>Vince Jolissaint</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#321D8B'>Cobalt Power Systems Inc.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D2DD3'> |</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'>Director of CAD Services<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'>2557 Wyandotte St. | Mountain View CA 94043</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'><br>Office: </span><a href="tel:650.938.9574" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>650.938.9574</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'> | E-Mail </span><a href="mailto:vincentj@cobaltpower.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Vincentj@cobaltpower.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:15:23 -0500<br>From: <<a href="mailto:scot.arey@solarcentex.com" target="_blank">scot.arey@solarcentex.com</a>><br>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] IRC 328 and ESS...approved barriers and<br> "subject to" damage<br>Message-ID: <04e301d84377$6e935c30$4bba1490$@<a href="http://solarcentex.com" target="_blank">solarcentex.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Good morning, Wrenches.<br><br><br><br>We all discuss the NEC when it comes to ESS but the section in International<br>Residential Code (IRC) R328 is something to look at carefully. <br><br><br><br>Easy to miss is the requirement to extend fire alarm systems to garage<br>spaces where we quite often install the ESS.<br><br>But the section in R328.8 Protection from impact is what worries me as it is<br>so open ended. Here is what I wrote to a city inspector:<br><br>"I'd like to review this open-ended section of R328 and how you interpret<br>it, please.<br><br><br><br>We intend to mount the ESS within an attached garage but we position so as<br>to prevent damage from vehicles coming into their normal parking space.<br>Having said that, a vehicle that moved five further feet forward might in<br>fact run into an ESS. So do you read "subject to" as in normal, due course<br>or do you consider the very worst scenario / accident?<br><br>And what approved barriers have you seen that comply to your satisfaction in<br>xxxxx."<br><br><br><br>What do you all do for R328?<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>