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  • Documentation for Equipment

    Posted by waly on February 7, 2020 at 3:04 am

    Hi

         I’m planning to use two 26 gallon electric pot stills from hillbillystills. I call them but the don’t provide any documentation and he code officials want this: that happen to someone, what I can do?

    Submitted documentation needs to include equipment specifications/cutsheets (including the still itself) demonstrating its ability to operate inside any of the classifications declared. ( my classification is F-1 ) 

    stevea replied 4 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • stevea

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    February 8, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    Uhhm – viewing your other thread, this suggests your authority is unfamiliar with distilling and fire code related to such hazards.  F-1 is your occupancy classification.   

    I * SUSPECT * what that are asking for are physical diagrams/drawing, so they can define a “sombrero of death” (google it), then all the electricals w/in the ‘sombrero’ *should* be Class I, Division 2.   If your still vendor won’t spec their electrical still heating as class I Division 2, then you have a real problem.

    You’ll likely bump into ventilation requirements too.

     

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