Lighting control installation inspection shall be performed on:
Lighting control systems installed to comply with Section 110.9(b).
(a) Energy Management Control System installed to comply with Section 130.5(f)1.
(b) All line-voltage track lighting integral current limiters in accordance with Section 110.9 and Section 130.0.
(c) All dedicated line-voltage track lighting supplementary overcurrent protection panels in accordance with Section 110.9 and Section 130.0.
(d) Interlocked lighting systems serving an area in accordance with Section 140.6(a)1..
(e) Lighting controls installed to earn a Power Adjustment Factor (PAF) in accordance with Section 140.6(a)2.
(f) Lighting for a Videoconferencing Studio in Accordance with Exception to Section 140.6(c)2Gvii.
NA7.7.1.1 Installation Inspection
If a lighting control required by Title 24, Part 6 is a field assembled system consisting of two or more components, verify the system components meet all of the requirements for each lighting control type, in accordance with Section 110.9, On the approved installation compliance form, identify, list, and verify each type of lighting control system as follows:
(a) Separately identify and list each type of lighting control system. When there are identical lighting control systems in a single building, identical lighting control system may be 'listed together.
(b) Identify and list all requirements for the type of self-contained lighting control device for which the lighting control system is installed to function as, in accordance with Section 110.9 and in accordance with the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations.
(c) Verify the lighting control system complies with all of the applicable requirement as 'listed.
(d) If the lighting control system does not meet all applicable requirements, the installation fails.
NA7.7.2.1 Installation Requirements
(a) The EMCS shall be separately tested for each respective lighting control system for which it is installed to function as.
(b) List and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements in accordance with Sections 130.1 through 130.5.
(c) If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with Section 140.6.
(d) If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with Section 140.7.
(e) If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with Section 150.0(k).
NA7.7.3.1 Certification requirements
(a) Verify that the track lighting integral current limiter is certified to the Energy Commission in accordance with Section 110.9 by checking the Energy Commission database. If the track current limiter has not been certified to the Energy Commission, this method for determining installed lighting power shall not be used for compliance with Title 24, Part 6, and the installation test shall be terminated.
NA7.7.3.2 Installation Inspection
Verify and document the following on the approved installation compliance form:
(a) The track current limiter is used exclusively on the same manufacturer's track for which it is designed.
(b) The track current limiter is designed and installed so that the track current limiter housing is permanently attached to the track so that the system will be irreparably damaged if the integral track current limiter housing were to be removed after installation into the track. Methods of attachment may include but are not limited to one-way barbs, rivets, and one-way screws.
(c) The track current limiter has identical volt-ampere (VA) rating of the track current limiter, as installed and rated for compliance with Title 24, Part 6, clearly marked as follows:
1. So that it is visible for the building officials’ field inspection without opening cover-plates, fixtures, or panels.
2. Permanently marked on the circuit breaker.
3. On a factory-printed label that is permanently affixed to a non-removable base-plate inside the wiring compartment.
(d) The track current limiter employs tamper resistant fasteners for the cover to the wiring compartment.
(e) The track current limiter has a conspicuous factory installed label permanently affixed to the inside of the wiring compartment warning against removing, tampering with, rewiring, or bypassing the device.
(f) Each electrical panel from which track lighting integral current limiters are connected has a factory printed label permanently affixed and prominently located, with the following information: "NOTICE: Current limiting devices installed in track lighting integral current limiters connected to this panel shall only be replaced with the same or lower amperage. Adding track or replacement of existing current limiters with higher continuous ampere rating will void the track lighting integral current limiter certification, and will require re-submittal and re-certification of California Title 24, Part 6 compliance documentation.”
(g) For installations where a total of five or less track current limiters are installed in a single building, all integral track current limiters shall be inspected. For installations where a total of more than five track current limiters are installed in a single building, no less than five track current limiters shall be inspected, up to five inspections for each 20 installed track current limiters.
(h) If any of the above requirements fail, the track current limiter fails the installation test, and this method for determining installed lighting power shall not be used for compliance with Title 24.
NA7.7.4.1 Installation Inspection
Verify and document the following on the approved compliance form:
(a) The supplementary overcurrent protection panel is 'Listed, as defined in Section 100.1.
(b) The supplementary overcurrent protection panel is used only for line voltage track lighting. No other lighting or building power is connected to a track-lighting supplementary overcurrent protection panel.
(c) No overcurrent protection panel has been used to determine installed wattage for any lighting system other than line-voltage track lighting.
(d) The supplementary overcurrent protection panel is installed in an electrical equipment room, or permanently installed adjacent to the lighting panel board providing supplementary overcurrent protection for the track lighting circuits served by the supplementary over current protection pane.
(e) There is a prominently labeled permanently attached to the panel by the manufacturer with the following information: "NOTICE: This Panel for Track Lighting Energy Code Compliance Only. The overcurrent protection devices in this panel shall only be replaced with the same or lower amperage. No other overcurrent protective device shall be added to this panel. Adding to, or replacement of existing overcurrent protective device(s) with higher continuous ampere rating, will void the panel listing and require re-submittal and re-certification of California Title 24, Part 6 compliance documentation.”
(f) If any of the above requirements fail, the supplementary overcurrent protection panel fails the Installation test, and this method for determining installed lighting power shall not be used for compliance with Title 24.
NA7.7.5.1 Installation Inspection
Verify and document the following:
(a) The space qualifies only as one or more the following types: Auditorium, convention center, conference room, multipurpose room, or theater, in accordance with the definitions of those space types in Section 100.1There are no more than two interlocked lighting systems serving the space.
(b) The two lighting systems are interlocked with a non-programmable double throw switch to prevent simultaneous operation, in accordance with Section 140.6(a)
(c) If all of the above in not true, the installation fails, and all connected lighting in the space shall be counted as part of the total installed lighting power.
NA7.7.6.1 Construction Inspection for all PAFs except institutional Tuning
Verify and document the following:
(a) Separately list all requirements for each PAF that is claimed in accordance with Sections 110.9, and 140.6(a)2, and Table 140.6-A.
(b) Verify the installation complies with all applicable requirements in accordance with Sections 110.9, and 140.6(a)2, and Table 140.6-A
(c) If all of the above in not true for a specific PAF, the installation fails, and that specific PAF cannot be used.
(d) For lighting systems that are claiming a PAF for daylight dimming plus OFF control in accordance with Section 140.6(a)2H, the system must successfully complete the functional performance test in Section NA 7.6.1.2.1, and in addition during the Full Daylight Test the controls shall automatically turn OFF the luminaires that are receiving the daylight dimming plus OFF PAF credit.
NA7.7.6.2 Acceptance Test for Institutional Tuning
For buildings with up to seven (7) enclosed areas claiming the Institutional Tuning PAF (power adjustment factor), all areas shall be tested. For buildings with more than seven (7) areas claiming this PAF, random sampling may be done on seven of the larger enclosed areas with tuned dimming systems. If any of the areas in the sample group of seven areas fails the acceptance test, another group of seven areas must be tested. If any tested system fails, it shall be tuned until it passes the test.
Prior to Functional testing, verify and document the following:
(a) The controls or the methods of controlling the maximum output of luminaires is such that the maximum light output of the controlled lighting system can be limited and that normal operation of the controlled lighting does not override the maximum light output.
(b) The controls are not readily accessible to unauthorized personnel.
For each area to be tested, do the following:
(a) The acceptance test technician shall either observe the first seven (7) systems being successfully tuned or shall verify systems that have already been tuned using the sampling protocol described in NA7.7.6.2.
(b) If the acceptance test technician is observing the tuning of the system, the party responsible for the tuning shall certify that the remainder of the system is tuned in a similar manner.
Observation of the systems during Institutional Tuning
Step 1: Determination of maximum power or output prior to Institutional Tuning
(a) Set all lighting controls to provide maximum output of the tested system without applying the limits specified for institutional tuning.
(b) Measure the full light output at a location where the illuminance is due to the controlled lighting, or measure the power draw of the controlled lighting.
Step 2: Institutional Tuning and Post-tuning Measurement
(a) Apply the limits specified for instutional tuning to the lighting system. Do not alter any other control settings.
(b) Verify the light or power reduction after institutional tuning by measuring the light output at the same location as in Step 1 or measure the power draw of the same circuit as in Step 1.
(c) If the light output or power draw measured in Step 2(b) is 85% or less of the light output or power draw measured in Step 1(b), the system passes this test; otherwise the system fails this test.
Verification of systems already tuned
Step 1: Measurement of tuned lighting system
(a) Set all lighting controls except Institutional Tuning controls to provide maximum output of tested system. Controls set to maximum light output include but not limited to: manual dimmers, multilevel occupancy sensing, and automatic daylighting controls.
(b) Measure full light output at location where most of the illuminance is due to the controlled lighting or measure power draw of the controlled lighting.
Step 2: Measurement of lighting system with Institutional Tuning overriden
(a) Reset Institutional Tuning controls to allow full light output. Set all lighting controls to provide maximum output of tested system including but not limited to: Institution Tuning control, manual dimmers, multilevel occupancy sensing, and automatic daylighting controls.
(b) Measure full light output at the same location as in Step 1 or measure the power draw of the same circuit as in Step 1.
(c) If the light output or power draw measured in Step 1(b) is 85% or less of the light output or power draw measured in Step 2(b), the system passes this test; otherwise the system fails this test.
Step 3: Restore Institutional Tuning settings
(a) If tested system passed the test in Step 2, restore Institutional Tuning settings.
NA7.7.7.1 Installation Inspection
Verify and document the following:
(a) The videoconferencing studio is using only the Area Category Method for compliance. The extra lighting allowance shall not be taken when using the Complete Building Method or Tailored Method of compliance.
(b) The Videoconferencing Studio is a room with permanently installed videoconferencing cameras, audio equipment, and playback equipment for both audio-based and video-based two-way communication between local and remote sites.
(c) General lighting is switched in accordance with Table 130.1-A.
(d) Wall wash lighting is separately switched from the general lighting system.
(e) All of the lighting is controlled by a multiscene programmable control system (scene preset control system).
(f) If all of the above is not true, the installation fails, and the extra wattage for videoconferencing studio lighting cannot be used.