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Orange County Health Department Improvements Smith Sinnett /2024008 <br />Hillsborough,NC Orange County Asset Management Services <br />IDENTIFICATION FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 26 05 53 - 2 <br />1.Phenolic Nameplates and associated conduit and boxes shall be identified with the following color <br />scheme.Note:For existing buildings the contractor shall field verify the existing building standard and <br />revise the color scheme to match the existing field conditions.Failure to match existing conditions will <br />result in the contractor correcting the mislabeled equipment at his expense. <br />a.Blue surface white core -120/208V equipment. <br />b.Black surface white core -277/480V equipment. <br />c.Bright red surface white core -fire alarm equipment. <br />d.Dark red (burgundy)surface white core -security equipment. <br />e.Green surface white core -emergency systems. <br />f.Orange surface white core -telephone systems. <br />g.Brown surface white core -data systems. <br />h.White surface black core -paging systems. <br />i.Purple surface white core -TV systems. <br />2.02 IDENTIFICATION NAMEPLATES AND LABELS <br />A Identification Nameplates: <br />1.Materials: <br />a.Indoor Clean,Dry Locations: Use plastic nameplates. <br />b.Outdoor Locations: Use plastic nameplates suitable for exterior use. <br />2.Plastic Nameplates: Two-layer or three-layer laminated electrically non-conductive phenolic with <br />beveled edges;minimum thickness of 1/16 inch;engraved text. <br />3.Mounting Holes for Mechanical Fasteners: Two,centered on sides for sizes up to 1 inch high;Four, <br />located at corners for larger sizes. <br />4.Nameplates shall be secured with self tapping stainless steel screws;if screws have sharp ends they <br />shall be protected,otherwise rivets shall be used. <br />B Identification Labels: <br />1.Materials: Use self-adhesive laminated plastic labels;UV,chemical,water,heat,and abrasion <br />resistant. <br />a.Use only for indoor locations. <br />2.Text: Use factory pre-printed or machine-printed text.Do not use handwritten text. <br />C Format for Equipment Identification: <br />1.Minimum Size: 1 inch by 2.5 inches. <br />2.Text:All capitalized unless otherwise indicated. <br />3.Minimum Text Height: <br />a.Equipment Designation: 1/2 inch. <br />b.Exception: Provide minimum text height of 1 inch for equipment located more than 10 feet above <br />floor or working platform. <br />D Wiring device circuit labels. <br />1.All wiring devices (receptacles and switches)shall be labeled with the circuit serving the device.Label <br />shall be a typed adhesive label affixed to the front of the wiring device face plate.Label shall have <br />black text on clear background. <br />2.03 WARNING SIGNS AND LABELS <br />A Comply with ANSI Z535.2 or ANSI Z535.4 as applicable. <br />B Warning Signs: <br />1.Materials: <br />C Warning Labels: <br />1.Materials: Use factory pre-printed or machine-printed self-adhesive polyester or self-adhesive vinyl <br />labels;UV,chemical,water,heat,and abrasion resistant;produced using materials recognized to UL <br />969. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 2D852F9B-A7CF-462A-9536-444A53AA848A