The Florida Senate

553.909  Setting requirements for appliances; exceptions.--

(1)  Water heaters sold after October 1, 1980, for residential use shall be installed with a heat trap and shall have the thermostat set at 110 °F or whatever minimum the unit is capable of if it exceeds 110 °F. Electric water heaters may not have a standby loss which exceeds 4 watts per square foot of tank surface per hour. Water heaters fueled by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas in any form which are sold or installed after March 1, 1981, shall have a recovery efficiency of 75 percent or more and shall have a standby loss in percent per hour not exceeding the number determined by dividing 67 by the volume of the tank in gallons and adding the result to 2.8.

(2)  Dishwashers sold after March 1, 1981, shall be equipped so that the normal operating cycle does not include automatic switching on of the heating element for the drying portion of the operating cycle. Dishwashers the controls of which permit the user to elect to have the heating element on during the drying portion of the operating cycle meet this requirement.

(3)  The Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building Construction may include standards for other appliances and energy-using systems if they are determined by the department to have a significant impact on the energy use of the building and if they are cost-effective to the consumer.

(4)  If the provisions of this section are preempted in part by federal standards, those provisions not preempted shall apply.

History.--s. 7, ch. 80-163; s. 7, ch. 84-273; s. 10, ch. 93-249.