Florida Senate - 2008 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 1544, 1st Eng.
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Senate
Floor: 6/AD/3R
4/30/2008 10:42 AM
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House
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Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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Senate Amendment
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Delete line(s) 6154-6176
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and insert:
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Section 101. Subsection (1) of section 553.909, Florida
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Statutes, is amended, subsections (3) and (4) are renumbered as
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subsections (6) and (7), respectively, and new subsections (3),
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(4), and (5) are added to that section, to read:
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553.909 Setting requirements for appliances; exceptions.--
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(1) The Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building
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Construction shall set the minimum requirements for commercial or
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residential swimming pool pumps, swimming pool water heaters, and
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heat traps and thermostat settings for water heaters used to heat
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potable water sold for residential use. The code shall further
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establish the minimum acceptable standby loss for electric water
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heaters and the minimum recovery efficiency and standby loss for
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water heaters fueled by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.
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(3) Commercial or residential swimming pool pumps or water
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heaters sold after July 1, 2011, shall comply with the
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requirements of this subsection. Natural gas pool heaters shall
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not be equipped with constantly burning pilots. Heat pump pool
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heaters shall have a coefficient of performance at low
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temperature of not less than 4.0. The thermal efficiency of gas-
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fired pool heaters and oil-fired pool heaters shall not be less
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than 78 percent. All pool heaters shall have a readily accessible
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on-off switch that is mounted outside the heater and that allows
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shutting off the heater without adjusting the thermostat setting.
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(4) Pool pump motors shall not be split-phase, shaded-pole,
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or capacitor start-induction run types. Residential pool pumps
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and pool pumps motors with a total horsepower of 1 HP or more
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shall have the capability of operating at two or more speeds with
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a low speed having a rotation rate that is no more than one-half
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of the motor's maximum rotation rate. Residential pool pump motor
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controls shall have the capability of operating the pool pump at
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a minimum of two speeds. The default circulation speed shall be
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the residential filtration speed, with a higher speed override
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capability being for a temporary period not to exceed one normal
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cycle or 120 minutes, whichever is less. Except that circulation
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speed for solar pool heating systems shall be permitted to run at
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higher speeds during periods of usable solar heat gain.
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(5) Portable electric spas standby power shall not be
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greater than 5(V2/3) watts where V = the total volume, in
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gallons, when spas are measured in accordance with the spa
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industry test protocol.
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(6)(3) The Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building
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Construction may include standards for other appliances and
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energy-using systems if they are determined by the department to
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have a significant impact on the energy use of the building and
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if they are cost-effective to the consumer.
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(7)(4) If the provisions of this section are preempted in
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part by federal standards, those provisions not preempted shall
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apply.
4/29/2008 7:45:00 PM EP.37.09101
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.