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What is NYC MC § 1105.5?

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This section regulates the installation of fuel-burning appliances in machinery rooms, prohibiting open flames that use combustion air from these areas. Exceptions are provided for specific refrigerants and conditions that ensure safety from refrigerant leakage. Applies to building owners managing machinery rooms with fuel-burning appliances.

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1105.5 Fuel-burning appliances.

MC § 1105.5

Open flames that use combustion air from the machinery room shall not be installed in a machinery room. Exceptions: 1. Where the refrigerant is carbon dioxide or water.

2.Fuel-burning appliances shall not be prohibited in the same machinery room with refrigerant-containing equipment or appliances where combustion air is ducted from outside the machinery room and sealed in such a manner as to prevent any refrigerant leakage from entering the combustion chamber, or where a refrigerant vapor detector is employed to automatically shut off the combustion process in the event of refrigerant leakage.

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