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Single Family Dwelling Unit

This document provides specifications for the electrical system of a 250 square meter single family home with 230 volt single phase service. It details the load calculations for air conditioning, lighting, cooking, and other appliances. The total computed load is 67,440 volt-amperes. The required circuits include six 20-amp, thirteen 30-amp, one 40-amp, one 60-amp, and two 70-amp 2-wire branch circuits. The service entrance conductors specified are two 325 mm2 THW wires to support a total full load current of 300 amperes.

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Single Family Dwelling Unit

This document provides specifications for the electrical system of a 250 square meter single family home with 230 volt single phase service. It details the load calculations for air conditioning, lighting, cooking, and other appliances. The total computed load is 67,440 volt-amperes. The required circuits include six 20-amp, thirteen 30-amp, one 40-amp, one 60-amp, and two 70-amp 2-wire branch circuits. The service entrance conductors specified are two 325 mm2 THW wires to support a total full load current of 300 amperes.

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Single Family Dwelling Unit, More than 150 Square Meters Floor Area, 230 Volts

Single Phase Service

Floor Area = 250 sq. m


5.1 Air Conditioning Load: (See Section 2.20.3.23)
Two 6-kVA package type air conditioning units
= 12 000 volt-amperes
Provide two 70-ampere package type acu circuits.
Six 2-HP room air-conditioning units,
14 A x 230 V x 6
= 19 320 volt-amperes
Provide six 30-ampere room acu circuits.
5.2 Lighting and Convenience Receptacle Load:
(See Section 2.20.3.23)
250 sq. m x 24 volt-amperes per sq. m
Provide at least two 20-ampere lighting and
Convenience receptacle circuits.

= 6 000 volt-amperes

5.3 Cooking Load: (See section 2.20.3.16)


Two 4-kW wall mounted ovens,
4 000 VA x 2
Provide two 30-ampere wall
mounted oven circuits.
One 8-kW electric range
Provide one 40-ampere
Electric range circuit.
Subtotal Load

= 8 000 volt-amperes

= 8 000 volt-amperes
16 000 volt-amperes

Application of Demand Factor: (See Table 2.20.3.16 Column C)


16 000 volt-amperes x 0.55
= 8 800 volt-amperes
One 1.5 kW microwave oven
(See Table 2.20.3.16 Column B)
Provide one 20-ampere
microwave oven circuit.
One 12-kW electric range
(See Table 2.20.3.16 Column A)
Provide one 60-ampere
electric range circuit
Total Load

5.4 Other Loads:

= 1 200 volt-amperes

= 8 000 volt-ampere
18 000 volt-ampere

One 20-ampere small appliance


circuit @ 1 500 volt-amperes
[ See Section 2.20.1.11(c)(1)]
Provide one 20-ampere
small appliance circuit.
One laundry washing machine
@ 1 500 volt-amperes
[See Section 2.20.1.11(c)(2)]
Provide one 20-ampere
laundry circuit.
One 5-kW clothes dryer
Provide one 30-ampere
dryer circuit.
Four 5-kW water heaters
Provide four 30-ampere water
heater circuits.
One 1.5-HP water pump,
10 A x 230 V
Provide one 20-ampere
Water pump circuit.
Total Other Loads

= 1 500 volt-amperes

= 1 500 volt-amperes
= 5 000 volt-amperes
= 20 000 volt-amperes

= 2 300 volt-amperes
30 300 volt-amperes

Application of Demand Factor: (See Table 2.20.3.23)


30 300 volt-amperes x 0.40
Total Net Computed Load

= 12 120 volt-amperes
= 67 440 volt-amperes

5.5 Circuit Requirement:


Use six 20-ampere 2-wire branch circuits, thirteen 30-ampere 2-wire
branch circuits, one 40-ampere 2 wire branch circuit, one 60-ampere2
wire branch circuit and two 70-ampere 2-wire branch circuits.
5.6 Service Entrance Conductors:
Total Full Load Current: (See Sections 4.30.2.4 and 4.40.1.7)
[67 440 VA + 25% (6 000 VA)]
Use two 325

mm

230 V = 300 Amperes

THW wires

Note: See Section 2.20.2.3 for conductor and overcurrent protection ampere rating.

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