The dwelling has a floor area of 1500 square feet exclusive of an unfinished cellar not adaptable for future use, unfinished attic, and open porches. It has two 20-ampere small appliance circuits, one 20-ampere laundry circuit, two 4-kW wall-mounted ovens, one 5.1-kW counter-mounted cooking unit, a 4.5-kW water heater, a 1.2-kW dishwasher, a 5-kW combination clothes washer and dryer, six 7-ampere, 230-volt room air-conditioning units, and a 1.5-kW permanently installed bathroom space heater. Assume wall-mounted ovens, counter-mounted cooking unit, water heater, dishwasher, and combination clothes washer and dryer kW ratings equivalent to kVA.
Air Conditioning kVA Calculation
Load Included at 100%
Air conditioning: Included below [See Item 1 in 220.82(C)]
Space heater: Omit [See Item 5 in 220.82(C)]
General Load |
|
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1500 sq. ft. at 3 volt-amperes |
4500 VA |
Two 20-amp. small appliance circuits at 1500 volt-amperes each |
3000 VA |
Laundry circuit |
1500 VA |
2 ovens |
8000 VA |
1 cooking unit |
5100 VA |
Water heater |
4500 VA |
Dishwasher |
1200 VA |
Washer/dryer |
5000 VA |
|
32,800 VA |
1st 10 kVA at 100% |
10,000 VA |
Remainder at 40% (22.8 kVA x .4 x 1000) |
9,120 VA |
|
19,120 VA |
|
10,080 VA |
|
29,200 VA |
Calculated Load for Service
Feeder Neutral Load (per 220.61)
Assume that the two 4-kVA wall-mounted ovens are supplied by one branch circuit, the 5.1-kVA counter-mounted cooking unit by a separate circuit.
1500 sq. ft. at 3 volt-amperes |
4500 VA |
Three 20-amp circuits at 1500 volt-amperes |
4500 VA |
|
9000 VA |
3000 volt-amperes at 100% |
3000 VA |
9000 VA - 3000 VA = 6000 volt-amperes at 35% |
2100 VA |
|
5100 VA |
Two 4-kVA ovens plus one 5.1-kVA cooking unit = 13.1 kVA.
Table 220.55 permits 55% demand factor or
Subtotal from above |
5100 VA |
Ovens and cooking unit: 7200 VA x 70% for neutral load |
5040 VA |
Clothes washer/dryer - 5 kVA x 70% for neutral load |
3500 VA |
Dishwasher |
1200 VA |
|
14,840 VA |
Calculated Load for Neutral
Article 90 Introduction
General
Wiring and Protection
Wiring Methods and Materials
Equipment for General Use
Special Occupancies
Special Equipment
Special Conditions
Tables
Annex C. Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size
Annex D. Examples
Annex E. Types of Construction