- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
The NEC requires at least 2 small appliance branch circuit for a kitchen and each small appliance branch circuit must be calculated at 1500VA. If I run 4 small appliance branch circuit's do I need to calculate it at 6000VA instead of 3000VA. I have never done it that way.
220.52 Small-Appliance and Laundry Loads ? Dwelling Unit.
(A) Small-Appliance Circuit Load. In each dwelling unit, the load shall be calculated at 1500 volt-amperes for each 2-wire small-appliance branch circuit as covered by 210.11(C)(1). Where the load is subdivided through two or more feeders, the calculated load for each shall include not less than 1500 volt-amperes for each 2-wire small appliance branch circuit. These loads shall be permitted to be included with the general lighting load and subjected to the demand factors provided in Table 220.42.
Exception: The individual branch circuit permitted by 210.52(B)(1), Exception No. 2, shall be permitted to be excluded from the calculation required by 220.52.