everestt
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- West Chester, PA, USA
Hello Forum!
I have recently started helping someone with their design for a mobile home. My client has bought a large mobile storage unit and is converting it into a mobile home. There is a trailer hitch connected to the front of it which he will eventually drive around with his mobile home touring America. He has hired me to help him with the electrical design of the mobile home. I have a couple questions as I have done electrical design for commercial, industrial, and residential but never anything for mobile homes/RV homes. Especially questions regarding NEC regulations for mobile homes.
Here are some more details about his mobile home:
-Solar panels on the roof going to Charge controller, Battery bank, AC/DC converter
-Accessible Shore Line Power if he decides to plant himself at a RV Park
-Panel Box with AC and DC load options
-Equipment he desires to power - AC unit, Heat Unit, Refrigerator (2-way: AC or Propane run with DC spark), water heater, water pump, propane stove (DC spark), propane oven (DC spark), compost toilet, 2 ventilation fans, LED lights (8 total), toaster oven, hotspot device, panel box exhaust fans 1 & 2, laptop, cell phone, other misc items
We just starting the electrical design, but I wanted to get as much advice before we would finalize things. Just to give you my background, I graduated with a BS of engineering electrical concentration, then have been working with electrical design/build firms for 5 1/2 years. I did work as an electrical tester for 2 years as well in the field. Now I have my own electrical consulting company. I have not done work in the mobile home/RV world and have a couple questions:
-Are there specific sections of the NEC that directly talk about mobile home designs?
-What is the maximum circuits I could branch together in this setting? (I will be doing load calc's to coordinate over current protection)
-Any advice you could give me going forward with finalizing the design for mobile homes? I will also be helping my client with the installation.
Thanks guys. Really appreciate all this forum does. Two photos of the trailer are attached. Please if you need any other information, feel free to ask for it.
I have recently started helping someone with their design for a mobile home. My client has bought a large mobile storage unit and is converting it into a mobile home. There is a trailer hitch connected to the front of it which he will eventually drive around with his mobile home touring America. He has hired me to help him with the electrical design of the mobile home. I have a couple questions as I have done electrical design for commercial, industrial, and residential but never anything for mobile homes/RV homes. Especially questions regarding NEC regulations for mobile homes.
Here are some more details about his mobile home:
-Solar panels on the roof going to Charge controller, Battery bank, AC/DC converter
-Accessible Shore Line Power if he decides to plant himself at a RV Park
-Panel Box with AC and DC load options
-Equipment he desires to power - AC unit, Heat Unit, Refrigerator (2-way: AC or Propane run with DC spark), water heater, water pump, propane stove (DC spark), propane oven (DC spark), compost toilet, 2 ventilation fans, LED lights (8 total), toaster oven, hotspot device, panel box exhaust fans 1 & 2, laptop, cell phone, other misc items
We just starting the electrical design, but I wanted to get as much advice before we would finalize things. Just to give you my background, I graduated with a BS of engineering electrical concentration, then have been working with electrical design/build firms for 5 1/2 years. I did work as an electrical tester for 2 years as well in the field. Now I have my own electrical consulting company. I have not done work in the mobile home/RV world and have a couple questions:
-Are there specific sections of the NEC that directly talk about mobile home designs?
-What is the maximum circuits I could branch together in this setting? (I will be doing load calc's to coordinate over current protection)
-Any advice you could give me going forward with finalizing the design for mobile homes? I will also be helping my client with the installation.
Thanks guys. Really appreciate all this forum does. Two photos of the trailer are attached. Please if you need any other information, feel free to ask for it.