I don't have that much experience with residential load calculations other than what I've done in school and licensing testing years ago
I have a few questions that I would greatly appreciate help with.
I am using the Load Calculator spreadsheet that can be found on Mike Holt's website. I don't see any entry boxes for some things, so I wonder if we just shouldn't include those things? Bathroom exhaust fans? Ceiling fans? Garage door openers? A small counter top microwave? I'm curious what appliances in a typical house should be listed?
The house in question is all natural gas, the only big electrical load is central air. So what do I count the air handler as? The air handlers are used for both forced hot air and central AC, but they are just gas furnaces so they don't use much power. The air handler entry in the load calculator is only for electric heat. So I wonder if I should just add whatever the air handler uses to the AC condensor? How would you go about that?
One other thing that I am curious about is if this calc automatically includes calculating the 25% of the largest motor to the load calculation? I don't see it listed anywhere on the spreadsheet.
I have a few questions that I would greatly appreciate help with.
I am using the Load Calculator spreadsheet that can be found on Mike Holt's website. I don't see any entry boxes for some things, so I wonder if we just shouldn't include those things? Bathroom exhaust fans? Ceiling fans? Garage door openers? A small counter top microwave? I'm curious what appliances in a typical house should be listed?
The house in question is all natural gas, the only big electrical load is central air. So what do I count the air handler as? The air handlers are used for both forced hot air and central AC, but they are just gas furnaces so they don't use much power. The air handler entry in the load calculator is only for electric heat. So I wonder if I should just add whatever the air handler uses to the AC condensor? How would you go about that?
One other thing that I am curious about is if this calc automatically includes calculating the 25% of the largest motor to the load calculation? I don't see it listed anywhere on the spreadsheet.