Exam question #2

[Dsm]

This was a calculation that was on my exam I took and got wrong can someone please explain?Calculate the general lighting load for a two story school that is 80x140?My answer is 140x80x3=33,600va x1.25=4200va thanks

 

[GoldDigger]

This was a calculation that was on my exam I took and got wrong can someone please explain?Calculate the general lighting load for a two story school that is 80x140?My answer is 140x80x3=33,600va x1.25=4200va thanks

If each floor is 80x140, you are missing a factor of two!

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[JFletcher]

If each floor is 80x140, you are missing a factor of two!

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Maybe a typo, but he wrote down 4200va, not 42,000va, so off by a factor of 20.