Glamping Occupancy

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Optomax

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Austin
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Electrician
1 15 m ago
Hello, I'm looking to see if anyone may have experience or an idea of how glamping sites would be specified in the NEC.

I can't see to pin down an exact definition to apply to glamping sites. If you're unfamiliar, glamping is luxury camping, geodesic domes, bubbles, tipis, all of which will usually have amenities such as heating/cooling, water heaters, general use outlets, etc.

They're campsites, but they're unlike rv parks because you can't just plug them in, they need hard wire hook ups at each site. I'm going about sizing all of the mini splits, water heaters, and general lighting and receptacles, but I can't seem to determine if I should count each as a single dwelling unit, or the campsite itself as a multi dwelling. Each campsite has an outdoor toilet and shower and a gas grill (cooking provisions?)

The campsite will also have a home on it where the electric pole will be located, and the idea is to bring the power to the home, and then branch out to the campsite and the individual sites from there

Anyone have any opinion or experience on this? I'd like to get a definition on the occupancy so I can add derating and see what's feasible as far as getting a service out there.

Any help much appreciated, thank you
 

retirede

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Illinois
In my experience, glamping involves a fancy cabin. As such, it’s a structure that needs to be matched to the closest definition in the NEC. It may meet the definition of a dwelling unit.
 

Besoeker3

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UK
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Retired Electrical Engineer
Glamping........I had to Google that! My ignorance - there are quite a few in Yorkshire near me.
 

hillbilly1

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North Georgia mountains
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Owner/electrical contractor
66AFF98C-103E-4D56-95D2-8E699EDAE233.png People are scared of hotels now, when I work out of town, I can easily get a room. RV sales have skyrocketed, and its getting really hard to get a reservation at a campground now. We will probably see a large increase in campgrounds being built. KOA has very similar type called Kamping Cabins”
 

Optomax

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Austin
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Electrician
I'm planning on doing two separate meters so the house can be independent for selling purposes later. It will also save me in sizing down switch gear as I'm looking at 400 for the camp and 200 for the home.

Thanks all for the replies!
 
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