Panel administration acronyms

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e57 said:
Could anyone list the many panel acronyms and what they mean? e.g. LCP - how many more are there?
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ODO Overhead Door Operator
GG Garbage Grinder.
WP Whirlpool
Are some I use. But I never use acronymns on the panel schedule, only on the NM sleeves to tag the wires inside. I would hate to be a HO and not have a clue as to what is what because it's just alphabet soup.
 
GDO- garage door operator
Rec- Receptacle
GD-Garbage disposal
BR, LR, DR- bedroom, living room, dining room
RTU, AHU, CU- Roof top unit, Air Handling unit, Condensing unit.
 
maybe he's asking about the panel label itself and not the panel branch ckt schedule. For example you have the MDP (i.e. Main Distribution Panel) that feeds all the panels. Therefore the bkrs in the MDP are labeled, for examples sake, H1P (house 1st floor power panel), H1L (house 1st floor lighting panel), etc.

Or, TPA (Technical Power A-wing) saw that in a school

Or, before the XFMR, H1 (high voltage 480/277 panel), the after the XFMR, L1P (low voltage 208/120 recepts, fan motors, etc) and L1L (low voltage lighting)

Or, ACP, duh, air conditioning panel

These designations are often arbritrary by the designer and make no sense. This past summer, I installled a panel HD in a "Building C", for the life of me couldn't figure out the acronym until late in the job my PM remarked in the design phase the Bldg C was deleted and bldg D ( as in panel House "D") became bldg C but the panel name was overlooked and not changed to HC!!
 
Dennis Alwon said:
What administrative panel are you talking about?
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For instance: (Not what I'm looking for - but an example of what telco does... ) TIA/EIA-606-A has a whole bunch of cable pathway identifiers that can tell you so much about the path of a cable - where it goes and comes from by way of some simple letter and number codes. What I'm looking for are some of the most common "Electrical" panel acronyms and variations so I can attemt to develop something simular for my own use.

Like if you or I opened a box in a commercial building and saw, "LCP-2 CT 2,4,6" we would know it would mean that circuits 2, 4, and 6 of panel LCP-2 were in that box.

Are there more than "LCP", and "EDP" what are they? Since there does not seem to be a widely held standard, I'm looking to see what others do...
 
Sounds like reverse labeling logic being applied...
 
I used some search engines: and with the word "panel abbreviations"
came up with what I feel are the top two:

The IEEE listing (maybe a little to complete - :roll:)

The NEMA listing, (this is direct to a PDF) note page ten, and eleven its cross linked to Code Articles per wire type.

They are both probably over the top, but they do cover alot of ground.
Enjoy!
 
I've not seen a consistant panel naming scheme yet. But the standard I see most involves combinations of common designations

H = high (usually 480Y277)
L = low (usually 208Y120)
P = power
L (2nd position) = light
M = mechanical
D= distribution
P= panel

Often the floor number is added on multilevel buidings.

for example:

1LL1 = ist floor 208Y120 lighting panel #1
1HM2 = 2nd floor 480y277 mechanical panel #2
2-DP1 = 2nd floor distribution panel #1

Add to this some common usage nomenclature such as:

1MDP1 = 1st floor main distribution panel #1
SES1 = service entrance section
2MCC1 = 2nd floor motor control center #1

and you have a workable nomencature.
 
ElectronDance said:
I've not seen a consistant panel naming scheme yet. But the standard I see most involves combinations of common designations

H = high (usually 480Y277)
L = low (usually 208Y120)
P = power
L (2nd position) = light
M = mechanical
D= distribution
P= panel

Often the floor number is added on multilevel buidings.

for example:

1LL1 = ist floor 208Y120 lighting panel #1
1HM2 = 2nd floor 480y277 mechanical panel #2
2-DP1 = 2nd floor distribution panel #1

Add to this some common usage nomenclature such as:

1MDP1 = 1st floor main distribution panel #1
SES1 = service entrance section
2MCC1 = 2nd floor motor control center #1

and you have a workable nomencature.
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Cool post.
 
I have also seen sub-panels done with the name of the first panel, say EDP1, and the sub-panel from that as EDP1.1, a sub from that sub would be EDP1.2

Either way I wish there were a standard - and I think there should be.
 
I like the panel I had to work on years ago.

Ed's office, Sue's Office, etc. When I asked where Ed's office was, I was told Ed retired 12-15 year's prior. Fortunately this 'old timer' still knew where he office was. That type of labeling works as well as 'new addition recepts'.
 
paul said:
I like the panel I had to work on years ago.

Ed's office, Sue's Office, etc. When I asked where Ed's office was, I was told Ed retired 12-15 year's prior. Fortunately this 'old timer' still knew where he office was. That type of labeling works as well as 'new addition recepts'.
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Oh I too love that type crap - "Billy's room" from when Billy was a kid raised by the original owners of the home built in the 30's... Recently had not just your typical "Lights and outlets" markings - it was "Everything upstairs" and "Everything downstairs" GREAT! What about the floor you're on? Nothing.

IMO it maybe should be in the code (and I know I'm too late to get it in this cycle) that each outlet, J-box and light be marked with its circuit number and panel name. It certainly would save a lot of trouble tracing circuits - but more importantly - since working live is essentially not allowed it would take the guess work out of it - and therefore make a safer working enviroment.
 
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