I have a friend that is putting an addition to his house. The house is about 9k sq. feet gas appliances and a pool and outside kitchen added , the service is 400 amps , he keeps telling me he converted to led ., We all know that doesnt matter to load calcs . My question is he has a lot of exterior lighting both landscape and on the house , single light on the exterior would I have to add those ? and if so how much per light . All that hes added over time is going to come close to exceeding the 400 amps. I know there isnt a problem of him overloading but just from a code and inspection issue.
Residential load calcs
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Get the power bills from the POCO and check the demand, or connect a recording meter for 30 days. Typically connected load is far less than calculated load.
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Impossible to tell but my guess is that 400 amps is fine with gas appliances
WHAT I did not mention as that is a split buss panel and 200 feeds a panel in the back of the house and 200 left at the main panel < I think the solution would be to change the main panel to a regular 400 amp panel , with a pool panel and the addition , 6 acs and the outside kitchen this may still come close to being under the 400. Just list and add , thanks for your input.
your right I looked in the code book after posting ; my embarrassment.
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