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NEC 2020 Art. 220 · Service calculations · Panel schedules

Service and panel documentation that adds up on the first review.

An Article 220 service and feeder load calculation with a matching panel schedule — every circuit accounted for, every demand factor named, and the arithmetic shown. Delivered as a plan sheet that sits in the permit set and a workbook that shows the work.

What we deliver

The calculation and the sheet, as one document set.

The schedule is a directory and the evidence the service can carry the load. Both jobs, one sheet.

Service & feeder load calculation

Article 220 calculation for the service and any feeders — general lighting, receptacles, appliances, motors, largest-motor adder and the applicable demand factors, each named as it is applied.

Panel schedules

Every breaker position documented — circuit, description, load, breaker size and pole count — with spare and space counts derived from the schedule itself rather than estimated.

Load balancing & tie-out

Phase loading checked across the panel, with the line-to-line total reconciled once so the schedule and the service calculation are provably the same load.

Panel & service sizing

Minimum service and overcurrent protection sized from the calculated demand load, stated against the existing service so the gap — if there is one — is explicit.

Occupancy & unit-load basis

The lighting and receptacle unit loads taken from the NEC table edition the project adopts, with the occupancy row chosen deliberately and recorded.

Sign & specialty circuits

The outlets and dedicated circuits commercial occupancies are required to have, which hand-drawn tenant sets routinely omit.

Codes & standards we work to

The edition the project adopts, stated on the sheet.

NFPA 70 National Electrical Code (2020)

The edition in force in Florida — the calculation cites the edition the project's drawings adopt.

NEC Article 220

Branch-circuit, feeder and service load calculations.

NEC Article 230

Service conductors and equipment.

NEC Article 408

Switchboards and panelboards.

NEC Article 430

Motors, motor circuits and controllers, including the largest-motor adder.

NEC Article 600

Sign and outline lighting outlets.

Florida Building Code, Building §2701

Adopts NFPA 70 as the electrical code for the project.

Utility service requirements

The serving utility's own standards for meter, service and point of connection, which can govern over the code minimum.

Project types

Residential services, tenant fit-outs, clinics, offices, retail and light industrial — plus the service upgrades in between.

ResidentialMultifamilyCommercialMixed-useIndustrialTenant fit-outRenovation / additionNew construction
Deliverables

A plan sheet, a workbook, and the arithmetic to defend it.

Load calculation sheet

Demand load by category with every demand factor identified as applied or declined.

Panel schedule sheet

Circuit directory with breaker sizes, poles, loads and derived spare/space counts.

Service summary

Connected load, demand load, calculated current and minimum overcurrent protection.

Supporting workbook

The step-by-step calculation, so a reviewer can follow each category.

Existing-service comparison

Computed load against the existing service rating, with the required rating stated.

Permit support

Response to electrical review comments and revision when the equipment or scope changes.

Adding equipment, or not sure the service can carry it? Send the panel details.

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