PRACTICAL ELECTRICAL DESIGN

FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING_

General Notes

1. All works herein shall be in accordance with the plans and specification.
2. The work shall comply with the provisions of the latest edition of the Philippine Electrical Code (PEC). Laws,
ordinances, rules and regulations of the locality having jurisdiction to the project and the requirements of
the utility company furnishing electrical energy (MERALCO).
3. The job shall be executed in the most thorough, prompt, & workmanlike manner, employing standard tools,
equipment, methods and good engineering practices. The job shall be done complete in aspects as required
in the plans and specifications and ready for operation.
4. All electrical materials and equipment to be used shall be new and of the approved type for location and
purpose.
5. All electrical works herein shall be done under the direct supervision of a duly licensed electrical engineer.
6. Unless otherwise specified, pull boxes and junction boxes (with locknut and connector) and square boxes
shall be provided whenever required and necessary.
7. There shall be one service drop for the ground floor and one service drop for the second and third floor.
8. Service voltage to the building from the MERALCO source shall be 230V, 3 wire, single phase 60 Hz.
9. Conduits for installation inside ceiling, wood partition, underground or embedded in floor slag shall be pvc.
10. Conduits for service entrance shall be rigid steel conduct.
11. Light control switches shall be rated DA, 250V AC.
12. General purpose convenience outlet shall be rated 10A, 250V AC.
13. Minimum size of wire to be used shall be 2.00mm diameter (3.5mm 2) TW insulation rated for 600V AC.
14. Minimum size of conduit to be used shall be 15mm for PVC.

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 GROUND FLOOR
POWER LAYOUT

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 SECOND FLOOR
POWER LAYOUT

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 THIRD FLOOR
POWER LAYOUT

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 GROUND FLOOR
LIGHTING LAYOUT

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 SECOND FLOOR
LIGHTING LAYOUT

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 THIRD FLOOR
LIGHTING LAYOUT

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LOAD SCHEDULE

Ground Floor Panel

CKT. No. Description of load Watts Volts AMPS Size of Ratings of CB

Conductor Conduct AT AF
1 14 – Light Outlet 1,400 230 6.09 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
2 13 – Light Outlet 1,300 5.65 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
3 1.5 HP - ACU 2,300 10 5.5mm2 20mm 30 50
4 9 – Convenience Outlet 1,800 7.83 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
5 9 – Convenience Outlet 1,800 7.83 20 30
6 Spare 1,000 4.35 20 30

Total 9,600 41.75

Second and Third Floor Panel

CKT. No. Description of load Watts Volts AMPS Size of Ratings of CB

Conductor Conduct AT AF
1 9 - Convenience Outlet 1,800 230 7.83 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
2 9 - Convenience Outlet 1,800 7.83
3 10 – Light Outlet 1,000 4.35
4 10 – Light Outlet 1,000 4.35
5 1.5 HP - ACU 2,300 10 5.5mm2 20mm 30 50
6 1.5 HP - ACU 2,300 10 5.5mm2 20mm 30 50
7 9 – Light Outlet 900 3.91 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
8 11 – Light Outlet 1,100 4.78
9 9 – Convenience Outlet 1,800 7.83
10 1.5 HP - ACU 2,300 10 5.5mm2 20mm 30 50
11 Spare 1,000 4.35 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30
12 Spare 1,000 4.35 3.5mm2 15mm 20 30

Total 18,300 79.58

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 2-22mm² TW CU.WIRE & 2-38mm² TW CU.WIRE &
1-8.0mm² TW CU.WIRE in 1-22mm² TW CU.WIRE in
25mmØ RSC 32mmØ RSC

1-5.5 mm²TW

1-8.0 mm²TW

GROUND FLOOR SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR

SERVICE ENTRANCE COMPUTATION

@ Ground Floor @ Second and Third Floor

IT = 41.75 AMPS IT = 79.58 AMPS
Size of conductor: Size of conductor:
= 0.25 (10) + 41.75 = 44.25 AMPS and = 0.25 (10) + 79.58 = 82.08 AMPS
1 – 8.0mm2 TW wire for ground in 25mm Φ RSC Use: 2 – 38mm2 TW CU. wire (100/82.08) and
1 – 22mm2 TW CU. wire for grounding in 32mmΦ RSC
Size of CKT. Breaker:
= 1.5 (10) + 41.75 = 56.75 AMPS Size of CKT. Breaker
Use: 60 AT / 100 AF molded case ACB = 1.5 (10) + 79.58 = 94.58 AMPS
Use: 100 AT / 150 AF molded case ACB

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 Fig. 5 Different Types of Fusses

Important items associated with fuses are defined below.

 Fuse Current Rating.

This is the designated arms rms alternating or direct current which it will carry continuously under stated
conditions.

 Fuse Voltage Rating

This is the rms alternating or direct voltage for which it is designated.

 Fuse Cutout
A form of fuse and its holder or enclosure characterized by the ready and safe replaceability of the fuse unit.

 Fuse Holder
A device to support a fusible link and to complete the contact between the fusible link and other fuse clips.

Standard Ampere Ratings

The standard ampere ratings for fuses and inverse time circuit breakers shall be considered 15, 20, 25, 30,
35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700,
800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000.

CONDUITS
In residential and in commercial buildings, the major part of the electrical work is the installation of the
branch circuit wiring. In installation, these wires are placed inside a raceway, which is defined by the code
as “any channel for holding wires, cables or bus bars that is expressly designed for, and used solely for this
purpose. The most popular type of raceway is the conduit. There are many types of conduits, the most
common are the following:

For Molded-Case Circuit Breakers

FRAME SIZE, AMP
30 50 60 100 200 225 400 600 800 1000 1200
5 10 10 15 125 70 200 300 300 600 700
10 15 15 20 150 100 225 350 350 700 800
AMPERE TRIP

15 20 20 30 175 125 250 400 400 800 1000

20 30 30 40 200 150 300 500 500 1000 1200
30 40 40 50 175 350 600 600
50 50 60 200 400 700
60 70 225 800
100

Important terms associated with circuit breakers are defined below:

 Inverse-time Circuit Breakers
A circuit breaker where in a delay is purposely introduced in its tripping action. The delay in its tripping
action decreases as the magnitude of the current increases.

 Instantaneous-trip Circuit Breaker

A circuit breaker in which no delay is purposely introduced in its tripping action.

 Adjustable Circuit Breaker

A circuit breaker that can be “set to trip at various values of current and/or time with in a predetermined
range.

 Setting of a Circuit Breaker

The value of current and/or time at which an adjustable circuit breaker is set to trip.

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FUSES

A fuse is an overcurrent protective device with a circuit fusible link which is heated and severed by the passage of
overcurrent through it. Fuses are selected on the basis of operating voltage, normal or rated current and interrupting
capacity. Fuses should be able to carry 110 percent of their rated current without the any externally visible soldered
connection melting and without the fuse tube charring. The interrupting capacity of a fuse is the highest direct
current or rms alternating current it will successfully interrupt. If the short circuit current exceeds the interrupting
capacity of a fuse, it may explode violently, causing an electrical fire and severe damage to the equipment it was
suppose to protect.

The selection of fuses must be done with consideration for the type of circuit involved. Lighting and heating circuits
need only the ordinary the ordinary type of fuse protection (non-time delay fuse), whereas motor circuits require a
time delay fuse, (dual-element fuse) to permit the passage of the high starting current. Dual element fuses permit a
transient current of 200 to 300 percent of the rated motor current and the same time provide protection.

TABLE 5: MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS IN TRADE SIZES OF CONDUIT TUBING.

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Table 2.50.3.17 GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR FOR ALTERNATING-CURRENT SYSTEMS

Size of Largest Service-Entrance Conductor or Equivalent Area for

Size of Grounding Electrode Conductors (mm²)
Parallel Conductors* (mm²)

Aluminum or Copper-Clad Aluminum or Copper-

COPPER
Aluminum Copper Clad Aluminum**
30 or smaller 50 or smaller 8.0 14
38 or 50 60 or 80 14 22
60 or 80 100 or 125 22 30
Over 80 through 200 Over 125 through 250 30 50
Over 200 through 325 Over 250 through 400 50 80
Over 325 through 500 Over 400 through 850 60 100
Over 500 Over 850 80 125

*This table also applies to the derived conductors of separately derived ac systems.
**See installation restrictions in Section 2.50.3.15(a).

Note 1. Where multiple sets of service-entrance conductors are used as permitted in Section 2.30.4.1, Exception NO.
2, the equivalent size of the largest service-entrance conductor shall be determined by the largest sum of the areas
of the corresponding conductors of each set.
Note 2. Where there are no service-entrance conductors, the grounding electrode conductor size shall be
determined by the equivalent size of the largest service-entrance conductor required for the load to be served.
2.50.3.21 Methods of Grounding Conductor Connection to Electrodes.
The grounding conductor shall be connected to the connectors, listed clamps, or other listed means. Connections
depending on solder shall not be used. Ground clamps shall be listed for the materials of the grounding electrode and
the grounding electrode conductor and, where used on pipe, rod, or other buried electrodes, shall also be listed for
direct soil burial. Not more than one conductor shall be connected to the grounding electrode by a single clamp or
fitting unless the clamp or fitting is listed for multiple conductors. One of the following methods shall be used:

Table 4.30.14.2 Full-Load Currents in Amperes, Single-Phase Alternating Current Motors.

The following values of full-load currents are for motors running at usual speeds and motors with normal torque
characteristics. Motors built for especially low speeds or high torque’s may have higher full-load currents, and
multispeed motors will have full-load current varying with speed, in which case the nameplate current rating shall be
used.

The voltages listed are rated motor voltages. The current listed shall be permitted for system voltage ranges of 110
to 120 and 220 to 240 volts.

Horsepower 115Volts 200Volts 208Volts 230Volts

1/6 4.4 2.5 2.4 2.2
¼ 5.8 3.3 3.2 2.9
1/3 7.2 4.1 4.0 3.6
½ 9.8 5.6 5.4 4.9
¾ 13.8 7.9 7.6 6.9
1 16 9.2 8.8 8.0
1½ 20 11.5 11.0 10
2 24 13.8 13.2 12
3 34 19.6 18.7 17
5 56 32.2 30.8 28
7½ 80 46.0 44.0 40
10 100 57.5 55.0 50

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Table 4.30.14.4 Full Current-Load Current Three-Phase Alternating-Current Motors.
The following values of full-load currents are typical for motors running at speeds usual for belted motors and motors
with normal torque characteristics. Motors built for low speeds (1 200 rpm or less) or high torque’s may require more
running current, and multispeed motors will have full-load current varying with speed. In these cases, the nameplate
current rating shall be used. The voltages listed are rated motors voltages. The current shall be permitted for system
voltage ranges of 110 to 120, 220 to 240, 440 to 480, and 550 to 600 volts.

For 90 and 80 percent power factor, the figures shall be multiplied by 1.1 and 1.25, respectively.

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