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    ELE 103

    Electrical System Design and


    Illumination Engineering Design
    Lecture (Laundry Load and
    Clothes Dryer Branch Circuit )
    Prepared by: Engr. Franklin C. Almonte
    DEFINITION OF TERMS
    Laundry Area
    ➢an area containing or designed to contain a laundry tray, clothes washer,
    or a clothes dryer.

    Rules controlling Laundry Branch Circuit


    Number of Laundry branch circuits
    In each dwelling unit, At least one 20-ampere branch circuit shall be provided to
    supply the laundry receptacle outlet(s).
    Dedicated usage of Laundry branch circuits

    The laundry branch circuits required in a dwelling unit(s) by shall supply only the
    receptacle outlets specified for Laundry use and this circuit shall have no other outlets
    supplying other loads.
    Rules controlling Laundry Branch Circuit

    special case, no laundry facilities permitted

    In other than one-family dwellings where laundry facilities are not to be installed
    or permitted, a laundry receptacle shall not be required.

    Location of receptacle outlet used for Laundry

    Appliance receptacle outlets installed in a dwelling unit for specific appliances, such as
    laundry equipment, shall be installed within 1.8 m (6 ft) of the intended location of the
    appliance.
    Calculation of Laundry load
    For feeder and service calculation purposes:

    Laundry branch circuit load

    In each dwelling unit, a load of not less than 1500 volt-amperes shall
    be included for each 2-wire laundry branch circuit installed.
    Where additional laundry branch circuits are provided, they also are
    calculated at 1500 volt-amperes per circuit.
    Clothes Dryer Load
    Important!!!
    If a dwelling unit doesn’t include a clothes dryer, no Load for clothes dryer will be
    added for feeder calculation of this dwelling unit.

    Important!!!
    A combination of clothes washer and clothes dryer will be handled in calculations as it
    is a clothes dryer. But the branch circuit and the receptacle outlet for laundry is still
    required i.e. minimum Laundry requirements is mandatory while clothes dryer
    requirements are not.

    Important!!!
    Kilovolt-amperes (kVA) shall be considered equivalent to kilowatts (kW) for clothes dryer
    loads.
    PEC Standard calculation method:
    clothes dryers load in PEC Standard calculation method
    As per PEC section 2.20.3.15 the load for household electric clothes dryers in a
    dwelling unit(s) shall be either 5000 watts (volt-amperes) or the nameplate rating,
    whichever is larger, for each dryer served.

    Important!!!
    The NEC does not prohibit applying the full load of all dryers to a service and/or feeder
    calculation especially when all the clothes dryers are in a common Laundry area in a
    multi-family dwelling because It is possible that all dryers will be operating at one time
    in a laundry facility. But when each tenant has separate clothes dryer, it is unlikely that
    all dryers will be in operation simultaneously. So, Table 2.20.3.15 Demand Factors for
    Household Electric Clothes Dryers will be used.
    • In multifamily dwelling, where two or more single-phase dryers are supplied by a 3-
    phase, 4-wire feeder, or service, follow the below steps:

    • Step#1: Assign the maximum number of dryers connected between any two phases.

    • Step#2: The total number of clothes dryers between two phases = 2 x the maximum number of
    clothes dryers connected between any two phases ---- (Result # 1)

    • Step#3: 2-phase Total “connected load” for clothes = totals of all the clothes dryers loads x
    (Result # 1) ----- (Result # 2)

    • Step#4: Based on the total number of clothes dryers between two phases (Result# 1), assign
    the demand factor from Table 2.20.3.15.

    • Step#5: 2-phase Total “demand load” for clothes dryers = (Result# 2) X Demand factor -----
    (Result # 3)

    • Step#6: service 3-phase Total “demand load” = (Result # 3) X 3/2


    Example 1
    What is the minimum service load for a 4.7 KW combination clothes
    washer and dryer?
    Solution
    A combination of clothes washer and clothes dryer will be handled
    in calculations as it is a clothes dryer.

    So, the minimum service load for a 4.7 KW combination clothes


    washer and dryer = 5000 watts = 5 KW
    Example 2
    In a multi-family dwelling with 10 dwelling units, assuming the load
    of 10 single-phase dryers is connected as evenly as possible to the
    3-phase system (3 dryers connected between phases A and B, 3
    dryers connected between phases B and C, and 4 dryers connected
    between phases A and C), as in below image.
    Solution
    Step#1: The maximum number of dryers connected between any two phases is 4

    Step#2: Twice the maximum number of dryers connected between any two phases is used as
    the basis for calculating the demand load = 4 dryers x 2 = 8 dryers

    Step#3: 2-phase Total “connected load” = 8 x 5500 VA = 44,000 VA

    Step#4: from Table 2.20.3.15, for 8 dryers, demand factor = 60%

    Step#5: 2-phase Total “demand load” = 44,000 VA x 0.6 = 26,400 VA (connected between two
    phases of the 3-phase system)

    Step#6: service 3-phase Total “demand load” = 26,400 VA x 3/2 = 39,600 VA


    PEC Optional calculation method:
    Rule#5: Application of NEC Optional calculation method
    NEC Optional calculation method will be used if the following condition is verified:
    The service-entrance or feeder conductors have an ampacity of at least 100 amperes.
    Important!!!
    If the service-entrance ampacity calculated by the optional method is less than 100A, re-
    calculate with using the standard method.

    Important!!!
    In NEC Optional calculation method, for a multifamily dwelling, Table 220.84 “Optional
    Calculations — Demand Factors for Three or More Multifamily Dwelling Units” will be used if the
    following conditions are verified:
    If No dwelling unit is supplied by more than one feeder
    Each dwelling unit is equipped with electric cooking equipment.
    Each dwelling unit is equipped with either electric space heating or air conditioning, or both.
    In a multi-family dwelling, for Optional calculation method, follow
    the below steps:

    • Step#1: Total “connected load” for clothes dryers = sum of all


    nameplate rating of clothes dryers loads in each dwelling unit----
    (Result#1).
    • Step#2: Based on the total number of dwelling units in this
    building, assign the demand factor from Table 2.20.4.5.
    • Step#3: 3-phase service Total “demand load” for clothes dryers =
    (Result#1) X Demand factor.
    Example 3
    What is the one-family dwelling load contribution for a 4.5KW
    clothed dryer?
    Solution
    The minimum load using the PEC standard calculation method for a
    clothes dryer = 5000 watts

    The load using the PEC optional calculation method for a clothes
    dryer = nameplate rating = 4500 watts
    Example 4
    Find the solution for the same multi-family dwelling building in
    example#2 by using the PEC optional calculation method.
    Solution
    Step#1: Total “connected load” for clothes dryers =5500 VA X 10 =
    55,000 VA
    Step#2: from Table 2.20.4.5, For 10 dwelling units, the demand
    factor = 43 %.
    Step#3: 3-phase service Total “demand load” for clothes dryers=
    55,000 VA x 0.43 = 23,650 VA Service ampacity = 23,650VA /(208 V
    X1.732) = 66 A < 100 A, So the calculation must be repeated using
    NEC standard calculation method.
    Problem Set
    1. What's the feeder/service calculated load for a 10-unit multifamily
    building that contains a 5-kW dryer in each unit?
    a. PEC Standard Method
    b. PEC Optional Method
    2. What is the minimum service load for a 3.5 KW combination clothes washer
    and dryer?
    a. PEC Standard Method
    b. PEC Optional Method

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