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Panel demand load
Service / panel demand load (kVA + amps) per NEC 220 standard method. Adds general lighting (per VA/sf), small- appliance + laundry circuits (residential), and applies demand-factor table for the first/over-3000-VA brackets.
Demand load
88 A(21.0 kVA at 240 V)
General lighting: 7200 VA; small-appliance: 3000 VA; laundry: 1500 VA → 6045 VA after demand-factor brackets.
Other loads: 15000 VA (added at 100%).
Other loads: 15000 VA (added at 100%).
Standard method, NEC 220. For dwelling units NEC 220.82 optional method may give a smaller service. Continuous loads ≥3h require 125% sizing per NEC 215.2(A)(1) — bump "other loads" up by 25% to model that.
NEC 220 demand-factor brackets used
- First 3000 VA at 100%
- 3001-120,000 VA at 35%
- Above 120,000 VA at 25%
Lighting load: 3 VA/sf default for residential (NEC 220.12), 2 VA/sf for commercial office. Override-able. Continuous loads sized at 125% per NEC 215.2(A)(1). For commercial specific occupancies, NEC 220.42 has additional adjustments.
Built by Forward
Forward runs panel demand load, transformer kVA, generator sizing, wire-size, plus the rest of the NEC/IBC/IMC catalog and Procore/Autodesk/OneDrive lookups over text.