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Lake County Generator Sizing Worksheet

This document is a residential generator sizing calculator that requires the user to fill in information about their home's electrical loads. It calculates the necessary generator size based on inputs for general lighting, appliances, fixed appliances like water heaters, heating/AC equipment, and any loads connected to a load management module. The user must provide an application, this completed calculator form, a generator one-line diagram, and panel schedule. All grounding and bonding must comply with NEC code standards.

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Lake County Generator Sizing Worksheet

This document is a residential generator sizing calculator that requires the user to fill in information about their home's electrical loads. It calculates the necessary generator size based on inputs for general lighting, appliances, fixed appliances like water heaters, heating/AC equipment, and any loads connected to a load management module. The user must provide an application, this completed calculator form, a generator one-line diagram, and panel schedule. All grounding and bonding must comply with NEC code standards.

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Nair Yadukrishnan
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Residential Generator Sizing Calculator

What to submit:
1. Completed application.
2. Completed Residential Generator Sizing Calculator.
3. Completed Generator Oneline Diagram.
4. Panel schedule.

All grounding and bonding shall be brought up to code per NEC 250.53(A)(2)

Fill in the required green boxes. Calculations are done automatically.

General Lighting and Small Appliance Loads

1 Enter the square foot of livable space in your home


Skip to line 3 if not using the whole house method

2 Whole house system calculation 0

3
For partial systems enter total wattage of all lighting
circuits supplied by the generator. Enter 1500 watts for
each circuit if the actual wattage is unknown.

4 Partial System Calculation 0

5 Enter the number of kitchen appliance circuits. (min 2)


For partial systems enter only the number of kitchen circuits being supplied by the generator.

6 Kitchen appliance circuit calculation 0

7 Enter the number of laundry circuits


For partial systems enter only the number of laundry circuits being supplied by the generator.

8 Laundry circuit calculation 0

9 General lighting and small appliance load total. 0

Fixed in place Appliance Loads


QTY va(watts) Total
Electric Water Heater (4500va) 4500 0
Electric Dryer - 230 volt (5000va) 5000 0
Dishwasher (1200va) 1200 0
Central Furnace (1200va) 1200 0
Trash compactor (1200va) 1200 0
Air Cleaner (600va) 600 0

Revised - 4/26/2021
Central Vacuum (1500va) 1500 0
Refrigerator not included in Section A (800va) 800 0
Stand alone freezer (700va) 700 0
Wine Cooler (600va) 600 0
Portable Spa/ Hot Tub (14000va) 14000 0
Steamer (9000va) 9000 0
Warming Drawer (750va) 750 0
Sump Pump (1200va) 1200 0
Ejector pump (1500va) 1500 0
Garage Door Opener (1200va) 1200 0
Elevator Motor (7000va) 7000 0
Pool Pumps (1200va) 1200 0
Attic Fan (650va) 650 0
Electric Range (12000va) 12000 0
Electric Cooktop (12000va) 12000 0
Electric Oven (12000va) 12000 0

10 Total Fixed in Place Appliance Load 0

Heating and A/C

Enter the rating from each fixed electric heater. Include bathroom type heating fans.

Watts
11 Fixed electric space heating unit 1
12 Fixed electric space heating unit 2
13 Fixed electric space heating unit 3
14 Fixed electric space heating unit 4

15 Total Heating Load Calculation 0

Enter the running load amp amounts from the nameplate of each unit.

Running Load Amount


16 Air Conditioning Unit 1
17 Air Conditioning Unit 2
18 Air Conditioning Unit 3
19 Air Conditioning Unit 4

20 Total Running Load Amount 0

21 Total running /Load Amount * 230 0

Revised - 4/26/2021
22 Enter the larger amount from lines 15 and 21 0

23 Total 0
Calculated Load

24 Standard 10000
-10000
-4000

25 Generator size needed before Load


Management is applied 6000

Load Management Application

Enter the va or kW for each appliance on a load management module(s).

Appliance Name kW
26 Appliance 1
27 Appliance 2
28 Appliance 3

29 Total Appliance Load Management 0

30 Total generator kW rating required 6000

Revised - 4/26/2021
Revised - 4/26/2021

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