Visayas State University

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
VSU, Baybay City 6521, Leyte, Philippines

ESci 126 – BASIC ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL PLAN

Name: Ma. Emmaliza Orillano

Benigno Aqs and Friends

I. INTRODUCTION

An electrical drawing is a way of conveying a huge amount of exact, detailed

information in an abbreviated language. A well planned electrical drawing is needed
to install a safe electrical system. These plans and drawings provide specific
instruction to electricians. It consists of lines, symbols, and notations to accurately
convey an engineer’s design to electricians who install the electrical system on a job.
Reading and interpreting these drawings accurately is therefore an important skill for
electricians.
A complete set of working drawings for the average electrical system in large
projects usually compose of: (1) a plot plan illustrating the building’s location and
outside electrical wiring, (2) floor plans illustrating the location of electrical systems
on every floor, (3) power-riser diagrams showing panel boards, (4) control wiring
diagrams, and (5) schedules and other information in combination with construction
drawings.

II. LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the laboratory class, the students will be able to:

1. Design electrical plan.

2. Draw electrical layout.
3. Compute electrical loading.
4. Determine the size of the branch circuit wire for lighting outlets, size of conduit pipes,
and rating of the fuse protective device.
5. Calculate the size of service entrance and design schedule of loads.

III. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

 Computer with AutoCAD application

 Calculator (for computations)
 A4 size bond paper (for computations and drawings)

IV. PROCEDURE

1. Prepare the necessary materials needed for this particular exercise.

 2. Designyour own detailedfloors plans.
3. Using the Laboratory Information Sheet No. 3 as reference, compute the total
loads for lighting and convenience/power outlets and identify the size and type of
wire; the size of conduit pipes to be used based on your computations. Also, the size
of circuit protection based on your computed loads.
4. Using the format attached in the Laboratory Exercise No. 3, finalize your data and
draw thefollowing:
a. Lighting Layout
b. Convenience/Power Layout
c. Schedule of Loads
d. One Line Diagram
e. Legends
5. Perform housekeeping

V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Circuit 1 for lighting load.

600.0000
138.00 72.00 116.00 110.00 116.00 48.00

BATHROOM
BEDROOM BEDROOM YARD
BEDROOM

109.50
136.00 Sa
Sa
Sa

BATHROOM 240.00
Sa Sa
Sab Sab Sab
PORCH
LIVING DINING
104.00 AREA AREA

KITCHEN
Sa
DOOR
Legend: - Circuit No. - Duplex s - Switch - Ceiling
Outlet Light
1

A. Adopting the 100 watts per lighting outlet we have:

12 outlets x 100 = 1200 watts
B. Determine the Total Current Load.
1200 watts
=5 amperes
240 volts
C. Determine the Size of Conductor Wire.
The conduit wire to be used are 2 pieces 2.0 mm2 or No. 14 TW copper
wire having an ampacity of 15 amperes that is much larger than 5
amperes that is the computed maximum load.
D. Determine the Size of Conduit Pipe.9
A 13 mm diameter conduit pipe is to be used.
E. Determine the Size or Rating of the Fuse Protective Device.
15 amperes fuse is to be used.
 Circuit 2 & 3 for Small Appliance Load.

600.0000
138.00 72.00 116.00 110.00 116.00 48.00

BATHROOM
BEDROOM BEDROOM YARD
BEDROOM

109.50
136.00

BATHROOM 240.00

PORCH
LIVING DINING
104.00 AREA AREA

KITCHEN

DOOR
Legend: - Circuit No. - Duplex s - Switch - Ceiling
Outlet Light
2 3

In each circuit there are 6 convenience receptacles for small appliance load.
Taking into consideration that there are 2 plugs per outlet, the total number of plugs
will be:
6 outlets x 2 plug = 12 pieces
A. Total estimated load:
12 outlets x 180 watts per outlet = 2160 watts
B. Determine the Total Current Load.
2160 watts
=9 amperes
240 volts
C. Determine the Size of Conductor Wire.
The conduit wire to be used are 2 pieces 3.5 mm2 or No. 12 TW copper
wire having an ampacity of 20 amperes that is much larger than 5
amperes that is the computed maximum load.
D. Determine the Size of Conduit Pipe.
A 13 mm diameter conduit pipe is to be used.
E. Determine the Size or Rating of the Fuse Protective Device.
20 amperes fuse is to be used.

Circuit 4 for Other Loads.

 600.0000
138.00 72.00 116.00 110.00 116.00 48.00

BATHROOM
BEDROOM BEDROOM YARD
BEDROOM

109.50
136.00

BATHROOM 240.00

PORCH
LIVING DINING
104.00 AREA AREA

KITCHEN

DOOR
Legend: - Circuit No. - Duplex s - Switch - Ceiling
Outlet Light
4

A. Adopting the 100 watts per lighting outlet we have:

1 – unit electric range with oven at 12 kw = 12000 watts
1 – unit refrigerator at 1 kw = 1000 watts
Total load 12000 + 1000 = 13000 watts
B. Determine the Total Current Load.
13000 watts
=54.17 amperes
240 volts
C. Determine the Size of Conductor Wire.
The conduit wire to be used are 2 pieces No. 4 TW copper wire having an
ampacity of 70 amperes that is much larger than 54.17 amperes that is
the computed maximum load.
D. Determine the Size of Conduit Pipe.
The smallest diameter of a conduit pipe that could accommodate up to 3
pieces of No. 4 TW conductor wire is 32 mm diameter. Therefore, a 32
mm diameter conduit pipe is to be used.
E. Determine the Size or Rating of the Fuse Protective Device.
70 amperes fuse is to be used. For 54.17 amperes load use 70 amperes
fuse rating, because 80% of 70 amperes is 56 amperes the value is still
higher than the computed load of 54.17 amperes. Therefore, the 70
amperes fuse over current protection is accepted.

VI. References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_drawing

http://learnhub.org/electrical-engineering/basic-electrical-drawings-and-test-
equipment-lesson-1-basic-electrical-drawings-introduction-to-basic-electrical-
drawings/
https://alison.com/courses/Basic-Electrical-Drawings-and-Test-Equipment