QUEBEC CITY - The great divide between HVAC contractors and engineers is probably at its widest point where residential load calculations are concerned. Contractors don't see a practical way to do ...

Not long ago a residential load calculation — also known as a heat loss calculation or a load calc — was something you had the luxury of skipping. There was a good reason for avoiding it. It was ...

The electrical panel, also known as the service panel, is the control center for all the electrical circuitry in a residence. Today’s panels are bigger than earlier versions. They have to be, because ...

Based on the 2020 National Electrical Code. Part 1 of this two-part series taught you how to calculate branch-circuit loads. Now let's review how to perform feeder and service load calculations.

HVAC ResLoad Mobile App for iPad (www.carmelsoft.com, 800/339-6030) is an ACCA-approved cooling and heating load calculation app that performs peak cooling and heating load calculations, per ACCA ...

Apparently, contractors who do not perform residential load calculations would prefer to be anonymous. Whether they think they really should be doing load calcs, or whether they simply don't want to ...

As we've discussed in the last two Code Calculations articles, when calculating the total load on your system, you must first identify specific types of loads. Then, you can calculate each load. For ...