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Circuit Load
Name: Aaron
Status: student
Age: 17
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 2000-2001
Question:
I'm designing the lighting for our fall play. I want to
find out how many amps our school draws on average, so I can subtract
that from the Master breaker's amp rating (125 Amps), to find out how
much current I can use without givin the school a blackout! There are two
outlets I will be plugging into, each 3 phase, suppling 120 and 240
volts, and have seperate 60 breakers.
The school has two electric meters, nobody knew if they were wired to
seperate breaker boxes, or wired in series or parallel. Can the kilowatt
hour reading be used to calculate average amps drawn?
Meter #1 read 23954 kWh, and #2 read 23340 kWh. I do know that the kitchen
(and it's electric draw) is on a seperate meter and panel, and heating is gas.
Is the amp calculation possible? If so, how is it done?
Replies:
This sounds like a large task! I would suggest speaking with a licensed
electrician before doing anything. Have you talked with the school
engineer? They may be helpful as well. Good Luck!
Katie Page
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