If you're planning to increase your electrical load by adding a new major appliance, make sure your panel can handle it. Here's how.

This is part 1 in an ongoing series on HVAC load calculations. The folks at SNIPS have asked me to do a basic how-to article about HVAC Manual J load calculation as that is allegedly a big part of my ...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that its Fundamentals of Residential Load Calculation and System Design course has been expanded to now include ...

Once you've done your load calculations, the next step is to size your overcurrent protection device (OCPD). Annex D3(a) provides a good example of how to do this. Recall that the first step in load ...