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Reading Construction Plans

1. The illustration below shows a simple dwelling house. The walls, floors,
ceilings doors, windows and the roof of the house are built by masons and
carpenters. The sanitary installations, such as the water pipes. The sanitary
fixtures and the sewage pipes are installed by a plumber and the electrical
installation providing illumination and electrical power is installed by a
building electrician.

2. The shape and the construction

of the house are usually
designed by an architect. He
prepares the construction plans
which provide the technical
information required to build the
house.

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 3. For practical reasons, the layout plan is drawn as seen from above, giving
us two of the dimensions required for the construction work. The LENGH
and the WIDTH.

(1) Bedrooms
(2) Bathroom
(3) Kitchen
(4) Dining and Living
4. The layout plan also shows the
Room
place of each of the room in the
(5) Entrance
house.
(6) Toilet
(7) Storeroom
(8) Corridor

5. To prepare and draw the

construction layout, the
architects use SYMBOLS to show
the various parts of the
construction.
- walls

- pillars and columns

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 - beam

- chimneys

- window

- window with double

glazing

- door

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 - door with a sill or stepping
stone

6. Since it would be impossible for the architect to draw plans which are of the
same size as the house to be built, he draws these plans to a SCALE. He
may choose various scales for various purposes. The following scales are
commonly used:

1:200 1 mm on the drawing is 200 mm in reality

1:100 1 mm on the drawing is 100 mm in reality
1:50 1 mm on the drawing is 50 mm in reality
1:20 1 mm on the drawing is. 20 mm in reality
7. The detailed measurements of the building and its rooms, walls, doors and
windows are provided in the MEASUREMENT PLAN. Using the Metric
systems the measurements should be in centimeters (cm). If the imperial
system is used, the measurements should be in inches'(l inch = 2.54 cm).

8. The measurements in a
measurement plan may be
shown in different ways. The
most commonly used lays are
shown here.

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 9. The measurements of doors and
windows are shown in this way,
the figure above the line shows
the width of the door or the
window and the figure below the
line shows the height.

10. The illustration shows a simple workshop building.

11. The layout plan is prepared in the same way as that of the dwelling
house.

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 12. This is the layout plan of the workshop building. It is drawn to the
scale 1:100.

13. This is the measurement plan of the building.

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 Parts of Electrical floor Plan

1. Electrical Symbols / legend

Appendix A-Electrical Symbols
No. DESCRIPTION SYMBOL

1.1 Lightning Arrester

1.2 Surge Arrester

1.3 Ground (Earth)

1.4 Ground (Frame)

1.5 Service Entrance (Power)

2-w or 3-w
1.6 Service Entrance (Telephone)

1.7 Kilowatt-Hour Meter M M

or

1.8 Safety Switch

or

1.9 Disconnect Switch

1.10 Transfer Switch

1.11 Circuit Breaker

1.12 Fuse

1.13 Fuse Cutout

1.14 Main Distribution Panelboard MDP

1.15 Power Panelboard PP

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No. DESCRIPTION SYMBOL

1.16 Lighting Panelboard LP

1.76 Motor Controller, 3-Pole Across-The-Line

Combination Type Motor, Controller;
1.18
ATL Starter Plus Fuse Disconnect Switch
Combination Type Motor, Controller;
1.19
ATL Starter Plus Circuit Breaker CB

1.20 OUTLETS Ceiling Wall

1. Incandescent Lamp

2. Vapor Discharge Lamp V V

3. Drop Cord Lamp D

4. Exit lamp X X

5. Fluorescent Lamp

6. Lamp Outlet with Pull Switch

PS PS

7. Outlet with Blank Cover B B

8. Fan F F

9. Clock C C

10. Single Convenience

11. Duplex Convenience

2
12. Weatherproof Convenience
WP

13. Cooking Range

R

14. Convenience with Switch

SW
15. Special Purpose ACU
WH
(ACU, WH, D, R etc) D

P
16. Floor (P,T,I) T
I

17. Antenna Ant

18. Microphone Mic

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No. DESCRIPTION SYMBOL

19. Telephone

20. Intercom
SWITCHES
1. Single Pole S
2. Duplex (2 single pole switch on one switch
plate) S2
3. Triplex (3 single pole switch on one switch
plate) S3
4. Double Pole S2p
5. Three Pole S3p
6. Three-way S3w
7. Four-way S4w
8. Automatic Door SAD
9. Key-Operated SK
10. Master Selector SM
11. Remote Control SRC
1.22 Junction Box J

1.23 Pull Box PB

1.24 Riser Up

1.25 Riser Down

1.26 Circuit Homerun (Number Indicates Circuit No.) 1

1.27 Pushbutton

1.28 Buzzer (Indicate Voltage)

1.29 Bell (Indicate Voltage)

1.30 Horn

1.31 Amplifier

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No. DESCRIPTION SYMBOL

1.32 Annunciator

1.33 Loudspeaker

1.34 Telephone Exchange TE

1.35 Telephone Terminal Cabinet TTC

1.36 Fire Alarm System

1. Manual F

2. Control Panel FACP

3. Heat Detector HD

4. Flame Detector FD

5. Smoke Detector SD

6. Ionization Detector ID
Wiring Symbols (cross-lines indicate number of
1.37
wires)
1. Conduit
2. Open Wiring –––––––
3. Underground —— – —— – ——
4. Emergency ——E ——E ——
5. Fire Alarm ——FA ——FA ——
6. Telephone ——T ——T ——
7. Intercom ——IC ——IC ——
8. Bell System ——B ——B ——
9. TV Antenna ——TV ——TV ——
10. Closed Circuit Television – CCTV – CCTV –
11. Music ——M——M——
12. Clock ——C——C——

1.38 Battery + -

1.39 Resistor

1.40 Inductor

1.41 Capacitor

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2. This is a Floor Plan Layout, it show the location of the furniture, equipment and other
electrical appliances. This plan is used by electrical designers as basis for the location of
the convenience outlets, switch outlets, lighting outlets and other special purpose outlet.

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This is a lighting circuit layout. The lighting circuit in this plan is divided into two
circuit, circuit 1 and circuit 2 as represented by the symbol circuit home run.

1. a )This is a one-line diagram of this plan. It indicates single line diagram of lighting and
receptacles panelboards showing mains and branch circuit rating; size of conductors for
feeders, rated voltage and current of each circuit.

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You will notice that the circuit home run symbol is pointing towards the power panel,
to represent that these circuits are connected to this power panel and each circuit is
individually protected by a circuit protection.
Circuit 1 is composed of two fluorescent lamps and four incandescent lamps. This
means that circuit 1 interconnects these lamps up to the power panel board.

Circuit 2 is also composed of two fluorescent lamps and four incandescent lamps. This
means that circuit 1 interconnects these lamps up to the power panel board .

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These two incandescent lamps and 1 fluorescent lamp are controlled by 3-ganged switch.
This means each lamp is controlled by a single pole switches in one switch plate.

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The fluorescent lamp in the kitchen is controlled by two three-way switches in two different
locations .

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1. b.)This is the Power Layout of the same electrical plan. There are six (7) circuits in this
power layout, three (3) circuits for small appliance load or sometimes called convenience
outlets and four (4) special purpose outlets.

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Every small appliance load circuit in this plan is composed of four (4) duplex convenience
outlets interconnected with each other and guarded by a pair of circuit protection.
Special purpose outlet is an outlet that is specially designed to supply special
equipment/appliance like ACU in the master’s bedroom (circuit no.7), washing machine/drier
in the lavatory (circuit no 9), refrigerator and electric range in the kitchen circuit no 8 and 10
respectively).

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3. This is the Schedule of Load of this plan. It shows the description of

each circuit, current, voltage, size and type of wire, circuit breaker and
conduit.

SCHEDULE OF LOAD
CKT DESCRIPTION NO. OF WATTS VOLTS AMPS AMPERE WIRE SIZE CONDUIT SIZE
NO OUTLET TRIP(AT)
1 Lightning Outlet 6 600 230 2.608 15 2- 20mm PVC
2.0mm²THHN
2 Lightning Outlet 6 600 230 2.608 15 2- 20mm PVC
2.0mm²THHN
3 Convenience 4 1,600 230 6.956 20 2- 20mm PVC
Outlet 3.5mm²THHN
4 Convenience 4 1,600 230 6.956 20 2- 20mm PVC
Outlet 3.5mm²THHN
5 Convenience 4 1,600 230 6.956 20 2- 20mm PVC
Outlet 3.5mm²THHN
6 A.C.U 4 2,300 230 10 30 2- 20mm PVC
5.5mm²THHN
1-2.0
mm²ground
7 Refrigerator 1 1,000 230 4.347 20 2- 20mm PVC
3.5mm²THHN
1-2.0
mm²ground
8 Laundry 1 1,500 230 6.521 20 2- 20mm PVC
3.5mm²THHN
1-2.0
mm²ground
9 Electric Range 1 2,000 230 8.69 20 2- 20mm PVC
3.5mm²THHN
1-2.0
mm²ground

54.35
COMPUTATION of Load

Lighting Outlet

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12 L.O. @100 VA(watts) each 1200 watts

Small Appliance Load

3 C.O. Circuits @ 1600 VA(watts) 4800 watts
6000 watts

Application of DEMAND FACTOR

First 3,000 VA @100% D.F. - 3000 watts

3000 watts
Remainder @35% D.F *.35
1050

First 3,000 VA @100% D.F. 3000 watts

Remainder @35% D.F + 1050 watts
4050 Watts
ADD OTHER LOAD

Refrigeration @100% DF 1000 Watts

1.5 HP ACU @100% DF 2,300 watts
Range @2000 watts @100% DF 2000 watts
Laundry 1500 watt
Total Net Computed 10,850 Watts (VA)
SERVICE ENTRANCE CONDUCTOR

I total = VA(WATTS) + 25% of Higher Motor Loads HIML

VOLTS

= 10,850 VA (watts) + ( 10Amp. * .25 HML )

230 Volts

= 47.173 Amps. + 2.5 HML

= 49.152 AMPS

Use 2- 14 mm² THW for Service Entrance Conductors

SERVICE EQUIPTMENT ( notes . 300% fuse / 250% circuit breaker

I total = VA(WATTS) + 250% of Higher Motor Loads HML

VOLTS

=10.050 VA (watts) + ( 10Amp. * 2.50 )

230 Volts USE 2-8.0MM 2 AND 1-
5.5MM 2 THW FOR
= 47.173 + 25 ampere SERVICE ENTRANCE
CONDUCTORS

M
= 72.173 AMPERES
Use 70 amperes Circuit breaker or 100 ampere as PEC code(10,000 watts)
70 AT, 2-POLE
MOLDED CASE

4. The Riser Diagram shows the characteristics of service , the size of wire
CIRCUIT BREAKER

feeder and size conduit and size of main Disconnecting means ( Fuse or
CKT 1
15 A 15 A
CKT 2

Breaker )
LO LO
20 A 20 A
CKT 3 CKT 4
CO CO
20 A 20 A
CKT 5 CKT 6
CO ACU
20 A 20 A
CKT 7 CKT 8
1 phase 3 wire system 110/ 220 volts 60 Hz.
REF
20 A
LAUNDRY

CKT 9
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5. This is the general notes and specification of this plan. These indicate
nature of electrical service, voltage, type of wiring to be used, mounting
height of receptacle and kWhr meters, etc. this will guide the electrician on
the specification of electrical installation.

NOTES AND SPECIFICATION

1. All works herein shall be done in accordance with the latest
provision of the Philippine Electrical Code and Local Building
Code.
2. The nature of electrical service shall be 1Φ-3-wire, 120/240V,
60 Hz alternating current.
3. The service entrance conductor shall be stranded building
wire 8.0 mm2, THW; and 5.5mm2 as grounding conductor.
4. The mounting height of electric service kWhr meter shall be
1.700 mm above finished floor level.
5. The conductors to be installed shall be stranded building wire,
THHN made by Phelps Dodge and the sizes are as follows;

 Lighting circuit………………………….………….2.0 mm2

 Convenience receptacle circuit………………….3.5 mm2
 Air conditioning unit……………………………....3.5 mm2

6. Grounding conductor shall be provided in ACU, convenience

receptacles and laundry circuit.
7. The mounting height of receptacles and panel board above
finished floor shall be;

 Panel board………………………………………1,600 mm
 Switch outlets……………..………………….…..1,400 mm
 Convenience receptacle.…………………..….….300 mm
 Convenience receptacle-counter top……….....1,000 mm

8. The conduit to be used shall be uPVC, Neltex or its

equivalent, thick wall, 20 mm diameter, in some
circumstances where uPVC is impractical to install, flexible
non-metallic conduit of approved type may be used.
9. All wiring installation shall be installed with approved type
connectors and fitting in accordance with the existing
electrical code standards.
10. All works herein shall be done under direct supervision of duly
licensed electrical engineer or registered master electrician.

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6. This is the location and site plan; it is included in the plan to show the
location of site of the proposed project. It shows public or well-known streets,
landmarks or structures.

7. the Title Block or name plate of the plan will drawn on standard size
100mm sheet indicating the ff. details: name and location of the proposed
installation or project, name and address of owner, title of sheet, sheet no.
and scale used, printed name and signature of owner, name , signature
and dry seal of registersd Engineer engaged by the owner to draw the
plan, and initial of draftsman and dates when the drawing was drawn.

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