Basic Electrical Design For Villa

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Lighting Fixtures Manual Calculation Using Lumen Method

 The number of luminaires or lighting fixtures is calculated using lumen

method is given below.

where, Area Area of the room (Sq.m)

Lux Illumination Level (as per
standard)
LOL Lumens of Lamp,
COU Co efficient of Utilization
MF Maintenance Factor
• Lumens per watts for different types of lamps

S.No Type Of Lamp Efficacy,Lm/W

1 Incandescent Lamp 8-18

2 Fluorescent Tube Lamp 55-110

3 Compact Fluorescent Lamp 50-70

4 Light Emitting Diode 80-105

5 Halogen Lamp 16-24

6 Metal Halide Lamp 75-120

7 Mercury Vapour Lamp 35-65

8 Low Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamp 200

9 High Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamp 150

 4 Recommended Level Of Illumination, Lux
(as per NBC)

Illumination Level, S.No. Location Illumination Level, Lux

S.No. Location
Lux
1 Entrance, Hallways 100 8 Kitchen Sink 300
2 Living Room 300 9 Laundry 200
3 Dining Room 150 10 Bathroom 100
4 Bedroom 11 Bathroom mirror 300
a) General 100 12 Sewing 700
13 Workshop 200
a) Dressing tables,
200 14 Stairs 100
bed heads
15 Garage 70
5 Games or Recreation Room 100 16 Study 300
6 Table games 300
7 Kitchen 200
 • Co-efficient of Utilization (COU) = 0.60 - 0.66
• Maintenance Factor:
S.No Room Condition Maintenance
Factor
1 A/C Rooms 0.8

2 Non A/C Rooms 0.7

3 Road Side Rooms/Shops 0.6

4 Industrial/Factories 0.5

• Availability of Lumens of Lamp and power consumption - Refer

Luminaires Catalogues.
Ceiling Fan Calculation
Light SocketLoad
• The appliances which connected with light socket consumes the current up to only 5 - 6
Amps.
• Recommended No. of Light Sockets for a building as per Indian Standards (IS) is
tabulated below. No. of
S.No. Room
Sockets
1 Bedroom 2-3
2 Living Room 2-3
3 Kitchen 1
As per Indian 4 Dining Room 2
Standards (IS) 5 Garage 1
6 For Refrigerator -
7 For Air-Conditioner -
1 per 10
8 Veranda
m2
9 Bathroom 1
Power Socket Load
• The appliances which connected with Power socket consumes the current up to only 15 -
16 Amps.
• Recommended No. of Power Sockets for a building as per Indian Standards (IS) is
tabulated below. No. of
S.No. Room
Sockets
1 Bedroom 1
2 Living Room 2
As per Indian 3 Kitchen 2
Standards (IS) 4 Dining Room 1
5 Garage 1
6 For Refrigerator 1
1 (for
7 For Air-Conditioner
each)
8 Veranda 1
Design
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