Electrical distribution L.V Design AutoCAD, Dialux and ETAP

Explore global electrical codes as design references for safe wiring and installation. Learn how NEC and IEC standards guide voltage levels and electrical design.

Analyze hospital layouts from basement to fourth floor using AutoCAD drawings and floor heights to plan lighting and electrical distribution for clinics, operating rooms, imaging areas, and electrical rooms.

Learn how to perform load estimation calculations for a hospital distribution, using demand and diversity factors, viability factors, and code tables to size transformers and plan the LV system.

Learn to calculate cable cross-section and circuit breaker ratings for low-voltage design, using cable construction, insulation, armoring concepts, and standard LV equations for single- and three-phase systems.

Learn how to handle electrical distribution layouts using AutoCAD, Dialux, and ETAP, including site-floor planning, color coding, and coordinating room and layout elements for safe, efficient lighting design.

Perform low-voltage cable sizing and circuit-breaker rating calculations for a 3-phase load in the first assignment, selecting cross-section areas from standard LV cable values.

Design a lighting system manually by calculating illumination levels and required luminaire counts from area and lumens. Choose lamp types and use Dialux to achieve uniform distribution per electrical codes.

Import CAD drawings into the Dialux program, define lighting zones with key parameters such as illumination, flux, utilization factor, and area, and simulate room designs for compliant lighting layouts.

Learn to use the Dialux program to create a full design for a project, inserting objects, furniture, colors, and lighting; perform illumination calculations and export to AutoCAD.

Import AutoCAD floor plans into the Dialux program, select room areas, name the project and rooms, and export or save in WG or EXIF formats for per-room design.

This lecture demonstrates using the Dialux program to design room areas, set dimensions, assign exam and waiting rooms, and export to AutoCAD with lighting symbols and emergency lighting details.

Complete the second assignment for the dialects program by manually inserting the specified flux for each room (corridor, bathroom, reception, kitchen, kids room) and submitting your dialects to me.

Learn to use AutoCAD part 1 to save drawings in compatible 2007 versions, customize backgrounds, and draw rectangular, circular, and arc shapes for lighting wiring while selecting midpoints.

Develop AutoCAD program part 2 skills by mastering dynamic input and essential orders such as copy, paste, rotate, mirror, extend, and stretch for drawing creation and editing.

This lecture explains using AutoCAD to create and modify electrical designs, including offset, trim, break, and brick commands; manage blocks, block references, and copy updates across circuits.

AutoCAD part 4 teaches naming circuit elements, and using print, layout, line, and circle orders with layer locks, freezes, colors, and visibility for clear electrical drawings.

Explore assignment 3 on AutoCAD for electrical distribution, detailing LV and MV cables, transformer connections, circuit breaker ratings, cross section areas, switchboards, bus bars, and capacitor banks for factor correction.

Discuss socket design basics for electrical distribution, including socket types, IP protection, line and socket wiring, cable sizing, voltage ratings, and placement rules for kitchens and bathrooms.

Design a socket wiring layout by composing a wiring circuit system, distributing circuits per furniture, and planning normal and emergency loads with transformer, batteries, and generator to protect critical equipment.

Learn how to design and wire a lighting system with one-way and two-way switches, corridor control, junction boxes, and distribution paths, including symbols and bill of quantities.

Explore the hvac system from an electrical design perspective, identifying heating, ventilation, and air conditioning components, circuit breaker ratings, cable cross-sections, and switchboard layouts for all loads.

Design and analyze nurse calling systems in hospital environments, detailing bed head units, call points, LCD indicators, wired and wireless options, zoning with fuse junction boxes and AutoCAD layouts.

Explore how a fire alarm system detects fire with smoke detectors and activates the firefighting system. Understand fire resistant cables, control modules, loops, risers, and manual call points.

Learn how a building telephone system is designed, detailing main, sub, and intermediate distribution frames, copper cables, and an electronic private automatic branch exchange with call handling and voicemail.

Design and analyze a CCTV system by outlining camera types, coaxial and data cables, DVR recording, infrared operation, and monitor layouts for secure surveillance.

design and analyze light current systems wiring for lv distribution using autocad, dialux, and etap concepts, including fire alarm, CCTV, and sensor coverage, through block-based layouts and junction box wiring.

Explore transformer sizing for low-voltage distribution using heat-load calculations, diversity factors, and a multi-transformer arrangement to meet loads cost-effectively.

Learn to compute the load schedule, apply Kidwell unbalance calculations to three-phase LV systems, and use Excel to size transformers and switchboards.

Design and verify a low-voltage distribution load schedule in Excel, using min/max, sum, and balancing calculations to ensure phase unbalance stays within limits.

Learn generator sizing for electrical distribution, covering continuous, prime, and standby ratings, key sizing factors such as altitude, ambient temperature, starting currents, and practical use of design software.

Explore generator sizing for electrical distribution, focusing on life safety loads like emergency lighting and fire alarms, VFD harmonics, and ambient temperature effects using siting software.

Learn to size diesel generator sets in a project-based workflow using software, with US country settings, voltage, frequency, ambient temperature, altitude, and loads from lighting to motors.

Explore how uninterruptible power supply systems deliver near instantaneous emergency power using batteries, converters, and inverters. Examine single and dual bus configurations, isolation transformers, and sizing criteria.

Discover how to create a single line diagram and ground for any project, illustrated with a hospital. Identify components like transformers, utility feeds, generators, switchgear, and emergency versus normal nodes.

Explore voltage drop concepts and two manual calculation methods, prepare for ether software calculations, and use single-line diagrams and cable data to keep end-of-line voltage within acceptable limits.

Explore the short circuit concept and calculations, voltage drop, and why they are essential in LV design, aided by ETAP and single-line diagrams.

Explore how transformer and panel location affects voltage drop and short-circuit calculations in LV design, and learn to compute cable lengths between main, sub, and sub-sub switchboards to minimize losses.

Learn to use ETAP for voltage drop and short circuit calculations in distribution design, including project setup, standards selection, and single-line diagrams.

Validate data for all components, including transformer ratings and impedance, then perform short-circuit and voltage-drop calculations, run the load-flow analysis, and export results in ETAP part 2.

Perform voltage drop and short-circuit calculations in ETAP for a hospital distribution with four transformers, two feeder cables per section, and a single-line diagram, as part of assignment 4.