ELECTRICAL LIGHTING LAYOUT

• Electrical layout for each floor of the building

shall indicate the location of:
• 1. Location of service kilowatthour meter.
• 2. Location of the PANELBOARD
• 3. Location of lighting outlets.
• 4. Location of switches with their
corresponding symbols.
 Kilowatthour Meter / Electric Meter
• An electric meter, or energy meter, is a device that
measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a
building, tenant space, or electrically powered
equipment.
• Your UTILITY / service provider  owns the meter on your
house. They are responsible for installing, maintaining,
and reading your meter. Your meter is sealed and
tampering with it is a prosecutable crime (not to mention
highly dangerous). If you would like to have your meter
moved or changed, you must contact your utility directly
to see if this is possible.
The kilowatt hour meter in your requirement is located at an electric
post 2.5m from the front and 1.5 m from the ride side of the house.

ELECTRIC POST

KILOWATT HOUR
METER
 PANELBOARD
• A panelboard is a single panel or group of panel units designed for
assembly in the form of a single panel. This includes buses, automatic
overcurrent protective devices, and with or without switches for the
control of light, heat or power circuit. It is designed to be placed in a
cabinet or cutout box placed in or against a wall or partition and
accessible only from the front.
• Principles applied in installing panel board
• 1. The approach should be accessible and convenient.
• 2. The panelboard must be centrally located to shorten the home
wiring runs.
• 3. It must be installed near the load center. As in most cases,
panelboard is installed near the kitchen and the laundry where heavy
loads are expected.
 Lighting Outlets
• The objective of creating a good lighting plan for
your new home is to understand the function of
each room. What will you be doing in each room?
Does the bathroom need heat lighting? Does the
dining room need a chandelier or standard
lighting?
• There are three kinds of lighting which need to be
considered and planned – 
ambient lighting, task lighting, and accent lighting.
• Ambient lighting is the overall illumination of a room or area.
For example, you might have pendant lights in the kitchen for
light which points upwards rather than straight down. It’s a
comforting, relaxing sort of light which isn’t too clinical.

• Task lighting is self-explanatory. You need this kind of lighting for

areas you need more light than anywhere else e.g. above a
kitchen bench, over a desk or reading area, in cupboards or
above a bathroom mirror. These lights often point down so
there’s more lighting around the hands.

• Accent lighting adds a creative element to the room. It’s

designed to highlight certain aspects of a room and points
towards certain areas or objects e.g. a painting, a plant wall, a
fountain.
• The lighting outlet is usually located at the
center of the room. Which are usually ambient
lightings.
• From the plan below you can consider the 4
pin lights and the 2 bracket lamps as accent
lightings. All the rest are ambient lightings.
 Switch / Light Switch
• A light switch is a switch most commonly used to operate electric lights. It is
used to turn on or turn of the lights.
• One switch can be connected to one ore more lights.
• A three-way  switch  is a common type of light switch that makes it possible to
control a ceiling light or other electrical fixture from two different locations in a
room. In a hallway or large room, for example, installing three-way switches at
both ends lets you turn the light fixture on or off from both locations. Three-
way switches are always used in pairs and include special wiring connections.
• The three-way switch is a variation of the standard single-pole switch, which
controls a light only from one location. A third type is the four-way switch,
which is used in conjunction with two three-way switches to control lighting
from more than two locations. This configuration may be used in open-plan
homes or in large kitchens or great rooms, where a central bank of lighting
fixtures might be controlled from more than two entry points.
• Switches are usually located near the door. And
one switch box can two or more switches.
• Looking at the plan below you can see that
most of the switches are located near the door.
• You can see one 3-way switch in the lighting for
the stairs.
• You can also see that two lights can be
controlled by a single switch but most of the
time for the accent lightings only. Most of the
time one switch is connected to one ambient
light or task light only.
 PRINCIPLES OF ILLUMINATION
• Illumination is defined as the intensity of light per unit
area. When we talk of illumination, or simply lighting, we
are referring to man made lighting. Daylight being excellent
is not included. Indeed, we assume a night time condition.
• Electric Illumination is the production of light by means of
electricity and it’s applications to provide efficient,
comfortable and safe vision. Specifically, when one speaks
of lighting design. he refers to only tWo things: ·
• 1. The quantity of light and
• 2. The quality of light
• Quantity of Light refers to the amount of illumination or
luminous flux per unit area. Quantity of light can be measured
and easily handled because it deals with the number of light
fixtures required for a certain area.
• Quality of Light refers to the distribution of brightness in the
lighting installation. It deals with the essential nature or
characteristics of light In short, quality of light is the mixture of
all the items related to illumination other than the quantity of
light which includes several elements such as:
• 1. Brightness 5. Brightness ratio or contrast
• 2. Glare 6. Diffuseness
• 3. Color 7. Aesthetics
• 4. Psychological 8. Economics reaction to
color and fixtures
 There are four factors that affect
illumination:
• 1. Brightness is the light that seems to radiate
from an object being viewed. Brightness or
luminance is the luminous flux {light) emitted,
transmitted or reflected from a surface.
• 2. Contrast is the ·difference in brightness or
the brightness ratio between an object and its
background. The recommended brightness
ratio between an object being viewed and its
background is normally 3:1.
• 3. Glare is a strong. steady, dazzling light or
reflection. The quality of the lighting system must
also include the visual comfort of the system. that
is, the absence of glare. An excessive luminance
.and of excessive luminance ratio in the field of
vision is referred to as glare.
• There are two types of glare:
• a. Direct Glare is an annoying brightness of light in
a person’s normal field of vision.
• b. Indirect or Reflected Glare is much more serious
and difficult to ·control. Technically) reflected glare
isa glossy object.
 Footcandle and Lux
• Footcandle is unit of measurement for
illumination in English system of
measurements
• Lux is used in metric.
• Footcandle or Lux = Lumens/Area
• Lumens is the measure of brightness from a
light source. The lumens of a light bulb is
usually indicated on its label or box.
The following is a list of minimum lighting
levels for residential spaces.
 Sample Problem
• Determine
  the illumination is a 3m x 3m room with a
40 watt fluorescent lamp which produces 3200
lumens.

The resulting illumination is a little above the minimum

requirement so it means it can still be adopted.
 Upon Reaching this Slide
• Thing you should have done in the elictrical
plan.
• 1. Drawn the kilowatt hour meter.
• 2. Specified the location and drawn the panel
board
• 3. Drawn the all the required lighting outlets
• 4. Drawn and located the switches for the
lighting outlets.
 NOTE:
1. Please specify the all the types of Light to be
used.
2. No wires included yet.