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    Jan 20, 2009, 02:59 PM
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    I am trying to figure out how many watts per square foot I have in some of my offices using the amps and volts to the breaker box. This is commercial space so the voltages and amps are higher than resindental.
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    Jan 20, 2009, 03:21 PM

    Your boxes might be 208/120 and a 3 phase 208 box. Some voltages may even be higher such as 277 for lighting and 480V 3 phase.

    The problem with your calcs. Is breakers don't add up to what the main is.

    You could take your main such 200 A single phase 120/208 and compute the power.

    120 V * 200A * 2 or and
    208 * 200; this would be lower

    Outlets which would be the same as residential typically 120V and span multiple sub-spaces.
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