Hi guys. I’m new here, but I’ve been reading some of the posts for the past few days, and you guys have been cracking me up.

I’ve got questions about residential load calculations. I’m doing one for an existing house, and as I walked the place I realized I wasn’t 100% sure of how to treat some of the loads.

Do I figure garage door openers as fixed appliances? (I couldn’t find any examples in the code or online that mention this)

If I exempt the garage sq. footage how are the lights and coach lights accounted for?

How would you treat landscape lighting?

Sump pump & ejector pits fixed appliance?

What about refrigerators and freezer? I was under the impression refrigerator loads were figured in under the small appliance branch circuit.

Refrigerator and freezer in garage aren’t technically “fixed.”

We can start with these, I look forward to the discussion.

John