Overview
The Circuiting Worksheet is broken up into five main areas: The Selection Fixture Area, the Uncircuited Fixture List, the Rack area, the Multi Cable Grid, and the Single Cable Column

You can add racks, change power settings, and visually balance your Fixture Load across the phases available to you.

The Circuiting Worksheet works like the Fixture Patching Worksheet, except with the added complexity of racks, phasing, and multi vs single cables

The overall process of circuiting a fixture is:

• Select which Rack (every project starts one, and you can create more) the cable will plug in to
• Create a new cable, either a Multi Cable (like a soca), or a Single Cable (like an extension cord), with the proper voltage
• Select Fixtures, and add them to the newly created Cable's circuit

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Selected Fixture Area
The top block, called the Fixture Selection Area, shows information about what fixtures are selected and has options for working with the Selection

Selected Fixtures
A list of the selected fixtures. While the list is sorted in the order you selected the fixtures, in general, Fixture Selection order doesn't matter when Circuiting. Fixtures on the same circuit are always listed in Fixtre Number Order

You'll also see the "Selected Wattage" after the selected fixture list, telling you the total wattage of all selected fixtures. While total wattage is not a proper estimate of actual wattage used, you can get an idea of the maximum load your Fixtures can place on a circuit.

Standard recommendations would be: no more than 1700 watts on a 120 volt, 20 amp breaker, or 3000 watts on a 208 volt, 20 amp breaker. However you would need to evaluate your projects particular requirements.

Deselecting fixtures is done either with the "Deselect All" link, or by clicking the individual fixture row in the Uncircuited List or any of the Cable Grids

Select By Fixture Num
Use the standard format to select fixtures by their Fixture Number. Select single fixtures by number (101), select a range with 'thru' or the dash (-) symbol (201-211), or a combination separated by comma (101, 201, 301 thru 311)

Press enter to actually select the fixtures, after which you'll see your selection in the "Selection Fixtures" line

Deselect All
Deselects the current selection

Uncircuit Selected
Any Fixtures in the current selection which are circuited will be uncircuited and returned to the Uncircuited Fixtures list

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Uncircuited Fixture List
The left-hand column holds all uncircuited Fixtures in your project. You can click to select and deselect a single finxture, or click and drag to select multiple fixtures

By default, you'll see the Fixture Type, Fixture Number, and Wattage in the Uncircuited list, and hovering your mouse over a row will show the Position and voltage as well

Sort by Position
Sorting by Position is the best way to circuit your project, making it simple to see each Position as a whole, instead of hunting by Fixture Number

When sorting by Position, the Uncircuited fixture list will change to show you the Position, Fixture Number, and Wattage. Hovering your mouse over a row will show you the Fixture Type also

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Rack Area
The Rack area lets you select which Rack you are working on, create new Racks, and set options in your Rack.

Rack represent your physical power distribution racks, you'll need to add cables to your Racks before you can add fixtures

Adding a Rack
Enter a new rack name and press enter to add a new Rack to your project

Selecting the Current Rack
In the Rack Selection area, there is a tab for each Rack you've added to your project. Click on a tab to select your working Rack

Power Totals for your Rack and Service
On the far right side of the Rack Area, you'll see two sets of Amperage totals

The top set of Amperage totals are for the current rack

The bottom set of totals are for the Power Service your rack is on. Power Services are set in the Rack options

Amperage calculations are based on the Voltages you've set for each cable you've added to your rack, and the wattage of each Fixture, set from the Fixture Types in your Inventory

Current Rack Settings - Rack Name
The "Rack Name" text box lets you change your Racks name. Enter a new name and press Enter to save it.

Current Rack Settings - Select Rack From Inventory
You can associate your Rack with an Inventory Item. It's not a requirement, but it will save your voltage , Hot/Neutral Phase Order, and Hot/Hot Phase Order

Current Rack Settings - Volts
You can set the voltage of your Rack here, however this is rarely used. The voltage is set per cable, instead.

Current Rack Settings - Service Name
The service name ties different Racks together and totals their power. Every rack with same Service Name will be totalled together and displayed with the "Service Total" amperage.

The default service name is blank, all services with a blank service name will be totalled together by default

Change the Service Name and press Enter to save

Current Rack Settings - Hot/Neutral Phase Order
Hot/Neutral circuits refer to circuits where one Hot and the Neutral make up the circuit, usually meaning a 120 volt circuit in North American

Different Racks are set up in different ways. Generally each circuit uses each phase in turn, first A, then B, then C, however some racks are wired differently

You can change the phase ordering of 120v circuits here

Current Rack Settings - Hot/Hot Phase Order
Hot/Hot circuits refer to circuits where two Hots make up the circuit, usually meaning a 208 volt circuit in North American

Different Racks are set up in different ways. Generally each circuit uses each phase in turn, first A, then B, then C, however some racks are wired differently

You can change the phase ordering of 208v circuits here

Current Rack Settings - Delete Rack
Here you can delete the current rack, deleting all associated cables and uncircuiting any attached fixtures

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Multi Cables
Multi Cable refers to cables where multiple circuits are carried down the same cable, like in Socapex.

By default, Multi Cables are created with six circuits, like a Socapex, however you can change this per cable in the options

Add a multi
Create a new cable by entering a Cable Name, entering a Voltage, and pressing the "Add" button.

Whether you cable is considered Hot/Hot (208v style) or Hot/Neutral (120v style) for totalling is controlled by the voltage you enter here

Anything over 200 volts will be treated as Hot/Hot, and anything under will be considered Hot/Neutral

The actual voltage number you enter will be used for amperage calculations

When a new cable is created, a new row is added to the Multi Cable Grid, with tabs for each circuit in your multi, along with various options.


Circuit a Fixture in a Multi
With a Fixture selected, clicking on any of you Cable's circuit tabs will add that Fixture to that Circuit. You'll see the Fixture listed under the Circuit, and associated amperage totals updated

Spread selected fixtures out
If you have multiple fixtures selected, this option will spread the fixtures out across all circuits of your cable, starting at circuit #1

You can also do this by holding the Control key and clicking any of the circuits

Uncircuiting or Moving Fixtures
To uncircuit or move a fixture, select it first by clicking on the Fixture in the Multi Cable Grid. You can then either click another Circuit tab to recircuit, or click the "Uncircuit Selected" link to move the fixture back to the uncircuited list

Multi Cable Label
You can edit the cable's label here. Pressing enter will save your changes

Volts (under "options...")
Sets the volts for the cable. Use Enter to save changes

Number of Circuits (under "options...")
Here you can change the number of circuits in your multi. Use to track things like L21-30 cables, where you have three breakers instead of 6

Move to another Rack (under "options...")
Use the drop-down menu to move this cable into another rack

Sorting and Ordering Your Multi Cables
Each cable row has a drag icon

Clicking-and-dragging with this icon lets you drag a drop to resort your cables

To make things a little easier, there is a "Compact Display (for sorting)" link at the top of the Multi Cable Grid, which hides the circuit and fixture information, usually letting you see your entire list at once.

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Single Cables
Single Cable refers to cables where a single circuit is carried down the cable, like an Edison extension cord

Add a single
Create a new cable by entering a Cable Name, entering a Voltage, and pressing the "Add" button.

Whether you cable is considered Hot/Hot (208v style) or Hot/Neutral (120v style) for totalling is controlled by the voltage you enter here

Anything over 200 volts will be treated as Hot/Hot, and anything under will be considered Hot/Neutral

The actual voltage number you enter will be used for amperage calculations

When a new cable is created, a new row is added to the Single Cable Grid, with a tab for the circuit in your cable, along with various options.

With single cables, each cable added will use the next phase, spreading out you load across each phase. You can manually set the phase of each single in their options section


Circuit a Fixture in a Single Cable
With a Fixture selected, clicking your Cable's circuit tab will add that Fixture to that Circuit. You'll see the Fixture listed under the Circuit, and associated amperage totals updated

Uncircuiting or Moving Fixtures
To uncircuit or move a fixture, select it first by clicking on the Fixture in the Single Cable Grid. You can then either click another Circuit tab to recircuit, or click the "Uncircuit Selected" link to move the fixture back to the uncircuited list

Single Cable Label
You can edit the cable's label here. Pressing enter will save your changes

Volts (under "options...")
Sets the volts for the cable. Use Enter to save changes

Phase (under "options...")
Change the phase of your single cable

Move to another Rack (under "options...")
Use the drop-down menu to move this cable into another rack

Sorting and Ordering Your Single Cables
Each row of the single cable grid has up and down arrows. Click the arrows will reorder the single cables accordingly