How to change the power factor to reduce the Total amp in panel calculation

[dng_gabe]

How to change the power factor to reduce the Total amp in panel calculation.

The current calculation need to be below 150A.

I'm unable to change the power factor setting and I'm not sure how to reduce the current total amp calculation.

I'm using Revit 2023, any help will be appreciated however because I'm new to revit I'll appreciate if detail steps or screenshot are provided.

[iainsavage · Accepted solution]

I'm not an electrical engineer so forgive me if this advice is incorrect:-

1. Most of your loads have PF of 1 which is effectively 100% "efficiency".
2. Only one is 0.8 which is presumably characteristic of the connected equipment (induction motors in the waste disposal and dishwasher?). So the scope to improve the PF is fairly limited?
3. All of your equipment has a 100% demand factor which implies that every piece of equipment will run at full load simultaneously with no allowance for any diversity - is that a realistic scenario?

So with my limited knowledge of electrical design I would suggest that it is the demand factor rather than the power factor which you need to be looking at.