Electrical Engineering ⇒ Topic : Types of loads

Types of loads

1. Residential load This type of load includes domestic lights, power needed for domestic appliances such as radios, television, water heaters, refrigerators, electric cookers and small motors for pumping water.
2. Commercial load It includes lighting for shops, advertisements and electrical appliances used in shops and restaurants etc.
3. Industrial load It consists of load demand of various industries.
4. Municipal load It consists of street lighting, power required for water supply and drainage purposes.
5. Irrigation load This type of load includes electrical power required for pumps driven by electric motors to supply water to fields.
6. Traction load It includes trams, cars, trolleys, buses and railways.