Commercial equipment power
The machines a Sacramento building runs — HVAC, refrigeration, kitchen, motors, pumps, compressors. Each nameplate gets a home.
Equipment power for HVAC, kitchen, and machinery
The machines a Sacramento building runs — HVAC, refrigeration, kitchen, motors, pumps, compressors. Each nameplate gets a home.
HVAC equipment feeds
A dedicated feed and a disconnect in sight of the rooftop unit, split, or make-up air. The nameplate decides the circuit, not the old breaker.
HVAC feedsCommercial kitchen equipment
Landing listed cooking equipment — plug or hardwired — on the circuit it is listed for. Dedicated kitchen circuits and walk-in refrigeration have their own pages.
Kitchen equipmentMachinery circuits
The last twenty feet to a machine on the floor: feed, disconnect, and a path that is not an extension cord. Motors, pumps, and compressors have their own circuit pages.
Machinery circuits
How equipment power is sized to the nameplate, not the old breaker
Each machine gets a home. The listing, the disconnect in sight, and whether it shares with lighting are the whole job.
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The nameplate and a disconnect in sight
Amperage, voltage, and phase come off the unit — not the breaker that happened to be there. HVAC, kitchen equipment, and machinery each want a disconnect the operator can reach.
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Continuous vs motor start
Refrigeration and cooking loads run all day. Motors and compressors surge. Protection that holds through inrush and still trips on a fault is sized twice, not guessed from horsepower.
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Three-phase is rotation as well as a feed
A swapped rotation or a missing disconnect is how a machine is damaged on the first start. If the building does not have three-phase where the unit sits, that is a distribution job first.
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A cord is not the last twenty feet
Extension cords and leftover whips are how shops live with a move that was never finished. The feed, the disconnect, and a proper path to the machine are the actual job.
Commercial equipment power services
- Refrigeration equipment feedsDedicated power for walk-ins, cases, and racks — circuits that do not share with lighting or a register.View service
- Motor circuitsMotor circuits sized for start and run — protection that holds through the inrush and still trips on a fault.View service
- Pump circuitsDedicated circuits for pumps — sump, booster, well, or process — with a disconnect at the equipment.View service
- Compressor circuitsCompressor circuits that hold through start and do not share with the rest of the shop or the kitchen.View service
- Dedicated equipment circuitsA dedicated circuit for one piece of equipment that cannot share — named, protected, and landed where the unit sits.View service
- Three-phase equipment connectionsThree-phase connections landed correctly — rotation, protection, and a disconnect at the equipment.View service
What equipment power connects to
A machine needs distribution behind it, and it arrives in fit-outs and fails on shift.
- The distribution behind itCommercial panels
- Equipment in a fit-outTenant improvements
- When a machine fails mid-shiftElectrical maintenance
Equipment power questions
What to send with the nameplate photo.
Can the new unit use the old breaker?
Only if the nameplate matches. HVAC replacements and kitchen swaps fail inspection when the last unit’s breaker is reused. Start at HVAC electrical or the equipment page that owns the listing.
Do you connect three-phase equipment?
Yes — rotation, protection, and a disconnect at the machine. The feed has to exist first. That connection is three-phase equipment connection.
Is a walk-in the same as kitchen lighting?
No. Refrigeration is a continuous load and does not share with lighting or a register. That is refrigeration electrical.
What do you need from us?
The nameplate, where the unit sits, and whether a disconnect is already in sight. A photo of the panel or the existing feed belongs with that.
Still not sure which job this is? Call (279) 972-9272 — available 24 hours.
Serving 19 communities across the Sacramento area
Litel Electric serves businesses throughout all 19 communities in our service area — from Davis and Woodland to Roseville, Folsom, and Elk Grove.
Get estimate
Tell us what is happening, or what you are planning. We read the details, tell you what else we need to know, and explain the next step before anything is scheduled.
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You send the problem or the plan, with the address if you have it.
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We reply with what it involves and what has to be seen in person.
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Nothing is scheduled, and nothing is priced, until the equipment has been looked at.
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