Everything you need to draw a residential electrical plan your electrician can price and your inspector can read — from the 2023 NEC to the finished PDF.
What a residential electrical plan must show under the 2023 NEC: required branch circuits, receptacle and lighting outlets, GFCI and AFCI protection, and the load center.
From a PDF floor plan to an NEC 2023 load center: general-purpose and required circuits, 240 V appliances in AWG, GFCI / AFCI breakers and a panel directory.
Where the 2023 NEC requires ground-fault (GFCI) and arc-fault (AFCI) protection in a home, room by room, and when a dual function breaker is the simplest answer.
Kitchen wiring under the 2023 NEC: two small-appliance circuits, countertop receptacles, GFCI on every receptacle, and dedicated circuits for the range, dishwasher and refrigerator.
Size a home Level 2 EV charger circuit under the NEC: individual 240 V circuit, breaker at 125 % of the charging current, wire size in AWG and GFCI for plug-in chargers.
A practical method to draw a residential electrical plan on your floor plan: rooms, receptacles, switched lighting, appliances, circuits and a PDF your electrician can price.
The symbols used on US residential electrical plans — receptacles, switches, lighting outlets, panels — and how to keep a plan readable with a clear legend.
Draw a residential electrical plan for free in your browser: import your PDF floor plan, place 370+ symbols and export a PDF. What the free plan includes, and what Premium and Pro add.
Put what you've learned into practice with Planelico — the online electrical floor plan tool for homeowners and professionals.