113 free calculators · 8 engineering sectors

Technical calculators that show their work

Accurate calculators for electrical, HVAC, mechanical, construction and solar work — each shows the formula, a worked example, assumptions and limitations. Find a tool by name or discipline, enter your values, and understand the result. No sign-up.

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Electrical

24 tools

Free electrical calculators: voltage drop, wire sizing, Ohm's law, kVA to amps, power factor correction and motor current. Metric and AWG, with formulas and examples.

HVAC & Climate

17 tools

Free HVAC calculators: cooling and heating BTU load estimates, round duct sizing with friction loss, CFM and air changes per hour, plus SEER, EER and COP conversions.

Mechanical Engineering

23 tools

Free mechanical calculators: gear ratio and RPM, torque to power conversion, bolt torque and preload, belt length and pulley sizing, tap drill sizes for metric and imperial threads.

Solar, Energy & Batteries

14 tools

Free solar and battery calculators: daily panel energy from peak sun hours, battery runtime with depth of discharge, full off-grid system sizing and charge controller sizing.

Construction

20 tools

Free construction calculators: concrete volume and mix ratios, CMU block and brick takeoffs, rebar weight, stud walls, stairs, roof pitch, gravel and asphalt tonnage — with formulas, waste factors and IRC/ACI checks.

Plumbing & Water

5 tools

Free plumbing calculators: pipe velocity and sizing, Darcy-Weisbach pressure loss, water volume in pipes and tank capacity. Metric and imperial, with design velocity guidance.

Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer

5 tools

Free thermodynamics calculators: wall conduction and U-value, thermal expansion, ideal gas law, sensible and latent heat, and heating power from flow — with sources and worked examples.

CNC & Manufacturing

5 tools

Free CNC and machining calculators: spindle RPM from cutting speed, table feed from chip load, cycle time, material removal rate and production planning.

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How each discipline's calculations fit together — load, conductor, protection, economics — with the right calculator at every step.

Why IngCalc is different

Most calculator sites give you a number and nothing else. Every tool here documents the model it uses — the exact formula, the standard or reference behind the constants, the assumptions baked in, and the cases where the result will be wrong. You can defend the numbers you get here in front of a client, an inspector or a professor.

The library grows by category: complete clusters of related tools (wire sizing connects to voltage drop, which connects to motor current) rather than isolated one-off calculators.

How tools are developed

Each tool starts from a real, recurring technical question. The calculation model is separated from the page as pure math with documented inputs and outputs. Constants come from named sources — NEC conductor tables, ASHRAE methods, ISO standards, NREL data. Every engine is verified against reference values with automated tests before publication.

See the About page for the full development process, or meet the author.