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030405, 10:58AM #1

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jimmac49
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CircuitBreakerkAICratings
Howaretheratingscalculated?
Thanks
Jim

030405, 11:42AM #2

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ron
Location: NewYork,
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Re:CircuitBreakerkAICratings

Theratingofthebreakerbythemanufactureritselfbeginswithaneducatedguess.
TheybringittoatestlabandseeifitcomplieswiththeULtestingresults.Ifit
doesn't,thentheytryagainwithalowerrating.Ifitcan'tpasstestsat10kAIC,then
itwillnotcometomarket,sincetheminimumratinggenerallyavailableis10kAIC.

Ron

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charlieb
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Re:CircuitBreakerkAICratings

Wasyourquestionintendedtoaddressthecalculationofthesystem's"availablefault
current,"ortheratingofthebreaker?Itsoundslikethelater,andtothatquestionI
willsecondRon'sanswer.

Butifyouareaskingabouttheavailablefaultcurrent,thatisa"simple"applicationof
Ohm'sLaw.The"I"isfoundbysimplydividingthe"V"bythe"R."However,itisa
complicatedmattertoobtainamodelofthesystem,inordertogetvalidvaluesfor
"V"and"R."

CharlesE.Beck,P.E.,Seattle
Commentsbasedon2014NECunlessotherwisenoted.

030805, 06:10PM #4

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BodnarMatt
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Re:CircuitBreakerkAICratings
Generallyonemustfirstcalculatethemaximumfaultcurrentforthetransformer
secondaryusingtheequation:
I(maxSC)=(XFRMRKVAx100)*(100%Trasformerimpedance)/(SecondaryLL
Voltagex1.732)

Thencalculatethepointtopontshortcircuitcurrent:
I(SC)=I(maxSC)*(1/(1+(1.73*ft*I(maxSC))/(Const.*LLvoltage)

wheretheconstantisdeterminedbytheratingonthebusway225A>Const.=
28700
400A>Const.=38900
600A>Const.=41,100
800A>Const.=46,100
etc.

Thiswouldgivetheshortcircuitcurrentanumberoffeetfromthethetransformerat
thebusplug.

Iftherearelargeloadsthattendtoberegenerativemotorstheycanaddtothefault
current.Onewouldusuallyusesomesoftwaretodeterminethefaultatapanel,it
wouldtakeintoaccountallwiresizeandlength,etc.

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