Conductor Sizing For Typical Motor/Power Feeder ACROMEC - SNIFF SENSORY Step 1: Initial Wire Size 1.1 1.

.2 1.3 Initial wire size is derived based on equipment rating input, conductor load input, and wire type selection The cable is upsized by a safety factor of 1.25 Determine the wire size based on the NEC Table

Step 2: Adjustable Ampacity Determine the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity 2.1 2.2 Refer to the NEC table for this value Determine the temperature rating of the conductor Since the Temperature Rating of the Conductor (input 2.3) does 2. not equal the Min. Equipment Terminal Rating (input 3.1), adjust 3the wire size ampacity based on the Temperature Rating of the Conductor 2.4 Initial Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity

Step 3: Ambient Temperature Adjustment : Determine the Ambient Temperature Adjustment 3.1 3.2 Determine the highest ambient temperature (input 3.3) Based on the ambient temperature of 36-40 and the temp. rating of 75, determine the temp. adjustment from the correction factors table

Step 4: Bundle Adjustment : Determine the bundle adjustment factor 4.1 4.2 Determine the number of current-carrying conductors (input 3.5) Based on the current-carrying conductors of 1 - 3, determine the adjustment factor based on the NEC Table

Step 5: Adjusted Ampacity: Determine the Adjusted Ampacity 5.1 5.2 5.3 Multiply the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity (step 2.4) by the Temperature Adjustment (step 3.2) by the Bundle Adjustment (step 4.2) Multiply Solve for Adjusted Ampacity

Step 6: Solve Since Adjusted Amps is greater than the Conductor Load (input 1.2), Wire Size stays the same Final Wire Size Final Conductor Load

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Conductor Sizing For Typical Motor/Power Feeder ACROMEC SNIFF SENSORY (DX Reheat)
Step 1: Initial Wire Size 1.1 1.2 1.3 Initial wire size is derived based on equipment rating input, conductor load input, and wire type selection The cable is upsized by a safety factor of 1.25 Determine the wire size based on the NEC Table

Step 2: Adjustable Ampacity : Determine the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity 2.1 2.2 Refer to the NEC table for this value Determine the temperature rating of the conductor Since the Temperature Rating of the Conductor (input 2.3) 2. does not equal the Min. Equipment Terminal Rating (input 3 3.1), adjust the wire size ampacity based on the Temperature Rating of the Conductor 2.4 Initial Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity

Step 3: Ambient Temperature Adjustment Determine the Ambient Temperature Adjustment 3.1 3.2 Determine the highest ambient temperature (input 3.3) Based on the ambient temperature of 36-40 and the temperature rating of 75, determine the temperature adjustment from the correction factors table

Step 4: Bundle Adjustment Determine the bundle adjustment factor 4.1 4.2 Determine the number of current-carrying conductors (input 3.5) Based on the current-carrying conductors of 1 - 3, determine the adjustment factor based on the NEC Table

Step 5: Adjusted Ampacity : Determine the Adjusted Ampacity 5.1 5.2 5.3 Multiply the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity (step 2.4) by the Temperature Adjustment (step 3.2) by the Bundle Adjustment (step 4.2) Multiply Solve for Adjusted Ampacity

Step 6: Solve 6.1 6.2 6.3 Since Adjusted Amps is greater than the Conductor Load (input 1.2), Wire Size stays the same Final Wire Size Final Conductor Load

Wire Size AWG Equivalent to mm

AWG Number [Inch] [mm] [mm] 6/0 = 000000 5/0 = 00000 4/0 = 0000 3/0 = 000 2/0 = 00 1/0 = 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 0.580 0.517 0.460 0.410 0.365 0.325 0.289 0.258 0.229 0.204 0.182 0.162 0.144 0.128 0.114 0.102 0.0907 0.0808 0.0720 0.0641 0.0571 0.0508 0.0453 0.0403 0.0359 0.0320 0.0285 0.0253 0.0226 0.0201 0.0179 0.0159 0.0142 0.0126 0.0113 0.0100 0.00893 0.00795 0.00708 0.00631 0.00562 0.00500 0.00445 0.00397 14.73 13.12 11.7 10.4 9.26 8.25 7.35 6.54 5.83 5.19 4.62 4.11 3.66 3.26 2.91 2.59 2.30 2.05 1.83 1.63 1.45 1.29 1.15 1.02 0.912 0.812 0.723 0.644 0.573 0.511 0.455 0.405 0.361 0.321 0.286 0.255 0.227 0.202 0.180 0.160 0.143 0.127 0.113 0.101 170.30 135.10 107 85.0 67.4 53.5 42.4 33.6 26.7 21.1 16.8 13.3 10.5 8.36 6.63 5.26 4.17 3.31 2.62 2.08 1.65 1.31 1.04 0.823 0.653 0.518 0.410 0.326 0.258 0.205 0.162 0.129 0.102 0.0810 0.0642 0.0509 0.0404 0.0320 0.0254 0.0201 0.0160 0.0127 0.0100 0.00797

0.00353 0.0897 0.00632 0.00314 0.0799 0.00501

Nominal Size Breaker for Motor 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 1. This expert calculator provides the nominal and maximum size breaker for motor or feeder circuit given electrical load requirements. Although the expert calculator provides the maximum size breaker and overload protection allowed by code a smaller size breaker or overload protection is generally used. NEC Code Compliant Motor /Feeder is less than 700 Amps Motor / Feeder is less than 2000 Volts NEC 2005 Sections 430 and 316

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Step 1: Determine FLC : Determine FLC based on the first three inputs and the NEC tables 1.1 1.2 Determine Inputs Determine FLC based on the inputs and the NEC tables

Step 2: Motor Branch Circuit - Conductor Size : Determine the motor branch circuit conductor size 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Determine Inputs Initial wire size is derived based on equipment rating input, conductor load (FLC * 1.25), and wire type selection Determine Values Determine the wire size based on the NEC table

Step 3: Adjustable Ampacity : Determine the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity 3.1 3.2 Refer to the NEC table for this value Determine the temperature rating of the conductor

3.3 Since the Temperature Rating of the Conductor does not equal the Min. Equipment Terminal Rating, adjust the wire size ampacity based on the 3.4 Initial Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity Temperature Rating of the Conductor Step 4: Ambient Temperature Adjustment : Determine the Ambient Temperature Adjustment 4.1 4.2 Determine the highest ambient temperature

Based on the ambient temperature of 36-40 and the temperature rating of 75, determine the temperature adjustment from the correction factors table Step 5: Bundle Adjustment 5.1 number of current-carrying conductors DetermineDetermine the bundlethe adjustment factor Based on the current-carrying conductors of 1 - 3, determine the adjustment factor based on the NEC table Step 6: AA : Determine the Adjusted Ampacity 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.3 Multiply the Adjustable Wire Size Ampacity by the Temperature Adjustment by the Bundle Adjustment Multiply Solve for AA

Step 7: Solve 7.1 7.2 7.3 Since Adjusted Amps is greater than the Conductor Load, Wire Size stays the same Final Wire Size Final Conductor Load

Step 8: Motor Overload Protection 8.1 8.2 Based on input 2.1 Based on input 2.2

8.3 Since the service factor is greater than or equal to 1.15, the OF=1.25 and the OLF Max=1.40 8.4 Determine Values 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Multiply Solve Determine Values Multiply Solve

Step 9 : Determine Max Motor Branch Circuit and Ground Fault Protection Device 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Based on input 3.1 Based on input 2.4 Determine Value Determine Nominal Size Breaker by multiplying FLC by MMBC Multiply Solve 9.7 Next larger size breaker may be used if motor fails to start, see NEC Article 430