Cable Size Selection

santanu
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What are the steps of selecting the cable size for any installation?
What is the most important property to select the cable size?

Asked by santanu on 12/23/2011 12:50:14 AM

Steven
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You can see a post I did on cable sizing (items 4, 5 and 6) at:
http://myelectrical.com/opinion/entryid/73/8-steps-to-low-voltage-power-cable-selection-and-sizing.

You will need to calculate the current capacity, voltage drop and fault rating. All three are important to ensure an adequately sized cable which is safe to operate.

Answered by Steven on 1/8/2012 7:49:46 AM

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