The importance of limiting voltage drop
You may not know that the National Electric Code doesn’t make complying with its voltage drop criteria mandatory. But there are still some important…
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Articles here are about how to size cables.
Voltage drop
Voltage drop is a basic skill required for every electrical engineer in the nuclear power industry. Here’s a summary of how it’s calculated. There…
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Cable temperatures and physics
It’s helpful to be reminded of the basic physics underlying the basis for the temperature rating of conductors . . . .
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A five-step cable sizing procedure
There are numerous ways to go about doing this. Here’s one that is sure to work. It’s concise: five steps . . . .
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Cable temperature ratings – it’s all about the insulation
Cables can be purchased that are rated for different temperatures. The three most common conductor temperature ratings are 60ºC, 75ºC, and 90ºC . .…
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Derating cable ampacity – count the ground or neutral?
Here are three common scenarios that you need to keep in mind when sizing a new cable. Its ampacity will have to be derated…
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Basic cable sizing and ampacity determination
This is one of the first things an electrical engineer in the nuclear power industry will probably do: sizing a cable by determining, among…
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Introduction to cable insulation designations
Cable insulation is often known to nuclear electrical engineers by an industry shorthand. The different shortcodes describe different materials and properties. Here you can…
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