CABLE SIZING CHART FOR 400V MOTOR FEEDER

CONDUCTOR OPERATING TEMPERATURE

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
FREQUENCY / NO. OF PHASES
ALLOWABLE CABLE VOLTAGE DROP
STARTING CONDITION
RUNNING CONDITION
POWER FACTOR
STARTING CONDITION
MAXIMUM CABLE LENGTH

90 C
40 C
400 V
50Hz / 3

TOTAL DERATING FACTOR

General Notes:
1. AMPACITY OF CABLES SHOWN IN THE TABLE ARE BASED ON AMB. TEMP 45 DEG C
2. CABLE DATA IS TAKEN FROM DRAKA CABLE CATALOGUE (FLEXFLAME RFOU 0.6/1kV P1/P8 Power Cable)
3. MOTOR DATA IS TAKEN FROM BROOK CROMPTON DATA (4 POLE HIGH EFF. EExd MOTORS)
- http://www.brookcrompton.com/pdf-files/2205E_EEx_d_issue%202e.pdf

1.05
0.85
0.8925

15.0%
5.0%
0.3
3000 M

CSA. mmSQ

MOTOR

CABLE DERATING FACTORS

Temperature Derating Factor
Grouping Factor

2.5

10

16

25

35

50

70

95

120

150

185

240

2x95

2X120

2X150

2X185

2X240

Volt Drop (mV/A/m) R

7.6386

4.7786

3.1886

1.9186

1.2386

0.8126

0.6076

0.4696

0.3486

0.2736

0.2326

0.2046

0.1786

0.1548

0.1368

0.1163

0.1023

0.0893

Volt Drop (mV/A/m) X

0.103

0.096

0.09

0.084

0.08

0.079

0.076

0.076

0.074

0.073

0.072

0.072

0.072

0.072

0.0365

0.036

0.036

0.036

AMPACITY (A)

21

28

36

50

67

89

110

137

169

205

237

272

311

365

410

474

544

DERATED AMPACITY (A)

19

25

32

45

60

79

98

122

151

183

212

243

278

326

366

423

486

FLA/LRC

0.0774

0.0912

0.0775333

0.036

0.0243333

0.024

622

730

615

711

555

652

549

635

PF

0.55

0.75

0.67

1.58

5.30

8.37

2432

0.75

0.75

0.75

1.92

5.30

10.20

1789

2843

1.1

0.77

0.73

2.82

5.00

14.12

1251

1988

2958

1.5

0.79

0.76

3.61

5.50

19.83

943

1498

2230

2.2

0.81

0.78

5.03

5.80

29.15

659

1049

1561

2564

0.83

0.75

6.96

6.50

45.22

495

787

1171

1920

2922

0.85

0.81

8.44

6.00

50.61

379

603

898

1476

2253

5.5

0.86

0.83

11.12

6.80

75.63

281

446

665

1095

1673

2484

2484

7.5

0.87

0.84

14.81

7.00

103.69

208

331

494

813

1243

1812

1812

2710

11

0.90

0.86

20.51

7.50

153.85

234

349

575

870

1221

1221

1826

2225

2569

2815

2996

15

0.90

0.90

26.73

7.50

200.47

257

423

650

937

937

1402

1707

1971

2160

2300

2446

2598

18.5

0.91

0.88

33.35

7.00

233.42

346

531

795

805

1204

1466

1693

1855

1975

2101

2231

22

0.91

0.85

41.05

7.00

287.38

290

444

654

654

978

1191

1375

1507

1604

1707

1812

2750

30

0.93

0.87

53.40

7.30

389.85

335

482

482

721

878

1014

1111

1183

1258

1336

2027

2222

2365

2516

2672

37

0.94

0.87

65.58

7.30

478.76

392

392

587

715

825

904

963

1024

1088

1651

1809

1926

2049

2176

2476

2713

45

0.94

0.86

80.18

7.70

617.37

304

455

554

640

701

747

794

844

1280

1403

1493

1589

1687

1920

2104

55

0.95

0.86

97.58

7.70

751.37

250

374

456

526

576

614

653

693

1052

1153

1227

1305

1386

1578

1729

75

0.95

0.87

131.12

7.40

970.29

353

407

446

475

505

537

815

893

950

1011

1074

1222

1339

90

0.95

0.87

156.85

7.40

1160.67

340

373

397

423

449

681

746

794

845

897

1021

1119

110

0.96

0.87

190.90

7.70

1469.94

295

314

334

354

538

589

627

667

709

807

884

132

0.96

0.87

228.60

7.70

1760.24

262

279

296

449

492

524

557

592

674

738

150

0.96

0.88

256.56

7.80

2001.14

245

260

395

433

461

490

521

592

649

185

0.96

0.88

316.09

7.80

2465.50

211

321

351

374

398

422

481

527

200

0.96

0.88

341.72

7.60

2597.06

304

333

355

378

401

457

500

(AMPS)

LRC

3x120

EFF

(KW)

FLA

3x95

MAXIMUM LENGTH (M)

(AMPS)

NOTES TO TABLE:

1) : = MOTOR FLA IS GREATER THAN CABLE AMPACITY

2) NORMAL FONT = SIZE CONSTRAINED BY MOTOR RUNNING CONDITION
3)
ITALICS = SIZE CONSTRAINED BY MOTOR STARTING CONDITION