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Ampacity
WSDOT
Winter 2008
BZA
presented by: Keith Calais
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What is it?
*I =
Where:
TC=Conductor temperature in degrees Celsius
TA=Ambient temperature in degrees Celsius
DeltaTD=Dielectric loss temperature rise
RDC=dc resistance of conductor at temperature TC
YC= Component ac resistance resulting from skin effect of proximity effect
RCA=Effective thermal resistance between conductor and surrounding ambient
Wire
Size
Allowable
Ampacities
Wire
Size
Allowable
Ampacities
14*
12*
10*
8
6
4
3
2
1
20
25
35
50
65
85
100
115
130
1/0
2/0
3/0
4/0
250
300
350
400
500
150
175
200
230
255
285
310
335
380
* See NEC Article 240.4(D) for over-current protection device (circuit breaker) sizing
restrictions for this wire size.
6
4-6
7-9
10-20
21-30
31-40
41 and above
80
70
50
45
40
35
7
99
10
11
12
13
14
15
OK.
17
18
21
21
Any
Questions?
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