The information is provided with No Warranty of any kind, Expressed or Implied.

No use should be made of

the Information except by fully qualified professionals having formed their own evaluation of the information
for their own purpose and application. Information based on NFPA 70E 2009 Edition.

Incident Energy - Arc in a 20 inch cubic box

1/4 cycle

EMB = 1038.7DB-1.4738tA[0.0093F2 - 0.3453F + 5.9675] [NFPA 70E D.5.2(a)]

1 cycle
2 cycles
4 cycles
6 cycles
8 cycles
16 cycles
30 cycles
60 cycles
100 cycles

2
12.41 cal/cm , Incident Energy, EMB

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields

18 Distance From Arc Electrodes, DB (in)

0.2 Arc Duration, tA (seconds)
6 Short Circuit Current, F (kA)

22=22000

Incident Energy - Arc in open air

.0042 sec

RK-1

.0167 sec.
0.0333
0.0667
0.1
0.1333
0.2667
0.5
1. Second
1.6667

EMA = 5271DA-1.9593tA[0.0016F2 - 0.0076F + 0.8938] [NFPA 70E D.5.1(a)]

2
3.32 cal/cm , Incident Energy, EMA

18 Distance From Arc Electrodes, DA (in)

0.2 Arc Duration, tA (seconds)
6 Short Circuit Current, F (kA)

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Input Info in Blue Fields

Residential Breaker

Note it is in KA..25000 =25

Flash Protection Boundary - MVA fault current at point

Dc = [2.65(1.732 x V x ISC x 10-6) x tA]1/2 [NFPA 70E D.2(d)]
1.07 Flash Protection Boundary, Dc (ft)
12.84 Flash Protection Boundary, Dc x 12 (in)

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields

6000 Short Circuit Current, ISC

0.2 Arc Duration, tA (seconds)
208 Voltage of System at Point, V

Flash Protection Boundary - MVA transformer rating

Dc = [53 x MVA x tA]1/2 [NFPA 70E D.2(e)]
1.09 Flash Protection Boundary, Dc (ft)

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13.10 Flash Protection Boundary, Dc x 12 (in)

Input Info in Blue Fields

0.1125 MVA rating of transformer

0.2 Arc Duration, tA (seconds)
208 Voltage of System at Point, V

Incident Energy, Systems >600V, Open Air

E = (793 x F x V x tA)/D2
0.49 cal/cm2, Incident Energy, E
5 Short Circuit Current, F (kA)
0.2 System Phase to Phase Voltage, V (kV)
0.2 Arc Duration, tA (seconds)
18 Distance From Arc Electrodes, D (in)

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Input Info in Blue Fields
Note KA.17 =17000
4.16 =4160

1 cycle
2 cycles
4 cycles
6 cycles
8 cycles
16 cycles
30 cycles
60 cycles
100 cycles

.0167 sec.
0.0333
0.0667
0.1
0.1333
0.2667
0.5
1. Second
1.6667

15 cycle

0.25

Arcing Current < 1kV

lgIa = K + 0.662lgIbf + 0.0966V + 0.000526G + 0.5588V(lgIbf) - 0.00304G(lgIbf) [NFPA 70E D.7.2(a)]
Ia = 10lgIa [NFPA 70E D.8.2(c)]
3.04
-0.097
6
0.208
25

Arcing Current, Ia (kA)

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields
Constant K, -0.153 for open arcs; -0.097 for arcs-in-a-box
Bolted three-phase available short-circuit current (symmetrical rms), Ibf (kA)
System Voltage, V (kV)
Conductor Gap, G (mm) (use NFPA 70E Table D.8.2 below)

Arcing Current > 1kV

lgIa = 0.00402 + 0.983lgIbf [NFPA 70E D.7.2(b)]
Ia = 10lgIa [NFPA 70E D.8.2(c)]
5.87
6

Arcing Current, Ia (kA)

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields
Bolted three-phase available short-circuit current (symmetrical rms), Ibf (kA)

Incident Energy at Working Distance = 610mm (2 ft)

lgEn = k1 + k2 + 1.081lgIa + 0.0011G [NFPA 70E D.7.3(a)]
En = 10lgEn [NFPA 70E D.7.3(b)]
E = 4.184CfEn(t/0.2)(610x/Dx) [NFPA 70E D.7.3(c)]
1.30

Incident Energy (J/cm2) normalized for an arc time = 0.2 seconds, En

2295.42 Incident Energy (J/cm2), E

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Input Info in Blue Fields

-0.555

Constant k1, -0.792 for open air arcs; -0.555 for arcs-in-a-box

-0.113

Constant k2, 0 for ungrounded and high-resistance grounded systems; -0.113 for grounded systems

5
1.5
25.0
0.2
18
1.6

Arcing Current, Ia (kA)

Calculation Factor Cf, 1.0 for voltages above 1kV; 1.5 for voltages at or below 1kV
Conductor Gap, G (mm) (Use NFPA 70E Table D.8.2 below)
Arcing Time, t (seconds)
Working Distance, D, from the arc to the person (mm)
Distance Exponent, x (Use NFPA 70E Table D.8.2 below)

Incident Energy at Working Distance (Voltage > 15kV or gap is outside the range)
E = 2.142 x 106VIbf(t/D2) [NFPA 70E D.7.4]
1.05
0.208
0.1
460
5

Incident Energy (J/cm2), E

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields
System Voltage, V (kV)
Arcing Time, t (seconds)
Working Distance, D, from the arc to the person (mm)
Bolted three-phase available short-circuit current (symmetrical rms), Ibf (kA)

Flash Protection Boundary (Empirically Derived)

DB = [4.184CfEn(t/0.2)(610x/EB)]1/2 [NFPA 70E D.7.5(a)]
216.07
1.5
1.3
5
0.2
1.6
6
0.208

Distance DB (mm) of the Flash Protection Boundary from the arcing point
Calculation Factor Cf, 1.0 for voltages above 1kV; 1.5 for voltages at or below 1kV
Incident Energy (J/cm2) normalized, En
Incident Energy (J/cm2) at the distance of the Flash Protection Boundary, EB
Time, t (seconds)
Distance Exponent, x (Use NFPA 70E Table D.8.2 below)
Bolted three-phase available short-circuit current (symmetrical rms), Ibf (kA)
System Voltage, V (kV)

Flash Protection Boundary (Theoretically Derived)

DB = [2.142 x 106VIbf(t/EB)]1/2 [NFPA 70E D.7.5(b)]
231.22

Distance DB (mm) of the Flash Protection Boundary from the arcing point

0.208

System Voltage, V (kV)

Bolted three-phase available short-circuit current (symmetrical rms), Ibf (kA)
Time, t (seconds)
Incident Energy (J/cm2) at the distance of the Flash Protection Boundary, EB

6
0.1
5

J/cm2 Conversion to cal/cm2

J/cm2 x .239 = cal/cm2
1.20
5

cal/cm2

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields

J/cm2

mm Conversion to inches
mm x 0.03937 = inches
9.06

inches

230

mm

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields

inches Conversion to mm
inches x 25.40 = mm
216.15
8.51

mm

Results in Yellow Fields

Input Info in Blue Fields

inches

NFPA 70E Table D.7.2 Factors for Equipment and Voltages

System
Voltage
(kV)

Type of
Equipment
Open-air
Switchgear

0.208 - 1 MCC's & Panels

Cables
Open-air
>1 - 5 Switchgear
Cables
Open-air
>5 - 15 Switchgear
Cables

Typical
Conductor
Gap (mm)
10 - 40
32
25
13
102
13 - 102
13
13 - 153
153
13

Distance XFactor
2.000
1.473
1.641
2.000
2.000
0.973
2.000
2.000
0.973
2.000

Maximum Short Circuit Current at Transformer Secondary

Max. ISC = [(KVA x 1000)/(EL-L x PHM)] x (100%/Z%)

6,246 Amps, Max. ISC

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Input Data in Blue Fields

112.5 KVA
208 Transformer Secondary Voltage, EL-L
3 Phase

1.732 Phase Multiplyer, PHM

5 Transformer Impedance, Z%

Point to Point Available Short Circuit Current

Available ISC = (Max. ISC) x (m)
f = (PHM x ft x Max. ISC)/(C x Cn x EL-L)
m = 1/(1+f)
5,680 Amps, Avail. ISC

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Input Data in Blue fields

25 Distance from Transformer, ft

6000 Maximum Available Short Circuit Current, Max. ISC
22185 "C" Value from Tables
208 Transformer Secondary Voltage, EL-L
1 Number of Conductors per Phase, Cn
3 Phase
1.732 Phase Multiplyer, PHM
0.0563 "f" factor
0.9467 Multiplier (m)

The information is provided with No Warranty of any kind, Expressed or Implied. No use
should be made of the Information except by fully qualified professionals having formed
their own evaluation of the information for their own purpose and application. Information
based on NFPA 70E 2009 Edition.

1/4 cycle

0.0042 RK-1

1 cycle .0167 sec.

2 cycles 0.0333
4 cycles 0.0667
6 cycles
0.1
8 cycles 0.1333
16 cycle 0.2667
30 cycle
0.5
60 cycle1. Second
100 cycl 1.6667
J class
RK-1

1/4 cycle or less

1/4 cycle

RK-5

1/2 cycle

RK-9

now obsolete

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