Selection of Main & Branch Circuit Breaker for

Main Circuit Breaker for D.B Load Detai

MCCB Continious Load
Pole 1 or 2 Non-Continious Load
Size 225 Amp Total Load as per N
Class D Class Total Load
Tripping (Amp) 1087 Amp Max. Size of Branch Fee
Sen.I∆n Min.Size of Main MCB as
Brea.Capacity 6 KA Fault Current at this Poin

Electrical Load Details

Feeder Name
Phase Volt P.F Load (Kw) Type of Load Nature of Load Load Amp NEC Amp
Feeder-1 1Ph 230 0.8 10 Lighting Non-Continious 54.3 54.3
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
cuit Breaker for Distribution Box (As per NEC)
Load Detail for Distribution Box Main & Branch MCCB Rating(min) as per NEC Section:210
Continious Load 0 Amp ADD DETAILS
Non-Continious Load 54 Amp
Total Load as per NEC 54 Amp
Total Load 54 Amp Jignesh.Parmar
Max. Size of Branch Feeder MCB 63 Amp jiguparmar@yahoo.com
Min.Size of Main MCB as per NEC 126 Amp www.electricalnotes.wordpress.com
Fault Current at this Point (Isc) 6 KA

Circuit Breaker for Branch Feeder Cable Detail

Tripping ActualSize Length Max.Length
Type of C.B Size (Amp) Pole Class Sen.I∆n
(Amp) (Sq.mm) (Meter) (Meter)
ELCB 63 1 or 2 B Class 272 I∆n:30ma 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
r NEC Section:210

Detail
Cable
Selection
0 1 1 1 1Ph
0 0 0 0 3Ph
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Lighting B Class I∆n:30ma Continious MCB 2 0.13 2
Heater B Class I∆n:30ma Non-Continious MCCB 0.16 2
Drive C Class I∆n:100ma Max.MCCB RCB 0.2 2
A.C C Class I∆n:30ma NEC ELCB 0.26 2
Motor C Class I∆n:100ma Total Amp RCCB 0.33 2
Ballast C Class I∆n:30ma 0.41 2
Ind.Load C Class I∆n:100ma 0.52 2
Transformer D Class I∆n:100ma 0.65 2
0 0.82 2
0 1.04 2
0 1.5 2
0 2.5 3
D Class 4 4
1 6 5
1 or 2 10 6
230 16 7
#N/A 25 8
I∆n:30ma 35 9
1 50 10
55 10
70 11
95 12
120 13
150 14
185 15
240 16
 MCB/ELCB Selection Conversion Maxi
Operating Cuurent Im of
Load Current
MCB/ELCB Size AWG mm2 the Instantaneous Tripping 1.5
(Amp)
element(A)
0 6 26 0.13 50 100
1 6 25 0.16 63 79
2 6 24 0.2 80 63
4 6 23 0.26 100 50
6 10 22 0.33 125 40
10 16 21 0.41 160 31
16 20 20 0.52 200 25
20 25 19 0.65 250 20
25 32 18 0.82 320 16
32 40 17 1.04 400 13
40 45 16 1.5 500 10
45 50 14 2.5 560 9
50 63 12 4 630 8
63 80 10 6 700 7
80 100 8 10 800 6
100 125 6 16 875 6
125 225 4 25 1000 5
225 600 2 35 1120 4
600 800 1 50 1250 4
800 1600 O 55 1600
1600 2000 OO 70 2000
2000 3000 OOO 95 2500
3000 3200 OOOO 120 3200
3200 4000 OOOO 150 4000
4000 5000 OOOO 185 5000
5000 6000 OOOO 240 6300
6000 6000 8000
10000
12500

As per GERC
Short Circuit Current
Voltage (Volt)
(KA)
4000000 40
220000 40
132000 32
66000 25
33000 32
11000 25
415 10
220 6
 Maximum Circuit Length in mtr for Cu conductor ( for Alu multiply 0.62)

2.5 4 6 10 16 25 35 50 70 95 120

167 267 400

133 212 317
104 167 250 417
83 133 200 333
67 107 160 267 427
52 83 125 208 333
42 67 100 167 267 417
33 53 80 133 213 333 467
26 42 63 104 167 260 365 495
21 33 50 83 133 208 292 396
17 27 40 67 107 167 233 317
15 24 36 60 95 149 208 283 417
13 21 32 63 85 132 185 251 370
12 19 29 48 76 119 167 226 333 452
10 17 25 42 67 104 146 198 292 396
10 15 23 38 61 95 133 181 267 362 457
8 13 20 33 53 83 117 158 233 317 400
7 12 18 30 48 74 104 141 208 283 357
7 11 16 27 43 67 94 127 187 253 320
5 8 13 21 33 52 73 99 146 198 250
4 7 10 17 27 42 58 79 117 158 200
5 8 13 21 33 47 63 93 127 160
4 6 11 17 26 36 49 73 99 125
5 8 13 21 29 40 58 79 100
4 7 11 17 23 32 47 63 80
5 8 13 19 25 37 50 63
4 7 10 16 20 29 40 50
5 8 12 16 23 32 40
4 7 9 13 19 25 32
150 185 240

435
388 459
348 411
272 321 400
217 257 320
174 206 256
136 161 200
109 128 160
87 103 128
69 82 102
54 64 80
43 51 64
35 41 51