LIGHTING LOAD @ 80% D. F. = (1200 + 700) X 0.80 = 1520 W POWER LOAD @ 80% D.F. = (1800 + 1500) X 0.80 = 2640 W SPECIAL PURPOSE OUTLET: REF @ 100% D.F., 0.90 POWER FACTOR = 1500 X 1 X 0.90 = 1350 W ACU @ 80% D.F., 0.95 POWER FACTOR = 3(1500) X 0.80 X 0.95 = 3420 W MICROWAVE OVEN @ 100% D.F., 0.90 POWER FACTOR = 1500 X 1 X 0.90 = 1350 W TOTAL CONNECTED LOAD = 10280 W TOTAL CURRENT LOAD = 10280W/220V = 46.727 A SIZE OF MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER AND MAIN FEEDER 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝑊𝐴𝑇𝑇𝐴𝐺𝐸𝑆 𝑋 1.25 𝐼𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 𝐸 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 10280 𝑊 𝑋 1.25 𝐼𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 220 𝑉 I total = 58.409 A USE 2 - #6 TW/AWG MAIN FEEDER AND 75A CIRCUIT BREAKER
STEP 1: TRANSFORMER FULL LOAD CURRENT
I f = 25KVA/220V = 113.636A
STEP 2: TRANSFORMER MULTIPLIER
100 100 𝑀𝑡 = %𝑍 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 = 1.5 𝑥 0.90 = 74.074 NOTE: For UL listed 25 KVA transformer and above, impedance tolerance is affected by + or – 10% For high end worst case multiply %Z by 0.90 For low end worst case multiply %Z by 1.1 For transformer constructed to ANSI standard, have a + or -7.5%
STEP 3: SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT COMPUTATION
I s.c = Multiplier X Full Load Current = 74.074 X 113.636 A = 8417.47 A STEP 4: FACTOR CALCULATION For single phase Line to Line faults: 2 𝑋 𝐿 𝑋 𝐼 𝑙−𝑙 𝑓= 𝐶 𝑋 𝑛 𝑋 𝐸 𝑙−𝑙 L = 15 m approximately I l-l = I sc = 8417.47 A C = #6 AWG (Table 4 Values for Conductors) = 2425 N=1 E l-l = 220 V 2 𝑋 15𝑚 𝑋 8417.47 𝐴 𝑓= 2425 𝑋 1 𝑋 220 𝑉 = 0.47333
STEP 5: “M” MULTIPLIER
1 𝑀= 1+𝑓 1 𝑀= 1+0.47333 = 0.6787
STEP 6: AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT SYMMETRICAL RMS CURRENT AT FAULT 1
I sc sym = I sc X M = 8417.47 A X 0.6787 = 5712.937 A HENCE: USE 10 KAIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT USE 10 KAIC FOR ALL BREAKERS DOWNSTREAM
VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION
NOTE: ALLOWABLE VOLTAGE DROP IS 3 TO 5%
L = 15m (1m = 3.2908ft) = 49.362 ft
Circuit Breaker Value = 75 A From Table of Ratings and Volt Loss #6 AWG @80% SINGLE-PHASE = 560 SINGLE PHASE
VOLTAGE LOSS = 49.362ft X 75A X 560 X 1/1
= 2073204 V PLACE DECIMAL POINT 6 PLACES TO THE LEFT: VOLTAGE LOSS = 2.073 V 𝑉𝑂𝐿𝑇𝐴𝐺𝐸 𝐿𝑂𝑆𝑆 % 𝑉𝑂𝐿𝑇𝐴𝐺𝐸 𝐷𝑅𝑂𝑃 = 𝐸 𝑙−𝑙 𝑥 100 2.073 𝑉 = 220 𝑉 𝑥 100 = 0.942 % % VOLTAGE DROP = 1.18 % (@80% POWER FACTOR)