Short Circuit Currents

Shielding Currents

Shield short circuit current formula

For short-circuit shield ampacity with a known cable shield area (or an area that can be
calculated from formulas given below), the following simplified formula may be used.

Where I = Amperes
A = Shield Area in CM
N = Number of Cycles
T1 = Initial Temp.
65°C
.......... K = See Table Below

T2 MAX VALUES OF K
C Cu Al Pb
150 0.193 0.083 0.0063
200 0.288 0.123 0.0094
250 0.372 0.159 0.0121
350 0.517 0.221 —

NOTE: Use 200 for thermoplastic and 350 for thermosetting jackets.

• For Overlapped Tape (1) A = 4bdm x

• For Tubular Sheath A = 4bdm
• For Wire Braid A = Nds2
• For Spaced Tape A = 1.273 Wb

• Where: b = Shield thickness, mils ........... W = tape width, mils

dm = mean diameter, mils A = area in CM
ds = wire diameter, mils L = lap of tape, mils
N = number of wires

(1) Substituting various overlap values gives the following:

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 OVERLAP .......... AREA
1/2 W (50% 4bdm
1/4 W (25%) 3.27bdm
1/5 W (20%) 3.16bdm
1/8 W
3.02bdm
(12.5%)

Permissible short circuit currents

for copper shielding tape* amperes
Shield Effective Short Circuit Time in
Diam. Shield Area Number of Cycles (60 per sec.)
Inches Circular 1 2 4 8 16 30 60
Mils
1/2... 7,484...... 4,016 2,840 2,008 1,420 1,004 733 518
3/4... 11,264...... 6,044 4,274 3,022 2,137 1,511 1,104 780
1... 15,044...... 8,073 5,708 4,036 2,854 2,018 1,474 1,042
1 1/4... 18,824...... 10,101 7,143 5,051 3,571 2,525 1,844 1,304
1 1/2... 22,604...... 12,130 8,577 6,065 4,289 3,032 2,215 1,566
1 3/4... 26,384...... 14,158 10,011 7,079 5,006 3,540 2,585 1,828
2... 30,164...... 16,187 11,446 8,093 5,723 4,047 2,955 2,090
2 1/4... 33.944...... 18,215 12,880 9,107 6,440 4,554 3,.326 2,352
2 1/2... 37.724...... 20,243 14,314 10,122 7,157 5,061 3,696 2,613
2 3/4... 41,504...... 22,272 15,749 11,136 7,874 5,568 4,066 2,875
3.. 45,284...... 24,300 17,183 12,150 8,591 6,075 4,437 3,137

*Values are derived from the Conductor Currents formula and T2 = 200°C, T1 = 65°C, 5 mil
copper tape with 12.5% overlap.

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