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K1 1
Ambient Temoerature
in Air
K2 0.89
Ground temp.
Correction factor
K2
Ground temp.
Correction factor
1
K3
soil thermal resisitivty
0.86
K4
Soil Correction Factor
K5 1.1
Underground cable
depth
K6 1
Cable distance
Correction Factor
1
K7
Cable grouping Factor
400 0.8 4%
e-how-to-calculate-voltage-drop-and-size-of-electrical-cable
Proposed Cable
section mm2 70
Max ampacity of 168.388
cable A X derating F.
R Resistance Ω/Km 0.57
X Reactance
mho/Km 0.077
4%
Temperature Correction
Factor in Air: K1
Ambient Insulation
Temperat
ure PVC XLPE/EP
R
10 1.22 1.15
15 1.17 1.12
20 1.12 1.08
25 1.06 1.04
35 0.94 0.96
40 0.87 0.91
45 0.79 0.87
50 0.71 0.82
55 0.61 0.76
60 0.5 0.71
65 0 0.65
70 0 0.58
75 0 0.5
80 0 0.41
Ground Temperature Soil Thermal
Correction Factor: K2 Resistivity: 2.5
KM/W
Ground Insulation Resistivity
Temperat
ure PVC XLPE/EP 1
R
10 1.1 1.07 1.5
15 1.05 1.04 2
25 0.89 0.93 3
35 0.77 0.89
40 0.71 0.85
45 0.63 0.8 No of
Cable/Tray
50 0.55 0.76
1
55 0.45 0.71
2
60 0 0.65
3
65 0 0.6
4
70 0 0.53
5
75 0 0.46
6
80 0 0.38
7
8
Soil Thermal Nature of K3
Resistivity: 2.5 Soil
KM/W
K3 Very Wet 1.21
Soil
1.18 Wet Soil 1.13
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 4 0.6
0.75
0.71
0.69
0.67
0.66
0.64
0.64
Cable 0.125m 0.25m 0.5m
diameter
1 1 1 1