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Motor Voltage Drop Calculator
Motor Voltage Drop Calculator
This program calculates voltage drop caused by the starting of motors at the
substation transformer primary and secondary leads.
Two calculators are provided. One is based on tables 430-150 & 430-151(B)
from the 1999 NEC. The tables provide current ratings for motors up to
500HP and 575 Volts. The other allows full use of motor nameplate data.
Motor Starting Voltage Impact Calculations
Based on tables in section 430 of the 1999 NEC.
Maximum secondary voltage handled is 600V
For secondary system of 2300V or motors not conforming to NEC tables use other calculator
For 3 Phase alternating current motors, design B, C D or E only
Input Data Calculated Data
1 MVA Base
Nominal pu Z's
Values 50 Actual 0.02000
SC MVA % Volts Voltage
A/T Tap
100%
88.8% 409 % rated Volts & Volts @ motor leads)
Motor HP
500
0.24620
Motor Design
E 0.28920
Motor
Voltage 460 kVA 470
FLA 590 pu LR 7.94
LRA 4682 % X"d 12.60% 24.62%
Motor System
Base Base
Input Data Calculated Data
ge when starting
1
2
3
4
5
Mtr V
System Voltage Ampacity tables ( NEC 430-150) Mtr Type
1 2 3 4 5
HP 208 240 480 600 2300
208 1 10 30.8 28 14 11 Not In NEC table 1
240 2 15 46.2 42 21 17 Not In NEC table 2
480 3 20 59.4 54 27 22 Not In NEC table
600 4 25 74.8 68 34 27 Not In NEC table
2300 5 30 88 80 40 32 Not In NEC table
6 40 114 104 52 41 Not In NEC table
7 50 143 130 65 52 Not In NEC table
8 60 169 154 77 62 16
9 75 211 192 96 77 20
10 100 273 248 124 99 26
11 125 343 312 156 125 31
12 150 396 360 180 144 37
13 200 528 480 240 192 49
14 250 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 302 242 60
15 300 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 361 289 72
16 350 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 414 336 83
17 400 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 477 382 95
18 450 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 515 412 103 3
19 500 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 590 472 118
480 19 590 2
460
LRA 3 4 5 6 7
1 10 2 20 3
BCD 208 E 208 BCD 240 E 240 BCD 480
B, C or D 1 1 10 179 249 162 225 81
E 10 2 15 257 373 232 337 116
3 20 321 497 290 449 145
4 25 404 621 365 562 183
5 30 481 745 435 674 218
6 40 641 911 580 824 290
7 50 802 1139 725 1030 363
8 60 962 1367 870 1236 435
9 75 1200 1708 1085 1545 543
10 100 1603 2071 1450 1873 725
11 125 2007 2589 1815 2341 908
12 150 2400 3106 2170 2809 1085
13 200 3207 4141 2900 3745 1450
14 250 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 1825
15 300 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 2200
16 350 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 2550
17 400 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 2900
18 450 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 3250
19 500 Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table Not In NEC table 3625
10 LRA = 4682
8 9 10
30 4 40
E 480 BCD 600 E 600
113 64.8 90
169 93 135
225 116 180
281 146 225
337 174 270
412 232 330
515 290 412
618 348 494
773 434 618
937 580 749
1171 726 936
1405 868 1124
1873 1160 1498
2344 1460 1875
2809 1760 2247
3277 2040 2622
3745 2320 2996
4214 2600 3371
4682 2900 3746
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1 MVA Base
Nominal pu Z's
Values 50 Actual 0.02000
SC MVA % Volts Voltage
65%
A/T Tap 67.5% 311 % rated Volts & Volts @ motor leads)
40 9.47317
HP
9.51617
Motor
Voltage 460 kVA 38
FLA 48 pu LR 6.00
LRA 288 % X"d 16.67% 400.24%
Motor System
Base Base
Input Data Calculated Data