Cable current carrying capacity
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28.4km
What is it being used for?
Where is the cable run?
What is the temperature of the area where it is being run?
Is it being covered in insulation?
What type of SWA are you using?
Why SWA?
Why do you want to know?
If you are using this cable why can't you work it out yourself from the red/green book?
Where is the cable run?
What is the temperature of the area where it is being run?
Is it being covered in insulation?
What type of SWA are you using?
Why SWA?
Why do you want to know?
If you are using this cable why can't you work it out yourself from the red/green book?
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Why is your reply pointlessly rhetorical ?
As you shound understand, the answers to more than half of riveralt's questions are needed before anyone can answer your question - they're not rhetorical questions at all. If you don't understand that, then one has to wonder whether you should really be contemplating whatever it is that you're contemplating!
Kind Regards, John.
I just assumed that he was happy to have 100% voltage drop, as he had said "carry 8kw of power", which can only mean that he wanted the cable to use 8kW.
So given that, and a voltage of 1kV, we get 28.4km.
Simples.
He's clearly one of those people who does not believe that ignorance and incomprehension should be any bar to blundering on.
So given that, and a voltage of 1kV, we get 28.4km.
Simples.
You should study his body of work here, particularly his posts with questions about 3-phase.
He's clearly one of those people who does not believe that ignorance and incomprehension should be any bar to blundering on.
Yes, I realised that must have been your assumption - although I think it probably qualifies as pedanticism, given that we all knew essentially what he meant!
That explains why I could not reproduce your answer - what made you choose 1kV?
Kind Regards, John.
All?
No - there's at least one person contributing to this thread who doesn't know what he meant.
Why not?
It's as good a voltage as any, and his SWA could well be rated for it. And the cable will go further before an increase to 16mm² is needed, which seemed to be important to him.
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