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voltage drop

04/18/2008 12:19 PM

anyone who r familiar with calculating the voltage drop ? i am refering to the British Standard (BS), particularly the section where the voltage drop table tabulates..in that section there are a few convention stating different voltage drop (mV/A/m). for example, for a copper cable at 25sqmm at PVC/PVC on tray, there are V drop at r=1.75mV/A/m , x=0.20mV/A/m and z=1.75mV/A/m. my question is what does r, x and z refers to ? is it length, cross section area, diameter or etc ? thx.

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Re: voltage drop

04/18/2008 5:48 PM

r=resistance , x =reactance ,z= impedance

z= sqr ( r^2+x^2)=sqr( 1.75^2+.2^2)=sqr(3.0625+.04)=sqr(3.1025)=1.761

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Re: voltage drop

04/19/2008 11:57 PM

thx, i remember the convention when u say it about resistance, reactance and impedance... however, i would like to know in practise which constant factor (r,x or z) that i should consider into the Voltage Drop for a cable at 100m long ? any idea ?

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Re: voltage drop

04/20/2008 12:31 AM

z to be taken when AC supply is availed

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Re: voltage drop

04/20/2008 10:56 AM

just confirm my calculations using z constant. then again, how about the usage for r and x factor ? in what conditions does this apply ?

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