cable size calculation

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ronron Power-User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: beverly hills Posts: 116	cable size calculation 05/14/2009 3:59 AM
	Dear, All with cable size how to calculate the current, without using the current carrying capacity. i.e 6 sqmm conductor what is the current.(amp) Regard's
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Simon Wan Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Good Answers: 10	#1 Re: cable size calculation 05/14/2009 4:13 AM
	You got to read and memorised it like, I do during, my 1st year of electrical work in a steel mill. We need to memorised all the cable sizes and it's current carry capacity. __________________ Management is just like a bunch of Monkey sitting on a tall tree. Some climb to the highest branch and some at the lowest branch. The highest Monkey look down and see a lot of happy faces but the lower Monkey looks up and see nothing but all the....
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#2 Re: cable size calculation 05/14/2009 6:47 AM
	The answer is still, British Standard 7671. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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ericgbt Active Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 11	#3 Re: cable size calculation 05/15/2009 6:19 AM
	multiply by 2.2, and it's about there. e.g 6 x 2.2 = 13.2, i think it should carry up to 20A This is just a rough calculation if you're at site :) cheers
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SAK Commentator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tanzania- East Africa Posts: 71	#4 Re: cable size calculation 05/15/2009 8:21 AM
	refer to iee regulations cable ampicity tables ...... __________________ A wise person will understand more from a Foolish question than what a Fool will understand from a Wise Answer
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