Calculating Bus Bar Size

Are you an end user? If so, go look at the catalog published by the manufacture that you wish to buy from and then purchase the bus that they have rated to carry such a current.

Are you someone who wishes to manufacture bus? If so, DON'T, because if you need to ask this question, you obviously should not be manufacturing bus.

Please read the post immediately above yours in this forum for justification for my comments.

Dear shahbazkan

1. bus bar breadth * thickness * 1.6 amps

2. for 1600amps 100mm*10mm bus bar is enough or 2nos.*60mm*10mm.

regards

uticobala

You can look it up in a table.

http://www.stormcopper.com/design/ampacity.htm