You are on page 1of 2

Cable size selection based on:

Vd = 2.5%
Ground Tempreture = 40 oC
Depth of laying = 0.5m
XLPE Armoured copper cable
Three phase four core
Enter the Power in KW and Length in Meter
Power
262
KW
Length
97
m
Current =
471.6 A
Vd/A/m =

0.227346 mV
;.,,]\\

Cable Size

240

cable size
25
35
50
70
95
120
150
185
240
300
400

mm2

Note: Ensure that the cable


will carry the current.

0mnv

mV
0.17
0.185
0.21
0.26
0.3
0.37
0.45
0.6
0.87
1.15
1.65

current (A)
124.64
149.24
177.94
218.12
261.58
297.66
332.92
375.56
433.78
485.44
546.94

mV
1.65
1.15
0.87
0.6
0.45
0.37
0.3
0.26
0.21
0.185
0.17
mV
0.6

size
400
300
240
185
150
120
95
70
50
35
25

Vd
27.44712

You might also like