CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY FOR SINGLE CORE PVC INSULATED CABLE

Current Carrying Capacity

Conductor
Nominal

In Air ( 30C )
Flat

DC

Alternating

In Ground 1)

Conductor

Current

Trefoil

Resistance

resistance

at 20C

at 70C /

Trefoil

Area

Reactance2) (50 Hz)

Minimum

Inductance 2) (50 Hz)

Conductor

Insulation

Short

Nominal

Resistance

circuit

Trefoil

Flat

Trefoil

Flat

Capacitance
core to core

at 20C
core to core

current /
1 sec

50 Hz
mm

/ km

/ km

/ km

/ km

mH / km

mH / km

F / km

M . km

1.5

re/rm

18

17

18

12.1

14.4777

0.1476

0.1735

0.4697

0.5159

0.1391

50

174

2.5

re/rm

25

24

24

7.41

8.8661

0.1359

0.1621

0.4327

0.4789

0.1531

50

290

re/rm

34

33

31

4.61

5.5159

0.1291

0.1555

0.4110

0.4572

0.1553

50

464

re/rm

45

43

39

3.08

3.6853

0.1209

0.1475

0.3848

0.4310

0.1671

50

696

10

re/rm

63

60

52

1.83

2.1897

0.1112

0.1381

0.3538

0.4000

0.1827

50

1160

16

rm

85

82

67

1.15

1.3761

0.1034

0.1307

0.3292

0.3754

0.1966

40

1856

25

rm

114

110

86

0.727

0.87

0.0988

0.1263

0.3145

0.3607

0.2001

40

2900

35

rm

143

137

103

0.524

0.6272

0.0941

0.1218

0.2995

0.3457

0.2100

40

4060

50

rm

174

167

122

0.387

0.4634

0.0909

0.1188

0.2895

0.3357

0.2127

30

5800

70

rm

225

216

151

0.268

0.3212

0.0869

0.1150

0.2767

0.3229

0.2223

30

8120

rm

275

264

179

0.193

0.2317

0.0864

0.1145

0.2749

0.3212

0.2205

30

11020

rm

321

308

203

0.153

0.1841

0.0838

0.1121

0.2669

0.3131

0.2270

30

13920

150

rm

372

356

230

0.124

0.1497

0.0833

0.1116

0.2651

0.3113

0.2274

20

17400

185

rm

427

409

258

0.0991

0.1202

0.0828

0.1111

0.2634

0.3096

0.2279

20

21460

240

rm

507

485

297

0.0754

0.0924

0.0814

0.1098

0.2592

0.3054

0.2308

20

27840

300

rm

587

561

336

0.0601

0.0746

0.0807

0.1091

0.2567

0.3029

0.2323

20

34800

400

rm

689

656

394

0.0470

0.0597

0.0799

0.1084

0.2543

0.3005

0.2387

20

46400

500

rm

789

749

445

0.0366

0.0482

0.0790

0.1075

0.2513

0.2975

0.2355

20

58000

630

rm

905

855

506

0.0283

0.0395

0.0773

0.1059

0.2459

0.2921

0.2416

20

73080

800

rm

1037

971

577

0.0221

0.0334

0.0756

0.1044

0.2406

0.2868

0.2476

20

92800

1000

rm

1167

1079

652

0.0176

0.0290

0.0750

0.1038

0.2386

0.2848

0.2500

20

116000

Note :

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re

: Round solid conductor IEC 60228 class 1

rm

: Circular stranded conductor IEC 60228 class 2

Underground : Thermal resistivity of soil

: 2.5 K.m / W

Depth of laying

: 80 cm

Base temperature

: 20C

Note :

1)

Reference methode of installation to be used to obtain current carrying

capacity for : in cable ducting, in cables conduit, cables direct in the ground with / without added protection against mechanical damage

2)

The Inductance calculated for non armour cable.

Section 4 - General Information

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