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    Cable sizing for 24V LED lighting

    I believe I have been wrongly advised by my supplier about sizing cable for a lighting installation and I was hoping that someone with more experience of DC cabling will be able to set me straight. We are looking to install some LED strips to a coffered ceiling above a swimming pool. I have...
    • jjnr78
    • Thread
    • 24v cable cable sizing led length lighting power sizing strip supplies
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. D

    Temp Supply Sizing

    Hi all, I have been queried from a friend on what size of supply to request from the electric board to supply a construction site. The requirements are 5x 32 ft containers, a toilet block and 4 10kva 110v transformers. length of run 20m , containers single phase and the transformers are 3 phase
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    Importance of Inverter Sizing - Good Read

    I did previously ask if it was ok to post links to external blogs that contained industry related and on topic content. I'm assuming it is ok as no one has said otherwise. Inverter sizing article from our blog Solar Inverter Sizing By Chris Roberts | Poweri Services Ltd Feel free to comment...
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    Cable sizing help required

    Hi Guys, i'm currently in the process of quoting for a job I hope to win. I need to work out the size of cable required to supply 20 studio flats. i am going to run a supply or several supplies from the basement of the building 16m up an lift shaft then will be approximately 40m through a...
  5. Floody

    Cable sizing

    How do I know what size cables I need to be using for each circuit? e.g how do i KNOW that i need a 2.5 for a ring main. There's odiously a formula for working it out and no doubt included lengths, estimated amps pulled etc. just need some help with it if possible, (Purely a college question...
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    Fuse sizing

    INTALLING 3 NO SUNNY TRIPOWER 15000TL, SUNNY TRIPOWER 10000TL / 12000TL / 15000TL / 17000TL. SMA UK VIA G59 PANEL, WHAT SIZE OF FUSE WOULD YU RECOMMEND AT AC MAIN PANEL BOARD
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    Cable Sizing help

    Hi guys, any idea on sizing this please, any help will be great, thanks in advance. A 6kW induction motor (pf 0.95) is to be connected to a 230Volt 50Hz Supply. The motor is required to control a heist in an office furniture warehouse. The motor will be supplied by a multicore SWA cable with...
  8. J

    3 phase cable sizing

    Hi Guys, Little help please.Ive got to install a 3phase mortar silo. Information i have been given. Requires a 16a 5 pin socket outlet (neutral and earth) 100m cable run Max load 5KW 30ma RCD protected Assuming c or d type Its beeen a long time since ive dealt with 3 phase. could someone walk...
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    Sizing of a Generators Earthing Conductor

    I’m goingto be installing some quite large Generators (1000 Amps plus on each phase) in the next few days will I need to size the EC to Table 54.7 or 54.8? I’m leaningto 54.7 as I think that would be safer, but am I correct or just wasting copper?
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    Exporting Supply To Garage Extension, Cable Sizing

    Need to supply a cable for a garage extension, 'Plumber' has proposed 2 x 10mm T+E in 100mm ducting along with a water pipe, with no CU at the garage. This will eventually be marketed as an annex which will include but no limited to, 1 shower (power unspecified), 1 electric water heater...
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    earth wire sizing

    I have always used 1.5mm single earth when wiring sockets in a conduit system, a guy on site just now is saying it should be 2.5mm earth same as live amd neutral conductors, is this correct amd why would it change because u use conduit ??
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    MCB sizing for parallel cables

    Addition to old installation - routing through trunking to supply a sub-board with two 6mm SY cables. However, I can't find any info on sizing of MCB to maximum Zs for parallel cables - -? Seems to me the problem could be using calculated Zs for the two in parallel as in the event of a fault...
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    Transformer secondary/cable sizing

    6x 50watt halogen downlights, 12V, 400 VA transformer.(central transformer) Given that the current on the secondary side of the transformer will be 25A am i right to install 2.5mm cable to feed my spots?
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    Sizing SWA Armoured for CPC

    Something I haven't really done, so am I correct with the Maths? Just looking to reduce costs & use 2 core against 3. Found the Table from the Sticky. Anyhow 10mm SWA is labelled Red & the footnote states the Armoured would not satisfy as the CPC (but maybe by Calculation). So... 2 Core SWA...
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    The dangers of under sizing your catinery garage supply from your flat.....!

    Exactly what it says on the tin :) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=25f_1344496418 .
    • Darkwood
    • Thread
    • flat garage sizing supply under
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    cable sizing for 400a 175m 4 core

    hey, ive been asked to work out a cable size for someone and not sure on the sizing for the amps. the information received is that its to be armoured, 4 core and the distance is 175m and needs to carry 400amps. is there a cable big enough or will they have to run two in parallel. thanks
    • matt12321
    • Thread
    • 4 core cable cable sizing core sizing
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    DC isolator sizing

    I seem to be getting myself a little confused. My boss keeps quoting 63A DC isolators on commercial jobs? I thought that when the panels are in series the current stays the same but the voltage increases (is added together) to get Voc and Isc? So I've been quoting 20Amp 800V isolators? How do I...
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    50 kW PV System a.c cable sizing info

    Hi there, I am installing a 50 kW PV system on a barn roof. The barn is supplied by a 4 core 16mm SWA which is partly run underground and is 100 meters in length. The three phase DB in the barn only supplies the lighting in the barn, all the old circuits have been removed becuase they...
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    Swa sizing

    Hi can anyone help Im running about 35m of swa cable from the house to the garage as the ac back to the inverter the array is a 4kw whats the quickest way of finding out what cable size i need? many thanks
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    capacitor sizing.

    hi all, was not too sure where to post this thread so ill put it here for the now. :smilewinkgrin: just a quick one, at work i have a machine that has shuttles running down it, its an automated picking machine. the shuttles run along 48v dc buzz bars, 48v, 0v, and safety circuit. all shuttles...
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