3 Phase Supply, Need A Seperate Earth

[KNIPEX]

Hi guys im after a bit of help please.

if im running a 4core 25mm armoured to a three phase distboard do i need a seperate earth to go with it or can i use the armourings???

i thought you had to run a seperate earth half the size of the cable so a 16mm earth.

all cable calcs say u need a seperate earth so im confused

is there any regs on this please???

thanks in advance.

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[Bane]

I'd say run a seperate earth.

 

[wayne]

i usually do ,but just done a large job of 10 db,s swa as earth (client spec)so no help here

section543.2 gives "types of protective conductors,have a read ,post your thoughts

 

[wayne]

further to my last post ,our technical dept just did a calc for me ,turns out it needed an earth cable due to length
i would suggest further you have a look at the whole of chapter 54 if you want to rely on the swa as a cpc

 

[ian.settle1]

further to my last post ,our technical dept just did a calc for me ,turns out it needed an earth cable due to length
i would suggest further you have a look at the whole of chapter 54 if you want to rely on the swa as a cpc

Wayne do you have a different posting as I can not see any mention of the length of the cable run.

 

[Bane]

Maybe he meant size?

Anyway, **** that. I answered a question right!!!

 

[wayne]

ian ,
this thread doesnt mention cable run ,i was posting about a cable i was sizing up,sorry if i confused you
what the tech dept probably found out was the r1+r2values were too high and the easiest solution was a seperate earth

 

[Bane]

Oh you trickster Wayne

 

[Shakey]

I ripped out 4 core 25mm SWA the other week feeding a 3 phase sub board

probably about 60 metres, they were certainly using the armour as the cpc.....

Wayne, so what is the value of R2 for the armour of SWA? (and i'm not being 'funny' that is a genuine question)

I think this would have more to do with the adiabatic fourmula, because R1+R2 would only be relevant if you knew the breeaker (and its corresponding Zs) protecting the SWA

Now, just thinking logically here chaps, if you have TNS at your house, chances are its being feed from SWA, with the armour being used as the earth........

 

[wayne]

both mccb and zs are known
resistance values for swa can be obtained from cable manufacturers

 

[Shakey]

both mccb and zs are known
resistance values for swa can be obtained from cable manufacturers

Sorry Wayne, we are bouncing back and 'fore between your job and this chaps job

of course I know how to get the R2 for SWA,I was asking what the actual value being used was

this is all getting very confusing

 

[wayne]

largely my fault ,sorry
dont know the values ,i,m just installing and the tech dept are far more intelligent than me
all i do know is because the run was longer than originally measured an additional cpc was required

 

[benji]

Why Not Use A 5core Swa
Yours Benji

 

[wayne]

do they make them for 25mm?

 

[benji]

you can get them upto 95mm,don't no why companies can't read cataloges .iv'e just put a 70mm 4 core in with 6.0cpc (computer say's so)computers can't read cat.either
yours benji