Manual

28 — ElectriCalc LT
Sizing Parallel Conductors
What size 60°C insulated copper wire is
required for a single conductor carrying
a 500 amp load in a Free Air environ-
ment (30°C amb. temp.)? What size for
2 parallel conductors? For 3 conduc-
tors?
Steps
Keystrokes Display
Reset calculator [Set] [x] 0.
Set free air mode [Set] 5 3Ø 60 FrAir Cu 0.
Enter amps 500 [Amps] 500. AMPS
Find 1 wire size [WireSz] 500 CU
AWG WIRE SIZE
Find 2 wire size 2 [ParSz] 000 CU
PAR WIRE SIZE
Find 3 wire size 3 [ParSz] 0 CU
PAR WIRE SIZE
NOTE: Parallel wire sizes smaller than
1/0 will be displayed as nonE.