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- n. The root mean square of the electrical current which a device (usually a wire) can carry within a specific environment (including temperature rating, power loss, heat dissipation, etc.) It is measured in amperes, (amps) and is most often used to rate electrical wires and cables.
Examples
“Figure 3 illustrates a 2,500 A breaker frame with a 1,600 A trip unit (higher ampacity trip units are available to the full-frame rating).”
“Conductors equal to the full ampacity of the circuit breaker must be extended to the power terminal block”
“Figure 6 provides an additional example of taps to serve lower-ampacity loads from higher-ampacity circuit breakers-only from different series of circuit”
“Figure 6 provides an additional example of taps to serve lower-ampacity loads from higher-ampacity circuit breakers, only from a different series of circuit breakers.”
“In practice, the 600 A circuit breaker may contain a lower-ampacity trip unit to avoid the necessity to oversize the incoming cable.”
“The number and size of loads in an industrial control panel or NEC installation frequently require a circuit breaker 800 A or greater to be used as a main device, with lower-ampacity circuits tapped from it.”
“In brief, the rules for tapping feeder circuits indicate that a conductor rated 10% of the ampacity of a feeder conductor may be tapped from the feeder, provided it is not greater than 10 ft in length and it terminates in an appropriately sized OCPD.”
“The feature is normally used for paralleling cables to feed the full ampacity of the breaker to a load.”
“Also, a conductor rated one-third the ampacity of a feeder conductor may be tapped from the feeder provided its length is not greater than 25 ft and it terminates in an appropriately sized OCPD.”
“The 4/0 cable must terminate on a circuit breaker of the correct ampacity, namely 225 A or smaller.”
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