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    Power cable heat rise calculations

    Thanks a lot guys
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    Power cable heat rise calculations

    Thanks. The cable is roughly 20 meters. The insulation is pretty thick as it is fire resistant RFOU offshore/ship cable. Now you haven't mentioned anything about the time aspect of it. Now I understand that the cable will get very hot if you supply it with constant power, but we are only...
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    Power cable heat rise calculations

    We have a 90 deg C. rated PEX cable copper sized 1x185mmm2. This cable is to be used in 45 deg C environment (alone in air on a cable tray). We want to use it in intermittent operation where the cable will be loaded with 600 kW for 40 seconds, then nothing for 40 seconds. Then repeat. The...