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How do you determine the number of conductors per phase?
From my understand, the full load amperage divided by the desired wire size's ampacity rounded up if there is a remainder.
An example: If I have a 361 Full load Amp motor from the NEC table and I calculated the motor circuit conductor protection, which the specs of the motor 300 HP, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 480V. 125 % x 361 Amps is 451 Amps. Which Amp would I chose to divide my desire wire? I would assume to use the 451 Amps for overload protection, but the calculations don't look right if I use 600MCM/kcmil wire.
From my understand, the full load amperage divided by the desired wire size's ampacity rounded up if there is a remainder.
An example: If I have a 361 Full load Amp motor from the NEC table and I calculated the motor circuit conductor protection, which the specs of the motor 300 HP, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 480V. 125 % x 361 Amps is 451 Amps. Which Amp would I chose to divide my desire wire? I would assume to use the 451 Amps for overload protection, but the calculations don't look right if I use 600MCM/kcmil wire.