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After a few days of practise, Round 1 proper
tees off on 11 April (US time), while the final
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sleep on a Saturday night, as the English
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last-minute title win, there should be some
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THE CABLE GUY TECH GUIDE
Understanding Voltage Drop
To ensure satisfactory operation of electrical equipment, it
is necessary to maintain the voltage at which it is supplied
within certain limits and close to the nameplate rating.
We often meet people who do not know what “Voltage
Drop” means. An attempt at an easy explanation is:
“With a conductor carrying current, the resistance in that
conductor causes a drop in the voltage every metre and so
the final voltage at the end of the length of conductor is less
than at the start of the conductor. If there is more current,
there is more voltage drop, if the conductors get hotter
there is more resistance and so there is more voltage drop.
This means that voltage drop gets worse at full current in
a circuit and gets worse as the conductor heats up, and it
could be because of the current or because of the ambient
getting hotter.”
Use of Tabulated mV/A.m Figures
The voltage drop (mV/A.m) figures for all sizes of
conductors in a variety of cables are given in the AS/
NZS 3008.1.1. They are calculated assuming the cable
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is carrying the full current and is at maximum rated
temperature. This gives a kind of “safety factor”, but it also
assumes the condition of a perfectly balanced three phase
system and a specific power factor. So there are special
conditions in real circuits that differ from these assumptions
and many such special cases are addressed specifically in
the AS/NZS 3008.1.1.
Voltage Drop Limitations
In Australia, the nominal supply system is 230/400 volts.
The maximum voltage drop from the point of supply to any
point in the installation is required to be no more than 5%
of the nominal supply voltage, ie, 11.5 V for 230 V phase
to earth or 20 V for 400 V phase to phase.
The voltage drop limitation applies to the full circuit right
to the end. For example, other voltage drop limits may
apply in ELV circuits or may be dictated by motor starting
considerations. Another example: the voltage drop in mains
and submains circuits should take account of the voltage
drop in final sub-circuits (and vice versa) to ensure the total
voltage drop in the installation is within the required limits.
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