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    The document outlines 8 steps to begin basic circuit design for electrical installations: 1) Determine the design current, 2) Select the rating of overcurrent protection, 3) Select relevant rating factors, 4) Divide the protection rating by factors to get cable capacity, 5) Choose a cable size, 6) Check voltage drop, 7) Check for shock risk, and 8) Check for thermal constraints. These same 8 steps apply regardless of the type of installation from a cooker circuit to a remote garage.

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    1/31/2018 8 steps to begin basic circuit design

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    8 steps to begin basic circuit design

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    How do we begin to design?


    What do we need to know? Clearly, plunging into calculations of cable size is of little value unless the type of cable
    and its method of installation is known. This, in turn, will depend on the installation’s environment.

    At the same time, we would need to know whether the supply was single or three-phase, what the earthing
    arrangements (learn about this) were and so on.

    Here then is our starting point and it is referred to in Part 3 of the IEE Regulations as ‘Assessment of General
    Characteristics’.

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    Having ascertained all the necessary details, we can decide on an installation method, the type of cable and how we
    will protect against electric shock and overcurrents. We would now be ready to begin the calculation part of the
    design procedure.

    Basically, there are eight stages in such a procedure. These are the same whatever the type of installation, be it a
    cooker circuit or a steel wire armoured (SWA) cable feeding a remote garage.

    8 steps

    Here then are the 8 steps to begin basic circuit design in a simplified form:

    1. Determine the design current Ib


    2. Select the rating of the protection In.
    3. Select the relevant rating factors (CFs).
    4. Divide In by the relevant CFs to give tabulated cable current carrying capacity It.
    5. Choose a cable size to suit It.
    6. Check the voltage drop (Use MS Excel Spreadsheet to calculate).
    7. Check for shock risk constraints.
    8. Check for thermal constraints.

    Reference: Electric Wiring: Domestic – Brian Scaddan IEng, MIET

    About Author
    Edvard Csanyi

    Electrical engineer, programmer and founder of EEP. Highly specialized for design of LV/MV switchgears and LV high
    power busbar trunking (<6300A) in power substations, commercial buildings and industry fascilities. Professional in
    AutoCAD programming. Present on Google+

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