Fire Pumps I 695.

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(D) Pump Wiring. All wiring from the fire pump controllers to the .. Fire Pump Motor - VD - Running
... 695.7(8)
fire pump motors must be in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal
conduit, electrical metallic tubing, liquidtight flexible metal conduit, Iiq-
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uidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit Type LFNC-B, listed Type MC cable Fire
with an impervio us covering, or Type MI cable. The connections in Pump

the motor terminal box must be made with a listed device. Twist-on, • Controller

insulation-piercing type, and soldered wire connectors aren't allowed.

(G) Ground-Fault Protection of Equipment. Ground-fault protection

of equipment isn't permitted for firepumps.

Author's Comment:
The voltage at the !Q?cj terminals 9f the.UtlU'\l..rDP.contrqlLel
must not drop more 5% below the voltage rating of the motor
• See Article 100 tor the definition at "Ground-Fault Protection ,.o.nne.Q!<!d.t9Ji)9seJeLrl]in als when the motor operates at
at Equipment. " 115% of the fire pump FLC rating.

Figure 695-7

695.7 Voltage Drop

Running Example-Three-Phase
(A) Starting. The voltage at theline terminals of thefire pump control-
Question: A 25 hp, 208Vthree-phase fire pump molarcontroller
ler, when the motor starts (locked-rotor current), must not drop more
is located 175 ft from Ihe service. Whats Ihe petcen: of voltage
than 15 percent below thecontroller's rated voltage. Figure 695-B
drop of 3 AWG run to Ihe controller?Figure 695-8
Note: The equipmentterminalsare rated 75'C.
Fire Pump Motor - VD - Starting
695.7(A) (a) 2 percent (b) 3 percent (c) 4 percent (d) 5 percent

.
Answer: (b) 3 percent
Fire
Pump VO = (1.732 xKxI x O)/Cmil
Controller
"')
, K = 12.90 ohms, copper
1= 86A (74. 8A FLCTable 430.250x 115%)
0 = 175ft
emil = Wiresize, Chapter 9, Table 8
VO = (1.732 x 12.90ohms x 86A x 175 ft)/52,620 Cmil
VO= 6.39V
The voltage at the line terminals of the fire pump controller
must not drop more 15% belowthe normal (controller-rated The circuit voltage drop to the controller is 6.391/, this equals
voltage) under motor starting conditions. 3.07% voltage drop ofthe circuit (6.39VI208V).
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Figure 695-B

(8) Running. The voltage at the load terminals of the fire pump con-
troller must not drop more than 5 percent below the voltage rating
of the motor connected to those terminals when the motor operates
at 115 percent of the fire pump motor full-load current rating. Figure
695-7

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