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Power and current in single- and three-phase circuits, voltage drop and cable size, breakers and short-circuit current, power factor correction, load schedules and industrial lighting.

Power and current (kW, hp to amps)

Convert power to current and back: kW, kVA, kvar and hp to amps for single-phase, line-to-line and three-phase circuits, with power factor, efficiency, and winding voltage and current in wye and delta.

kW, hp, kVA ↔ amps

Voltage drop and wire size

Size copper or aluminum conductors by ampacity with temperature and bundling adjustment and by voltage drop, plus the economic size that cuts losses, in AWG/kcmil or mm².

AWG, mm², drop, losses

Breaker and short circuit

Pick the breaker from load current and conductor ampacity, estimate maximum fault current at the panel and minimum at the far end, and check instantaneous trip and interrupting rating.

Rating, trip, kA, coordination

Power factor correction

Compute capacitor bank kvar to reach the target power factor, the drop in current and losses and the end of reactive or demand penalties, with payback.

kvar, reactive charges, payback

Panel schedule and balancing

Paste your load list from Excel and spread it over phases A, B and C automatically or keep the phases you set; get phase and neutral currents, unbalance, total demand and feeder current.

Phases, unbalance, demand

Industrial lighting

Size warehouse and plant lighting with the lumen method: room index, utilization factor, ISO/CIE 8995-1 illuminance, number and layout of fixtures, W/ft², annual energy and LED retrofit savings.

Lumens, fixtures, W/ft²

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Insulation resistance (megger)

Correct the megohmmeter reading to 40 °C, compute the polarization index and absorption ratio, compare with the IEEE 43-2013 minimums, check the test voltage and track the inspection trend of motors and generators.

Megger, PI, IEEE 43 minimum

Electrical thermography

Classify hot spots in panels, connections, breakers and cables by temperature difference (NETA criteria), correct for inspection load and estimate the temperature at full load.

ΔT, NETA, priority, load

Motor replacement and VFD

Compare the current motor, a NEMA Premium/IE4 motor and a variable frequency drive for pumps and fans with flow profile, rewinds and payback. Based on NEMA MG 1, IEC 60034-30-1 and DOE 10 CFR 431.

NEMA Premium, IE4, VFD, load profile, payback