And, in the NEC at least, 'continuous' means 3 hours or more. _______________________________________ _____________________________________________
Ralph McDiarmid | Schneider Electric | Renewable Energies Business | CANADA | Regulatory Compliance Engineering From: Brian Oconnell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: 08/03/2011 08:51 AM Subject: Re: [PSES] Electrical design challenge ________________________________ "...concerned that much of the globe believes the language spoken in the U.S. is considered English..." -- paraphrased quote from a Galway engineer "...you are a subversive - mostly through speech." -- a former employer "(continuous) current-carrying capacity ampacity (US) maximum value of electric current which can be carried continuously by a conductor, a device or an apparatus, under specified conditions without its steady-state temperature exceeding a specified value." -- IEV number 826-11-13 Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Electrical design challenge In message <OFAB03259B.AEC6825A-ON882578E0.007A344B-882578E0.007C7832@US.Schneider-E lectric.com>, dated Tue, 2 Aug 2011, [email protected] writes: >I see that the IEE Wiring Regulations IET Regulations now, aka BS7671 >use "current-carrying capacity" not the word "ampacity" we see in codes >here. Yes, this is a US English word that Brits have to learn. Reluctantly. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/> Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ <http://www.ieee-pses.org/> Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html <http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html <http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html> For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ______________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
