Yes, basically just verifying that the loads will not exceed the busbar rating, with some safety factor/cushion based on judgement and available data. For example, in a controlled industrial situation with years worth of 15-minute demand data showing consistent demand, a relatively small cushion.
Blake On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 1:14 PM Jennifer Crawford via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Has anyone actually seen an engineer-supervised design for a busbar with > multiple power sources & loads? I'm looking at 705.12-B-6, or similar > depending on which code cycle we're talking about. What specifically were > they checking, and did they reference any particular IEEE standard or other > reference as the basis of their approval? > > Regards, > > > > Jen Crawford, PE (NY, MA, TX, WV, VA, ME, MD) > > *President* > > > > *C&A is a certified Woman-Owned Small Business* > > *(SBA-WOSB, NYS-WBE, NYS-DBE)* > > > > 1 Hudson City Centre; Suite 300 > > Hudson, New York 12534 > > Office: (518) 828-2700 ext. 1128 > > *www.crawfordandassociates.com <http://www.crawfordandassociates.com/>* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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