Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations The Obturator on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by ritchieb

  1. ritchieb

    Short circuit calculation - on shipboard installations

    I have been asked to complete a short circuit calculation for an installation on board a ship. I have used DOC Win from ABB and selected the IEC 61363-1 option. I also ran the calc using the DOC Win symmetrical components method. The results are very different ie: 15kA with the symmetrical...
  2. ritchieb

    Fuse - circuit breaker coordination

    I have a 200A fuse protecting a 6kA circuit breaker. I have the i2t let through of the fuse. I need to show that this fuse will protect the circuit breaker. Do i use the peak let through of the fuse and ensure that it is less than the kA rating of the breaker? Have many tables indicating that a...

Part and Inventory Search