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Short Circuit Analysis & Calculation

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neeron07

Civil/Environmental
Jun 27, 2012
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What is the basic theory explaining the short circuit analysis?
 
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Basically it's Ohm's law. You have circuit running from a source of power to the fault point.
 
You are calulating the maximum available current that could occur during fault conditions, it is importnat that your OCPD's are able to interupt this current.
 
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