Selection of Main & Branch Circuit Breaker for

Main Circuit Breaker for D.B Load Det

MCCB Continious Load
Pole 3 or 4 Non-Continious Load
Size 100 Amp Total Load as per N
Class D Class Total Load
Tripping (Amp) 628 Amp Max. Size of Branch Fee
Sen.I∆n Min.Size of Main MCB a
Brea.Capacity 6 KA Fault Current at this Poi

Electrical Load Details

Feeder Name
Phase Volt P.F Load (Kw) Type of Load Nature of Load Load Amp NEC Amp

Feeder-1 3Ph 230 0.8 10 Lighting Continious 31.4 39.2

0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
ircuit Breaker for Distribution Box (As per NEC)
Load Detail for Distribution Box Main & Branch MCCB Rating(min) as per NEC Section:210
Continious Load 39 Amp ADD DETAILS
Non-Continious Load 0 Amp
Total Load as per NEC 39 Amp
Total Load 31 Amp Jignesh.Parmar
Max. Size of Branch Feeder MCB 40 Amp jiguparmar@yahoo.com
Min.Size of Main MCB as per NEC 80 Amp www.electricalnotes.wordpress.com
Fault Current at this Point (Isc) 6 KA

Circuit Breaker for Branch Feeder Cable Detail

ActualSize
Type of C.B Size (Amp) Pole Class Tripping (A) Sen.I∆n Length (Meter)
(Sq.mm)
ELCB 40 3 or 4 B Class 157 I∆n:30ma 6 100
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
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Cable Detail
Max.Length Cable
(Meter) Selection
160 O.K 5 1 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1Ph Lighting B Class I∆n:30ma Continious MCB 2
0 3Ph Heater B Class I∆n:30ma Non-Continious MCCB
0 Drive C Class I∆n:100ma Max.MCCB RCB
0 A.C C Class I∆n:30ma NEC ELCB
0 Motor C Class I∆n:100ma Total Amp RCCB
0 Ballast C Class I∆n:30ma
0 Ind.Load C Class I∆n:100ma
0 Transformer D Class I∆n:100ma
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 D Class
0 3
0 3 or 4
0 230
0 #N/A
0 I∆n:30ma
0 1
0
0.13 2
0.16 2
0.2 2
0.26 2
0.33 2
0.41 2
0.52 2
0.65 2
0.82 2
1.04 2
1.5 2
2.5 3
4 4
6 5
10 6
16 7
25 8
35 9
50 10
55 10
70 11
95 12
120 13
150 14
185 15
240 16
 MCB / ELCB Selection Conversion

Load Current (Amp) MCB/ELCB Size AWG mm2

0 6 26 0.13
1 6 25 0.16
2 6 24 0.2
4 6 23 0.26
6 10 22 0.33
10 16 21 0.41
16 20 20 0.52
20 25 19 0.65
25 32 18 0.82
32 40 17 1.04
40 45 16 1.5
45 50 14 2.5
50 63 12 4
63 80 10 6
80 100 8 10
100 125 6 16
125 225 4 25
225 600 2 35
600 800 1 50
800 1600 0 55
1600 2000 0 70
2000 3000 0 95
3000 3200 0 120
3200 4000 0 150
4000 5000 0 185
5000 6000 0 240
6000 6000

As per GERC
Short Circuit
Voltage (Volt)
Current (KA)
4000000 40
220000 40
132000 32
66000 25
33000 32
11000 25
415 10
220 6
 Maximum Circuit Length in mtr for Cu conductor ( for Alu
Operating Cuurent Im of the Instantaneous
1.5 2.5 4 6 10 16 25
Tripping element(A)
50 100 167 267 400
63 79 133 212 317
80 63 104 167 250 417
100 50 83 133 200 333
125 40 67 107 160 267 427
160 31 52 83 125 208 333
200 25 42 67 100 167 267 417
250 20 33 53 80 133 213 333
320 16 26 42 63 104 167 260
400 13 21 33 50 83 133 208
500 10 17 27 40 67 107 167
560 9 15 24 36 60 95 149
630 8 13 21 32 63 85 132
700 7 12 19 29 48 76 119
800 6 10 17 25 42 67 104
875 6 10 15 23 38 61 95
1000 5 8 13 20 33 53 83
1120 4 7 12 18 30 48 74
1250 4 7 11 16 27 43 67
1600 5 8 13 21 33 52
2000 4 7 10 17 27 42
2500 5 8 13 21 33
3200 4 6 11 17 26
4000 5 8 13 21
5000 4 7 11 17
6300 5 8 13
8000 4 7 10
10000 5 8
12500 4 7
conductor ( for Alu multiply 0.62)

35 50 70 95 120 150 185 240

467
365 495
292 396
233 317
208 283 417
185 251 370
167 226 333 452
146 198 292 396
133 181 267 362 457
117 158 233 317 400 435
104 141 208 283 357 388 459
94 127 187 253 320 348 411
73 99 146 198 250 272 321 400
58 79 117 158 200 217 257 320
47 63 93 127 160 174 206 256
36 49 73 99 125 136 161 200
29 40 58 79 100 109 128 160
23 32 47 63 80 87 103 128
19 25 37 50 63 69 82 102
16 20 29 40 50 54 64 80
12 16 23 32 40 43 51 64
9 13 19 25 32 35 41 51