Need help

[Nichole35]

I need help answering my conduit fill test I need help pasting this text ...............................

 

[ActionDave]

You need to add some more info before anyone can help.

 

[LarryFine]

Welcome to the forum.

You'll find that we won't simply answer questions like this, but we will encourage you to try to answer them yourself, and we'll gladly guide you. You know, the proverbial fish.

 

[TwoBlocked]

I need help answering my conduit fill test I need help pasting this text ...............................

Myself, I'd be more willing to help someone trying to understand something, than someone trying to answer questions from a test. There is a difference.

So what part of determining conduit fill do you want to understand better?

 

[ggunn]

A common error in this calculation is using the information in Table 8 as the conductor cross sectional area. Table 8 shows the cross sectional area of only the metal in the conductor; you need to make the calculation using the total area of the conductor including the insulation. Obviously, the result will be different for different conductor types. Perhaps ironically, the result isn't different for copper vs aluminum conductors.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

A common error in this calculation is using the information in Table 8 as the conductor cross sectional area. Table 8 shows the cross sectional area of only the metal in the conductor; you need to make the calculation using the total area of the conductor including the insulation. Obviously, the result will be different for different conductor types. Perhaps ironically, the result isn't different for copper vs aluminum conductors.

Table 5 is used for this purpose, or where the cable or conductor is not found in that table, you use the manufacturer's data.

 

[ggunn]

Table 5 is used for this purpose, or where the cable or conductor is not found in that table, you use the manufacturer's data.

Of course.