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  1. General Electrical Discussion
    Hi all, Here's a slow pitch for you to knock over the fence. I keep swinging and missing, however. When you're sizing conductors for a load, you take 125% continuous + non-continuous and there's your wire size. I got that part. Now, at what level do you fuse? Let me provide my example: I...
  2. General Electrical Discussion
    Does anyone know a good on-line tutorial for sizing motor circuits? I'm looking for the usual stuff, hopefully with relevant tables included: 1. FLC 2. Wire size of branch 3. Branch OCPD rating 4. Motor Overload protector rating or setting 5. Wire size of feeder if multiple branches 6. Feeder...
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