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When a single equipment grounding conductor is run with multiple branch circuits in the same raceway or cable, how shall it be sized?

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Question added by Mohamed salman faris , QC QA Electrical Engineer , King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology
Date Posted: 2013/05/19
munther khatib
by munther khatib , Senior project manager , Alfanar Construction Company

This will be according to the short circuit calculation.
The maximum allowable current and the duration of fault will be considered.
However, the allowable duration is usually one second.
Actually, in low voltage system, the practice is not to lay a separate cable or wire for grounding.
Instead, the shielded copper of the low voltage cable will be heat-shrinked, lug-pressed and earth the equipment.

Waseem Shamieh
by Waseem Shamieh , Head Of Electrical Department , Abdoun For real Estate

It shall be sized for the largest overcurrent device protecting conductors in the raceway or cable.

Mohamed Shehata Mohamed
by Mohamed Shehata Mohamed , Electrical Engineer (Reserve Officer) , armed forces, air defense department

this will be according to the short circuit calculation.
The maximum allowable current and the duration of fault will be considered.

mohammed yusuf
by mohammed yusuf , فنى كهرباء عام , اركان للصناعه والتعدين

this will be according to the short circuit calculation.
The maximum allowable current and the duration of fault will be considered

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