Saturday, March 18, 2006

New Table 310.16 Read, OCPD, and VD Calculator

I finished the final version of this calculator this AM. It lets the user select the wire size, insulation, ambient temp, number of conductors in a raceway or cable, and other special parameters. It then finds the derated ampacity, maximum overcurrent protective device, and sends the output to the voltage drop calculator. It is for persons that don't know the load yet, which is the case many times. It seems to check out ok, but as usual, there are more combinations to check.

Today the sun shined for over 12 hours here for the first time this year, and breakup is about 3 weeks away. I can't wait for the snow to melt after 6 months of it. I am getting anxious to do some hiking in the wilds of Alaska. I want to go down by the Alaska Range and hike to the very top of one of those mountains by Isabel Pass then sit there and take a long rest. There is nothing like reaching the top of a mountain after about 5 hours of hiking. Alaska has many mountains to climb.

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