Hello there,
Sorry bit of a trivial question but it is bugging me!
I have a question about the Zs values in table 41B1 of BS7671:2001 Requirements For Electrical Installations.
I wanted to check I could manually calculate the values, so that I know I understand where they come from.
So I calculated 230 divided by the current needed to cause disconenction in 0.4 seconds, looked up from appendix 3.
The results I got differed from the table, but only slightly.
There are two explanations I can think of:
- The table uses 240 volts for it's calculations (even though the text says it uses a U0 of 230V)
- Temparature is taken into account. A factor of 1.04 (which I have seen somewhere in the onsite guide) would do the trick.
Does anyone have a definitive answer?
Thanks
Martin