Question about Zs Values in BS7671

Jun 17, 2006 0 Replies

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:


  1. The table uses 240 volts for it's calculations (even though the text says it uses a U0 of 230V)
  2. 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



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