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Current Rating And Voltage drop for cables & wires Upto and including 600/1000V.

Current ratings of cables given in tables below are based on the ERA(Electrical Research Association)
Report 69-30, Part V(for XLPE cables) and part III(For PVC cables) which is accepted world wide.
Single core copper, XLPE insulated armoured / unarmoured cables:

 

 


Nominal Area of Conductor In Air In Ground In Duct Voltage drop of 3 single core cables Trefoil 
Single core in Trefoil Single core in Trefoil Single core in Trefoil
Unarmoured Armoured Armoured Armoured
 Sqmm  A  A V/A/Km 
 1.5 27 27  32  29  26.7
 2.5  37  37  43  40  16.4
 4  48  48  55  52  10.2
 6  60  60  70  67  6.8
 10  82  82  93  88  4.0
 16  112  112  122  114  2.5
 25  150  150  157  151  1.62
 35  178  178  186  174  1.17
 50  212  220  225  225  0.88
 70  271  281  276  270  0.62
 95  336  344  330  318  0.46
 120  392  400  375  356  0.38
 150  453  460  419  385  0.32
 185  525  528  471  425  0.28
 240  626  622  542  476  0.23
 300  725  709  606  519  0.21
 400  844  810  671  551  0.20
 500  977  916  744  598  0.18
 630  1129  1032  817  645  0.17
 800  1282  1121  864  672  0.16
 1000  1430  1216  915  714  0.15

Operating Conditions

Ambient Air temperature   30°C
Ground Temperature:       20°C
Depth of Laying:              0.5 m
Thermal Resitivity of soil: 1.2 K.m/W