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Engineering Tools

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Bus ACables and raceways

MV Cable Ampacity CalculatorMedium-voltage cables to 35 kV, buried or in air. Steady-state and emergency ratings with a heat map of the duct bank.IEC 60287, Neher-McGrathLV Cable Ampacity CalculatorCables from 600 V to 2 kV in duct banks, direct buried, in conduit in air or in free air, from the NEC tables or by Neher-McGrath.NEC 2023, Neher-McGrathCable Pulling CalculatorPulling tension and sidewall bearing pressure along a conduit route, in both directions, for cable to 35 kV.IEEE 1185, Southwire guideConduit Fill CalculatorFill for building wire, medium-voltage cable to 35 kV, Ethernet and fiber, with jam ratio and clearance checks.NEC Chapter 9

Bus BShort circuit and arc flash

Fault Current CalculatorSingle- and three-phase bolted fault current from the utility source to the end of the cable.Ohmic methodShort Circuit and Arc FlashDraw a low-voltage one-line to 480 V ac or 1500 V dc, then get fault currents, device coordination and arc flash labels.IEEE 1584, NFPA 70E

Bus CBuilding circuits and equipment

Circuit CalculatorBranch circuits and feeders of 1000 V and less: protection, conductors, grounding, raceways and voltage drop.NEC 2023Transformer CalculatorProtection, conductors, grounding and raceways for transformers of 1000 V and less.NEC 2023Motor CalculatorBranch circuits for motors of 1000 V and less: protection, conductors, grounding, raceway and control.NEC 2023Panel Schedule CalculatorPanelboard and switchboard schedules, branch-circuit sizing and load calculations.NEC 2023

Bus DOverhead distribution

12 kV Pole ExplorerA 3D distribution pole: framing, equipment, clearances and GO 95 wind loading, for teaching and early design.CPUC GO 95

Bus EPower system models

SKM ViewerOpen an SKM PowerTools project in your browser: the one-line diagram, load flow and short circuit. Nothing is uploaded.SKM PowerTools projectsETAP ViewerOpen an ETAP project in your browser: the one-line, load flow, short circuit and arc flash, with clearing times from SEL relays. Nothing is uploaded.ETAP projects, IEEE 1584PSLF ViewerOpen GE PSLF EPC, DYD and DRW files: one-line, power flow, short circuit, dynamics and WECC data checks. Nothing is uploaded.GE PSLF, WECC checks