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Designing a datacenter which will have a lot of fault current available through the distribution path down to the receptacle that the IT equipment will plug into. Values at the receptacle are >5kA. Since a receptacle doesn't have a short circuit or withstand rating, do I just ignore it?
This would be the same situation if you had a receptacle installed from a panelboard branch circuit installed in the main switchgear room. If the main SWGR requires 65kA or 100kA, and the panelboard is on an adjacent wall, and the #12 wire is less than a few feet from the panelboard, the calculated fault current will be high there too.
Has anyone contemplated this issue?
This would be the same situation if you had a receptacle installed from a panelboard branch circuit installed in the main switchgear room. If the main SWGR requires 65kA or 100kA, and the panelboard is on an adjacent wall, and the #12 wire is less than a few feet from the panelboard, the calculated fault current will be high there too.
Has anyone contemplated this issue?