DJFNEC2005
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Hi,
I have a customer who will be utilizing a temporary lighting setup that will have a load of around 30,000 watts. They will be using these lights on a frequent basis and want a permanant line ran to the location of the temp light truck. The run will be about 500 foot distance from the building to temp lights. What size conductor would you recommend?
Load 30,000 Watts
Volts 240V 1 Phase
Distance 500ft One way.
Conductor Copper in PVC conduit underground
I come up with a load of 125 amps and a conductor size of 3/0. What do you think? would you increase size to 4/0? Is the voltage drop still too much with 3/0 conductor.
Thanks in advance for replies.
I have a customer who will be utilizing a temporary lighting setup that will have a load of around 30,000 watts. They will be using these lights on a frequent basis and want a permanant line ran to the location of the temp light truck. The run will be about 500 foot distance from the building to temp lights. What size conductor would you recommend?
Load 30,000 Watts
Volts 240V 1 Phase
Distance 500ft One way.
Conductor Copper in PVC conduit underground
I come up with a load of 125 amps and a conductor size of 3/0. What do you think? would you increase size to 4/0? Is the voltage drop still too much with 3/0 conductor.
Thanks in advance for replies.