MVA Method - Example

[kingpb]

The following example is using the MVA method for calculating short circuit currents. The one-line is based on another post whereby the fault current on the utility system was 171.8KA and it was a 600A 120/240V service.

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[kingpb]

I guess everybody must have already known how to do it...

 

[spsnyder]

Great post Kingpb. I have printed it out and am placing it in my folder of electrical calculations.