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How do you find the CSA of a wire?
The cross-sectional area of the wire A is the area of a circle of radius r, or of diameter d = 2r: A=πr2=π(d2)2.
What is the cross-sectional area of a cable?
The cross section or the cross sectional area is the area of such a cut. It need not necessarily have to be a circle. Commercially available wire (cable) size as cross sectional area: 0.75 mm2, 1.5 mm2, 2.5 mm2, 4 mm2, 6 mm2, 10 mm2, 16 mm2.
What is the CSA of 2.5 mm cable?
In most cases 1mm should be fine but depends on how many lights are on the circuit and how long the cable run is. If quite a few are required or the cable run is over a long distance, then 1.5mm cable should be used to cope with supply demand and voltage drop.
How do you find the curved surface area of a wire?
The wire is in the shape of cylinder 2πr is the circumference of the circle and h is the height. Area of the curved surface will be = 2πr × h = 2πrh.
How do you find the cross-sectional area of a beam?
Therefore, if a cross section is parallel to the top or bottom of the solid, the area of the cross-section is l × w. If the cutting plane is parallel to one of the two sets the sides, the cross-sectional area is instead given by l × h or w × h.
What diameter is 10mm2 cable?
CABLE WEIGHT & OVERALL DIMENSIONS
| Nominal Overall Diameter mm | Approx Weight Kg/100mt | |
|---|---|---|
| 4+E | 16.2 | 46 |
| 10mm2 7/1.35 | ||
| 2+E | 16.5 | 45 |
| 3+E | 18.1 | 57 |
What is CSA formula?
Curved Surface Area (CSA) of Cylinder It is also called as Lateral surface area (LSA). The CSA of cylinder having its base radius ‘r’ and height ‘h’ is given by: Curved surface area (CSA) of cylinder = 2πrh sq. units.
What is the CSA of hollow cylinder?
The inner curved surface area = 2πr × Height, the outer curved surface area = 2πR × Height. Solved Examples on Hollow Cylinder: A hollow copper pipe of inner radius 3 cm and outer radius 4 cm is melted and changed into a solid right circular cylinder of the same length as that of the pipe.
Where can I discuss cable Csa with an electrician?
Cable CSA? Discuss Cable CSA? in the Electrical Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net OK boffins, help me out …….. Called to job where there was no bonding to main incoming gas to a block of flats, and the client required bonding to be installed.
How to calculate the cross sectional area ( CSA )?
To calculate the cross sectional area (CSA) of a cable, you have to use a micrometer to verify its diameter, then divide the diameter by two to get the radius (r). With the radius we can calculate the CSA of the cable. CSA = pi x r2 (Applicable to solid wires only).
How to calculate the cross section area of electrical wire?
With the radius we can calculate the CSA of the cable. CSA = pi x r2 (Applicable to solid wires only). For example: If a cable is 0.5 cm in diameter, its radius is 0.25 cm. CSA = 0.196349541 cm2
How big of a CSA do I need for mcspoo?
That’s correct mcspoo, it’s a tns supply so nothing to do with the neutral. Therefore you could do an adiabatic equation to determine the size required, half that and then go up to the next csa. But not less than 6mm