VISUAL STUDIO 2019
AP DEVELOPMENT
CONDUCTOR SIZING AP
PERSONAL USE
SIMPLIFY CALCULATIONS
DATE: 2008, 2019
REPETITIVE CALCULATIONS
MUTLI USE
WHEN DOING POWER DISTRIBUTION, I OFTEN HAD TO USE NEC TABLE 310-16 TO CALCULATE CONDUCTOR SIZES.
NEXT IT WAS OFTEN NECESSARY TO CALCULATE THE SIZE OF THE CONDUIT TO SUPPORT THE CONDUCTORS, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CONDUCTORS AND THE GROUND WIRED TO BE CHANNELED.
SO I CREATED AN "AP" TO SIMPLIFY MY EFFORTS AND WORK FASTER.
NEXT IT WAS OFTEN NECESSARY TO CALCULATE THE SIZE OF THE CONDUIT TO SUPPORT THE CONDUCTORS, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CONDUCTORS AND THE GROUND WIRED TO BE CHANNELED.
SO I CREATED AN "AP" TO SIMPLIFY MY EFFORTS AND WORK FASTER.
HERE IS THE USER INTERFACE FOR THE CALCULATIONS. IN THE TOP SECTION, YOU WOULD SELECT THE TYPE OF CONDUCTOR YOU WANTED TO SIZE BASED ON ITS MATERIAL AND THERMAL RATING.
THEN YOU WOULD ENTER THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT TO BE CONDUCTED. BASED ON YOUR LOAD. NEXT PRESSING THE CALCULATE BUTTON, THE "AP" WOULD DO THE TABLE SEARCH FOR 310-16 QUICKLY AND RETURN THE TYPE OF CONDUCTORS TO BE USED, APPROPRIATELY RATED FOR OVERCURRENT PROTECTION.
THE INPUT BOX LABELED "SETS" (IN red highlight) COULD BE MODIFIED IN CASE THE 3 CONDUCTORS WERE NOT EFFICIENT FOR ANY REASON (I.E. SIZE OR WEIGHT). BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SETS OF CONDUCTORS, THE CALCULATION WOULD RETURN AN APPROPRIATE SIZE CONDUCTOR IF MORE SETS OF SMALLER CONDUCTORS WERE DESIRED BE USED INSTEAD.
THE BOXES IN THE NEXT SECTION OF THE INTERFACE WOULD RETURN THE SIZE / CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF EACH CONDUCTOR, SO AS A VISUAL VERIFICATION AGAINST THE TABLE NEXT TO IT SHOWING CONDUIT SIZES , ONE COULD DO A QUICK VERIFICATION OF THE CALCULATION OF THE CONDUIT SIZE TO BE USED.
THE APPLICATION WOULD THEN RETURN THE "TOTAL AREA OF THE CONDUCTORS CALCULATED FOR USE", THEN SELECT THE CORRECT SIZE CONDUIT BASED ON THE "NEC" REQUIREMENTS.
THE NEXT OUTPUT BOX RETURNED THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE NUMBER OF SETS, CONDUCTOR SIZE AND CONDUIT IN A FORMAT I COULD "CUT AND PASTE" INTO MY DRAWINGS, RATHER THAN TO HAVE TO DO CALCULATIONS MANUALLY AND TO HAVE TO TYPE IN EACH DESCRIPTION. SAVES TIME , KEYSTROKES AND TO HELPED ME AVOID TYPO'S.
ANOTHER BUTTON WAS LATER ADDED TO POP UP ANOTHER INTERFACE IN CASE I WANTED TO USE VARIOUS MULTI-CONDUCTORS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN ONE CONDUIT. IT WOULD CALCULATE THE CROSS SECTION VS. THE NEC LIMITS ON CONDUIT SIZE AND SELECT THE CORRECT SIZE CONDUIT.
I ALSO DESIGNED ANOTHER SCREEN TO ALLOW ME TO USE OTHER TYPES OF CONDUCTORS OTHER THAN SPECIFIED IN NEC 310-16.
I COULD CALCULATE AMPACITES FOR TYPE G, TYPE G-GC, SOOW AND ANY OTHER TYPE CABLES, ONCE I GOT THE AMPACITY TABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER.
THE PROGRAM "AP" WAS DESIGNED "OBJECT ORIENTED" TO ALLOW ME TO SIMPLY ADD A TABLE TO MSACESS AND THEN A BUTTON FOR THE NEW TYPE CONDUCTOR FOR THE SOFTWARE TO FUNCTION ON ANY NEW TYPE CONDUCTOR OR CABLE. THIS WAY I COULD UPGRADE THE PROGRAM ENDLESSLY TO ACCOMODATE ANY TYPE CONDUCTORS I ENCOUNTER.
I COULD CALCULATE AMPACITES FOR TYPE G, TYPE G-GC, SOOW AND ANY OTHER TYPE CABLES, ONCE I GOT THE AMPACITY TABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER.
THE PROGRAM "AP" WAS DESIGNED "OBJECT ORIENTED" TO ALLOW ME TO SIMPLY ADD A TABLE TO MSACESS AND THEN A BUTTON FOR THE NEW TYPE CONDUCTOR FOR THE SOFTWARE TO FUNCTION ON ANY NEW TYPE CONDUCTOR OR CABLE. THIS WAY I COULD UPGRADE THE PROGRAM ENDLESSLY TO ACCOMODATE ANY TYPE CONDUCTORS I ENCOUNTER.