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Short question (2006 paper):


'Small commercial unit owned by a paint company:

Supply characteristics as follows..
The supply forms a 400/230V 50Hz TN-C-S system. The main fuses are 100A BS 88-2 and measured value of PFC is 1600A. The earthing conductor is a 25mm copper conductor and the main equipotential bonding conductors to gas, water and structural steel are 16mm copper.

Determine Ze from the above information'


Remember this causing much confusion...

Answers?
 
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I'll be the first to put myself out on a limb.

The PFC would have been doubled so half that.

Then it's ohms law. Cannot see why the size if the eq bonding conducters are relevant as these are disconnected for Ze.

And the main earth conductor is also irrelevant as that is what it is.
 
but was it doubled or x 1.732? or even PEFC as opposed to PSCC??
 
Its a ---- question TBF. I've had a few over the past few weeks where you only get half a story and it's up to you to make assumptions.




Anyway got go to Los Santos.....
 
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I can tell you I was told that approx 50% of students forgot the 3 phase aspect and applied ohms law to the 1600

Approx 20% went with 800


anyone else??
 
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I'll give it to my tutor next week and see what he makes if it. He certainly knows his onions.
 
I'll be the first to put myself out on a limb.

The PFC would have been doubled so half that.

Then it's ohms law. Cannot see why the size if the eq bonding conducters are relevant as these are disconnected for Ze.

And the main earth conductor is also irrelevant as that is what it is.


There were other questions relating to it in addition to the Ze issue
 
I'll be the first to put myself out on a limb.

The PFC would have been doubled so half that.

Then it's ohms law. Cannot see why the size if the eq bonding conducters are relevant as these are disconnected for Ze.

And the main earth conductor is also irrelevant as that is what it is.


Respect to you Lee - 80 odd views and you are the only one man enough to post up close to an answer lol

I got this wrong (not in exam but after in class where it was put up by a lecturer)
 
There should be a new qualification, City & Guilds 2399 'Initial verification and deciphering of vague exam questions'.

I've always thought their questions tend to be ambiguous and open to several interpretations in a large number of questions I have come across.
Not very helpful when you are under pressure in an exam situation!
 
I have my Design and Verification exam tonight so an answer would be nice!
 
Assuming that a pfc can only be measured off a singles supply one at a time them doubled by calculation. I would work it out as 230v divided by 1600a pfc = 0.14 ze
 
The problem is clearly on how the PFC was measured. Which is not clear on the question, as it says 230/400. So you either go with 230 to give 0.14, or what I am leaning with 400 which is 0.25
 
Yep unclear on how the value was achieved, so hopefully this question is no longer in the databank
 
The problem is clearly on how the PFC was measured. Which is not clear on the question, as it says 230/400. So you either go with 230 to give 0.14, or what I am leaning with 400 which is 0.25
why would you go with 0.25 on 400v ? Is it because it feels better but it wrong
 

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