Handbook of Electrical Engineering

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 229

Table 9.27. Cable and fuse currents and time data

Cable current

(kA)

Time

(seconds)

Fuse operating

current (kA)

100.1 0.01 4.0 6.5

44.77 0.05 3.0 5.0

31.65 0.10 2.5 4.3

14.16 0.50 1.8 3.1

10.01 1.00 1.5 2.6

4.48 5.00 1.05 1.9

Figure 9.6 Fuse and cable time versus current curves.

A suitable fuse characteristic and the cable I-squared-t characteristic are plotted in Figure 9.6.
It can be seen that the fuse will operate rapidly for a wide range of fault currents and that
there is a wide I-squared-t margin between the fuses and the cable.

9.4.3.5.2 Worked example

The emergency switchboard in Example 9.4.3.5.1 also supplies a 440 V 160 kW induction that is
started direct-on-line. The motor has an efficiency of 93%, a running power factor of 0.92, a starting
to running current ratio of 6.75 and a starting power factor of 0.33. Fuses and a thermal image
overload relay protect the motor circuit. The starting time duration is 15 seconds. Each main incoming
transformer is protected by an extremely inverse time delay relay in its primary circuit. The current