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Delete Before Reprint: 6.7 Ampacity Table (310.15)

This document discusses conductor sizing and protection calculations according to Article 6.7 of the NEC. It states that ampacities for conductors are listed in Table 310.16 and are subject to temperature correction and adjustment factors based on the conductor's insulation rating. The author notes that ampacity is the maximum current before exceeding the temperature rating, and that neutral conductors may carry current under specified conditions while equipment grounding conductors never carry current.

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Delete Before Reprint: 6.7 Ampacity Table (310.15)

This document discusses conductor sizing and protection calculations according to Article 6.7 of the NEC. It states that ampacities for conductors are listed in Table 310.16 and are subject to temperature correction and adjustment factors based on the conductor's insulation rating. The author notes that ampacity is the maximum current before exceeding the temperature rating, and that neutral conductors may carry current under specified conditions while equipment grounding conductors never carry current.

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Conductor Sizing and Protection Calculations | 6.

6.7 Ampacity Table [310.15] Author’s Comment:

} When correcting or adjusting conductor ampacity, the ampacity


(A) General. Ampacities for conductors are contained in Table 310.16.
is based on the conductor temperature insulation rating as
The temperature ampacity correction of 310.15(B)(1) and adjustment
listed in the appropriate column of Table 310.16; not the
ampacity factors of 310.15(C)(1) are applied to the ampacities listed in
temperature rating of the terminal [110.14(C)].
Table 310.16, based on the conductor insulation temperature rating. 
} According to Article 100, the ampacity of a conductor is
Author’s Comment: the maximum current a conductor can carry continuously,
under the conditions of use, without exceeding its tempera-
} The Table 310.16 ampacity must be corrected when the ture rating.  }Figure 6–26
ambient temperature isn’t between 78°F and 86°F and must
} The neutral conductor might be a current-carrying conductor,
be adjusted when more than three current-carrying conductors
are bundled together. The temperature correction multiplier but only under the conditions specified in 310.15(E). Equipment
[310.15(B)(1)] and adjustment multiplier [310.15(C)(1)] are grounding conductors are never considered current carrying
applied to the conductor ampacity, based on the tempera- [310.15(F)].
ture rating of the conductor insulation as contained in Table
310.16, typically in the 90°C column.  }Figure 6–25

}Figure 6–26

}Figure 6–25

Electrical Exam Preparation, based on the 2020 NEC  |  Mike Holt Enterprises  | 1

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