Modify Motor OCP Trip calculations
I'm proposing modifications, or new options, to the OCP Trip calculation methods for motors.
Currently, if you have one of the options using FLA and/or MOCP, if those values are blank and all you have is a load, you won't get an accurately sized breaker.
I'm looking for a single universal calculation method, that can be used whether you have an FLA/MOCP or not.
My thought on how that can work: if FLA is blank, use the Load to calculate an FLA and size the breaker based on that load per the selected calculation method.
Some background on why this is needed. Some manufacturers list FLAs, some only give an MCA, some only give a Horsepower or kW. With the variability in information we get on cutsheets, it would be nice to have our families set up to use the same calculation method, knowing there's a variability in the information we have to use.
Cody Richardson
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Mike Eten
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Currently ElectroBIM's automatic calculations overwrite static MOCP/breaker sizes for mechanical equipment such as an RTU. I need a way to set those values and make sure they don't change in the software. currently, you have to manually change the MOCP in the electro BIM panel branch schedule or at the feeder for "equipment".
It would be nice to have a Mechanical Equipment Connection Schedule that filters all of your mechanical equipment and perhaps there is a "MOCP freeze" toggle parameter you can set your MOCP to be static
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Jeff Balster commented
Very good idea