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Equipment Type: Sheet Metal

This document discusses equipment types and protective device isolation settings that impact arc flash calculations in ETAP software. It lists eight equipment types used in arc flash analysis and notes that equipment type only matters for voltages below 15kV. It also describes a protective device isolation option that can make calculations more conservative by assuming main protective devices may not isolate and de-energize an arc fault. Default isolation checkbox settings are provided for each equipment type.

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Equipment Type: Sheet Metal

This document discusses equipment types and protective device isolation settings that impact arc flash calculations in ETAP software. It lists eight equipment types used in arc flash analysis and notes that equipment type only matters for voltages below 15kV. It also describes a protective device isolation option that can make calculations more conservative by assuming main protective devices may not isolate and de-energize an arc fault. Default isolation checkbox settings are provided for each equipment type.

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Equipment Type
The Type option allows you to select the different types of equipment that are supported for arc flash analysis. The available
equipment types are as follows:

Other
MCC
Switchgear
Switchboard
Switchrack
Panelboard
Cable Bus
Open Air

Note: These types come from IEEE 1584-2002 Table 4. The switchboard and switchrack are handled in the same fashion as
the switchgear. The Type drop down list plays a very important role in the determination of the incident energy for systems
with voltage levels less than or equal to 15 kV.

Note: For voltages above 15 kV the selection of equipment type does not make any difference in the arc flash calculations
since the Lee method is used for those voltage levels.

For new buses the default value is “Other” which is handled in the same manner as a cable bus, since in previous versions of
ETAP the Cable Bus option was tied to this selection.

If the option “Automatically Update Arc Flash and Shock Protection Data” is enabled, the fields in the bus editor related to
arc flash are immediately populated with typical or user-defined IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E 2009 parameters depending on
the selection on the Data Options for Bus editor default editor.

Protective Device Isolation


This is a major change on the calculation methodology of ETAP. This option can be used to configure the program to
produce more conservative results by making the assumption that the main source protective device(s) (PDs) are or are not
adequately isolated from the bus and may fail to operate and be capable of de-energizing the arc fault before it escalates into
a line-side arc fault.

If this option is checked, then the program assumes that there is enough isolation and that the directly connected source
protective device (main pd(s)) can de-energize the bus arc fault. If the option is unchecked, then it is assummed that no
adequate isolation exists (i.e. no sheet metal or suficient barriers preventing the bus side arc fault from damaging the
protective device itself and possible scalation into a line-side fault) and the directly connected source PDs are ignored.

Note: This option (checked or unchecked) is not considered or applied into the calculation until the study case option
“Main Protective Device is not Isolated” is enabled.

The following table lists the default values of this option for different types of equipment.

Default Values for “Main PD is Isolated” check box

Isolation Check Box for Equipment Default


Type
Other Isolated (checked)
MCC Not Isolated (unchecked)
Switchgear Isolated (checked)
Switchboard Not Isolated (unchecked)
Switchrack Isolated (checked)
Panelboard Not Isolated (unchecked)
Cable Bus Isolated (checked)
Open Air Isolated (checked)

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