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It is this table that is used to size Equipment Grounding Conductors.

What is Table 250.122?

100

This is the total resistance of a 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ohm resistor in parallel.

What is 0.44 ohms?

100

This conductor connects the grounded circuit conductor and the equipment grounding conductor.

What is the Main Bonding Jumper?

100

Conductors that supply a single motor used in a continuous duty application shall have an ampacity of not less than this percentage of the motor full-load current rating.

What is 125%?

100

This is the minimum weight rating for a fall protection anchor point.

What is 5000lbs?

200

This table is used to determine the full load current of a single-phase alternating-current motor.

What is Table 430.248?

200

This is the maximum number of luminaires that can be installed on a 20 ampere 208 volt branch circuit in a storage building where the luminaires are 250 watts, 270 VA, and the overcurrent device is listed for 100% continuous use.

What is 15 luminaires?

200

This is the minimum sized GEC to be ran to a ground rod.

What is #6 Copper?

200

This is the full load amps for a 100 horsepower 230V synchronous motor.

What is 202 amps?

200

This function on a multimeter can be used to determine if a measured voltage is real, or phantom.

What is LOW-Z or low impedance?

300

This article states that the ampacity of a capacitor circuit conductor shall not be less than 135% of the rated current of the capacitor.

What is article 460.8(A)?

300

This is the current that would be read on a multimeter measuring a 10555 Watt single-phase load at 209.3 Volts with a power factor of 0.89.

What is 56.66 Amps?

300

This device shall be provided external to enclosures at the service. It is used for grounding communication equipment.

What is an Intersystem Bonding Termination (IBT) device?

300

This is the RPM of a 7 1/2 HP, 480 V, three-phase, 50 HZ wound rotor motor with a nameplate FLA of 13A, and 8 poles.

What is 750 RPM?
300
This type of attack involves remotely opening a powerplant's main breaker, and closing it very quickly to desynchronize and physically destroy the generator.

What is a Cyber Attack?

400

This article states that a site-isolating device on a farm shall be pole mounted.

What is article 547.9(A)(2)?

400

This is the calculated feeder demand for 11 household electric ranges each rated at 10 kW

What is 26 kW?

400

This is the size supply-side bonding jumper required for a 600 amp 3 phase service consisting of six sets of #3's in parallel where each set is in its own pipe.

What is #8 AWG?

400

This is the size inverse time breaker required for a 3 horsepower 240v single phase shop air compressor.

What is 45 amps?

400

This is the height of a standard wind tower currently in the area. It is also three times the height of our training tower.

What is 270 feet?

500

This table states that the ampacity of a 16/3 SJOOW flexible cable is 13 amps when there are only two current carrying conductors (hot, neutral, ground)

What is Table 400.5(A)(1)?

500

This is the maximum calculated short-circuit fault current for a transformer with the following secondary nameplate: 35 kVA, 120/240 Volt, Single-Phase, 1.5% Z.

What is 9,722 Amperes?

500

After increasing a 50A branch circuit from 8 AWG conductors to 2 AWG conductors in order to mitigate voltage drop, the GEC increases from a #10 XHHW to this new size XHHW.

What is 4 AWG?

500

This is the size of copper GEC required to be ran to a 3 horsepower single phase 240 volt air compressor protected with an inverse time breaker.

What is a #10?

500

This type of generator utilizes a regular every-day off-the-shelf electric motor to generate power.

What is an Induction Generator?

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