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Input wire size, grounding, and output wiring
Instruction manual
IM1002004E September 2015 www.powerquality.eaton.com
Table 3. Wire size chart
Unit size
in kVA
Input breaker
size (amperes)
Input
wire size
Minimum ground
wire size
208 Vac input
10
40
#8
#10
15
60
#6
#10
25
110
#2
#6
30
110
#2
#6
45
175
2/0
#6
50
175
3/0
#6
75
300
#350
#4
100
400
3/0
a
#3
125
500
250 kcmil
a
#2
150
600
350 kcmil
a
#1
225
800
500 kcmil
a
1/0
300
1200
500 kcmil
b
3/0
500
2000
500 kcmil
d
250 kcmil
240 Vac input
10
30
#10
#10
15
50
#8
#10
25
100
#3
#8
30
100
#3
#8
45
150
1/0
#6
50
150
2/0
#6
75
250
#250
#4
100
350
500
#3
125
400
3/0
a
#3
150
500
250 kcmil
a
#2
225
800
500 kcmil
a
1/0
300
1000
500 kcmil
b
2/0
500
1600
500 kcmil
c
4/0
a
2 pcs.
b
3 pcs.
c
4 pcs.
d
5 pcs.
otes:
N
Refer to NEC for output wire size based on
output breaker size as mentioned in Step E
on the previous page.
Unit size
in kVA
Input breaker
size (amperes)
Input
wire size
Minimum ground
wire size
480 Vac input
10
15
#10
#14
15
25
#10
#10
25
50
#6
#10
30
50
#6
#10
45
80
#4
#8
50
80
#4
#8
75
125
#1
#6
100
175
2/0
#6
125
200
3/0
#6
150
250
250 kcmil
#4
225
350
500 kcmil
#3
300
500
250 kcmil
a
#2
500
800
500 kcmil
a
1/0
600 Vac input
10
15
#10
#14
15
20
#10
#12
25
40
#8
#10
30
40
#8
#10
45
60
#6
#10
50
70
#4
#8
75
100
#3
#8
100
150
1/0
#6
125
175
2/0
#6
150
200
3/0
#6
225
300
350 kcmil
#4
300
400
500 kcmil
#3
500
700
400 kcmil
a
1/0