changedInput schema / properties / cpc / description
Previous value: -"For cpc: {kind armour | core | separate (default the armour where the design has one), basis iec | bs, column tp70 | tp90 | ts90, section_mm2, metal Cu | Al (a separate conductor), system TN | TT, circuit final | distribution, u0_v (line to earth, default 230), ia_a (the current that operates the device in time)}."New value: +"For cpc: {kind armour | core | separate | conduit (a steel conduit or trunking) | bare (a bare conductor) (default the armour where the design has one), basis iec | bs, column tp70 | tp90 | ts90, section_mm2 (required for conduit and bare), metal Cu | Al (separate) or Cu | Al | steel (bare), condition visible | normal | fire (bare: Table 54.6 / A.54.6), system TN | TT | IT (IT: a second fault, 411.6.4), circuit final | distribution, current ac | dc (Table 41.1's d.c. columns), u0_v (line to earth, default 230), ia_a (the current that operates the device in time), or device (a BS 7671 fuse bs88-2 | bs88-3 | bs3036 | bs1362, or a circuit-breaker type B | C | D) with device_a (its rating: the Tables 41.2 to 41.4 Zs at U0 230 V), length_m (the route length: the cable's own R1 + R2 at its operating temperature against the largest Zs)}."
changedInput schema / properties / fault / description
Previous value: -"For cpc: {ka (the fault current), seconds (default fault_s)}: the adiabatic check of the armour or protective conductor (IEC 60364-5-54:2011 Annex A, BS 7671 Tables 54.2 to 54.4) up to 1 kV."New value: +"For cpc: {ka (the fault current), seconds (default fault_s)}: the adiabatic check of the armour or protective conductor (IEC 60364-5-54:2011 Annex A, BS 7671 Tables 54.2 to 54.6) up to 1 kV."
changedInput schema / properties / installation / description
Previous value: -"For ratings.current: how the cable is installed; the designer's defaults for what is not given (buried 0.8 m, 20 °C ground, 1.5 K·m/W, trefoil, alone). At 0.6/1 kV group, arrangement, clearance, trays and h3_pct give the IEC 60364-5-52 B.52.17 to B.52.21 (BS 7671 4C1 to 4C3) grouping and the E.52.1 harmonic factors. The answer lists the defaults used and the fields the cable's table does not read."New value: +"For ratings.current: how the cable is installed; the designer's defaults for what is not given (buried 0.8 m, 20 °C ground, 1.5 K·m/W, trefoil, alone). At 0.6/1 kV group, arrangement, clearance, trays and h3_pct give the IEC 60364-5-52 B.52.17 to B.52.21 (BS 7671 4C1 to 4C5) grouping and the E.52.1 harmonic factors; reel_drum puts a flexible cable on a reeling drum (NFPA 79 Table 12.7.3); restrained (buried or clamped) is read by ratings.short_circuit. The answer lists the defaults used and the fields the cable's table does not read."
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / air_formation
Added value: +{
+ "description": "0.6/1 kV single-core cables in free air: method F with 3 loaded, trefoil (default) or flat (touching); method G, horizontal (default) or vertical.",
+ "enum": [
+ "trefoil",
+ "flat",
+ "horizontal",
+ "vertical"
+ ],
+ "type": "string"
+}
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / au_method
Added value: +{
+ "description": "rating_basis au (AS/NZS 3008.1.1:2025 Tables 3.5 to 3.8): air (default), spaced, trefoil, conduit, buried or duct, the ones the design's cores take; buried and duct read ground_c (default 25), depth_m (default 0.5) and soil_k_m_per_w (default 1.2), the others air_c (default 40).",
+ "enum": [
+ "air",
+ "spaced",
+ "trefoil",
+ "conduit",
+ "buried",
+ "duct"
+ ],
+ "type": "string"
+}
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / circuit_use
Added value: +{
+ "description": "0.6/1 kV, IEC 60364-5-52 Table 52.2: power (default), signal or electronic, which sets the smallest conductor (minimum in the answer when the design is below it).",
+ "enum": [
+ "power",
+ "signal",
+ "electronic"
+ ],
+ "type": "string"
+}
changedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / iec_method / description
Previous value: -"IEC 60364-5-52 reference method, 0.6/1 kV IEC basis (Table B.52.1): A1 / B1 single-core in conduit, A2 / B2 multicore in conduit, C on a wall, D1 in ducts, D2 direct in the ground, E / F in free air."New value: +"IEC 60364-5-52 reference method, 0.6/1 kV IEC basis (Table B.52.1): A1 / B1 single-core in conduit, A2 / B2 multicore in conduit, C on a wall, D1 in ducts, D2 direct in the ground, E / F in free air, G single-core spaced one diameter in free air."
changedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / iec_method / enum
Previous value: -[
- "A1",
- "A2",
- "B1",
- "B2",
- "C",
- "D1",
- "D2",
- "E",
- "F"
-]New value: +[
+ "A1",
+ "A2",
+ "B1",
+ "B2",
+ "C",
+ "D1",
+ "D2",
+ "E",
+ "F",
+ "G"
+]
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / loaded
Added value: +{
+ "anyOf": [
+ {
+ "const": 2,
+ "type": "number"
+ },
+ {
+ "const": 3,
+ "type": "number"
+ }
+ ],
+ "description": "0.6/1 kV single-core cables (not method G): a single-phase circuit, 2 loaded conductors, or three-phase, 3 (default); a two-core cable is always 2."
+}
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / loaded_cores
Added value: +{
+ "description": "An HD 603 cable of more than four cores: the loaded cores (DIN VDE 0276-1000 Table 13); default 3.",
+ "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+ "minimum": -9007199254740991,
+ "type": "integer"
+}
changedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / rating_basis / description
Previous value: -"An Indian design (IS 1554-1, IS 7098-1, IS 7098-2, IS 694): iec (default, the IEC tables as for any design) or is3961. IS 1554-1 / IS 7098: the IS 3961 Part 2, 6 or 7 tables with their ambient, depth and soil factors (laying, formation, air_c default 40, ground_c default 30, depth_m default the depth of the part, soil_k_m_per_w default 1.5) and their group tables (group: circuits or multicore cables, one alone by default; in the ground or a duct spacing_mm, the clear distance between them, 0 touching, and tiers for multicore cables laid direct, Part 2 / 6 only; in air support tray (perforated), vertical or ladder, trays, and clearance oneDiameter for spaced multicore cables, else touching). IS 694: IS 3961 (Part 5) with is_method, phase (single-core), protection, air_c (default 40) and group (the circuits, cl. 4.2); flexible cables and cords take Table 5 with air_c and group only."New value: +"A 0.6/1 kV IEC design (not HD 603): iec (default, IEC 60364-5-52:2009), de (DIN VDE 0298-4:2013-06, the German tables of the same methods, its one differing cell named in override; no D2) or au (AS/NZS 3008.1.1:2025 with au_method; PVC not rated). An HD 620 S3:2023 Section 10-C design: iec (default, IEC 60502-2 Annex B with its factors) or hd620, the section's own Tables 7 to 10 (laying buried or air, formation for single cores: trefoil, or flat for flatTouching and flatSpaced) at the conditions of its clause 5 only (0.7 m, ground 20 °C, soil 1.0 / 2.5 K·m/W, load factor 0.7 in the earth; air 30 °C, load factor 1.0), since the section gives no conversion factors; no table for ducts. An Indian design (IS 1554-1, IS 7098-1, IS 7098-2, IS 694): iec (default, the IEC tables as for any design) or is3961. IS 1554-1 / IS 7098: the IS 3961 Part 2, 6 or 7 tables with their ambient, depth and soil factors (laying, formation, air_c default 40, ground_c default 30, depth_m default the depth of the part, soil_k_m_per_w default 1.5) and their group tables (group: circuits or multicore cables, one alone by default; in the ground or a duct spacing_mm, the clear distance between them, 0 touching, and tiers for multicore cables laid direct, Part 2 / 6 only; in air support tray (perforated), vertical or ladder, trays, and clearance oneDiameter for spaced multicore cables, else touching). IS 694: IS 3961 (Part 5) with is_method, phase (single-core), protection, air_c (default 40) and group (the circuits, cl. 4.2); flexible cables and cords take Table 5 with air_c and group only."
changedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / rating_basis / enum
Previous value: -[
- "iec",
- "is3961"
-]New value: +[
+ "iec",
+ "is3961",
+ "hd620",
+ "de",
+ "au"
+]
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / reel_drum
Added value: +{
+ "description": "A flexible cable (class 5 or 6, or a cord) on a motor-driven reeling drum, as the rating panel: cylindrical (ventilated, wide flanges), radial-vent or radial-closed (spiral). amps becomes the rating on the drum, times the NFPA 79 (2024) Table 12.7.3 factor, whole amperes down; reel gives the factor, the DIN VDE 0298-4:2013-06 Table 27 factor beside it and the drum rules of 13.4.3.2.",
+ "enum": [
+ "cylindrical",
+ "radial-vent",
+ "radial-closed"
+ ],
+ "type": "string"
+}
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / reel_layers
Added value: +{
+ "description": "With reel_drum cylindrical: the layers wound, 1 to 5 (Table 12.7.3 gives factors for 1 to 4; DIN VDE 0298-4 Table 27 for 1 to 5). Default 1.",
+ "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+ "minimum": -9007199254740991,
+ "type": "integer"
+}
addedInput schema / properties / installation / properties / restrained
Added value: +{
+ "description": "ratings.short_circuit: yes when the cable is buried directly, clamped or bent tighter than specified (IEC 60986 3.2.2, IS 16269 3.2.2): a thermoplastic insulation's (PVC, PE) short-circuit limits are taken 10 °C lower. Default no.",
+ "enum": [
+ "yes",
+ "no"
+ ],
+ "type": "string"
+}
changedInput schema / properties / spec / description
Previous value: -"Instead of a sentence: {voltage: \"12/20\", cores: 3, section: 95, metal, screen, screenType, screenSection, screenLay (helical | interstices), insulation, sheath, watertight, armour}; add standard (an id from design_presets: HD620-10C, BS6724, UL-NMB, EN50525-2-21 ...) for that family's own build at the nearest voltage, size and count it lists."New value: +"Instead of a sentence: {voltage: \"12/20\", cores: 3, section: 95, metal, screen, screenType, screenSection, screenLay (helical | interstices), insulation, sheath, watertight, armour}; add standard (an id from design_presets: HD620-10C, BS6724, UL-NMB, EN50525-2-21 ...) for that family's own build at the nearest voltage, size and count it lists; with an HD 620 section that lays three single cores up (HD620-10E1, -10E2, -10I1, -10I2, -10I3 ...), bundle none | messenger | earth and cores 3 builds the bundle."