Cable Drum Size Calculator

The appropriate storage of cable drums and the electrical cable it contains will depend on both the type of drum and whether or not the cable itself is designed for indoor or outdoor use.

Cable drum size calculator.

We have gleaned the best of these methods and offer this electronic calculator for our customer s convenience. This is the worse case scenario. For more information about the size and dimensions of the drums we have a drum guide chart that you can find here below. In actual practice drum capacities may be 25 30 less than the values given by this formula due to uneven spacing loose winding and overlapping.

The full drum capacity is calculated below using the formula below. Please verify this guide with actual put ups as variables of tension lay material type etc. It is recommended that an allowance of up to 30 be made to accommodate loose winding. This formula is based on the practices of wire rope manufacturers and assumes uniform winding of the wire rope.

The cable sizing calculator uses the resistance r c from table 35 in as nzs 3008 at 75 c. Cable drum capacity calculator a handy tool for finding a cable drum that suits your needs just enter your cable diameter and required length and it will return a list of matching cable drums. Fill diameter is the flange diameter less 2 which allows for an inch of clearance between flange edge and wire. How should electrical cable drums be stored.

The reactance for single core cables is selected from the flat touching column in from table 30 in as nzs 3008. We can produce our cables in various sizes of wooden drums k6 k24. Cable reel capacity calculator concept cables. All figures given are based upon a theoretical tight pack.

Wire rope estimator tugger wire rope calculator winch cable capacity. Which drum we use depends on the length diameter of the cable and weight. We do not guarantee it will match other rope or winch manufacturers methods or results.