This procedure shows how to associate an electrical item with a feeder using the Electrical Motor Common Properties, Static Load Common Properties, or Converting Equipment Common Properties, dialog. On the appropriate dialog, the Feeder Data tab options allow you to associate the selected electrical item with a power distribution board, bus, cell, and circuit as required.
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In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy Electrical Equipment > Loads > Motors or Static Electrical Equipment or Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and select an electrical equipment item.
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You can only associate equipment that is not already assigned to an existing circuit. To verify whether an association exists, right- select the item and select Find in Electrical Engineer.
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You can also associate a load with a feeder by dragging the load to the appropriate feeder circuit in the Electrical Engineer. For details of this procedure, see .Create an Electrical Association.
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Right-click the selected electrical item and select Common Properties to open the appropriate dialog.
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Select the Feeder Data tab.
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In the Location group box, under Power distribution board, select a power distribution board.
If you select a PDB without specifying a bus, on selecting Apply or OK, the software creates the new electrical item without a circuit.
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Under Bus, select a bus with which you want to associate the current electrical item.
If required, you can select a cell in the Cell list to filter the circuits located in that cell.
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Do one of the following to associate the new item with a feeder circuit:
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Under Circuit, select an existing circuit with which you want to associate the current electrical item.
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Select the Create circuit check box to automatically create a new feeder circuit based on the last applied typical circuit. The software creates an empty circuit without any circuit components if the current electrical item is not associated with a typical circuit. If you do not select this check box, the software only associates the selected bus with the loads without creating any circuits. Where a last applied typical circuit is indicated, the software creates the new circuit based on the typical circuit. Also, you can select the Create cell check box to automatically create a cell when the software creates the new feeder circuit.
If you select a cell without selecting an existing circuit, the software automatically
creates a new circuit when you select Apply or OK.
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Continue defining the feeder data as required and select OK when done.
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If you choose to automatically create a feeder circuit with a cell, make sure that in the Properties window for the new cell, you select the In Use setting for the Cell Usage property.
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After specifying a circuit, applying the change, and exiting the dialog, you can no longer change the feeder data values from the dialog.
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A circuit can feed more than one electrical item.
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It is possible to connect a number of heat tracers and Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment items in a daisy-chain pattern.