Arc Flash Calculator

IEEE 1584-2018·NFPA 70E
2.86 cal/cm²PPE Cat 1
AFB 2.6 ft
Category 1

Minimum 4 cal/cm² arc-rated clothing

2.86
cal/cm²
Governing:FULL ARCING CURRENT
Incident Energy (Full)
2.86cal/cm²

Iarc = 14.9159 kA

Incident Energy (Reduced)
1.80cal/cm²

Iarc = 13.0774 kA

Arc Flash Boundary
2.6ft

0.78 m | 784 mm

Enclosure CF
0.9999

VarCf = 0.2465

Arcing Current Detail
Full Iarc
14.9159 kA
Reduced Iarc
13.0774 kA
Iarc @ 600V
16.2723 kA
VarCf
0.2465
NFPA 70E Approach Boundaries
Limited Approach
3.5 ft(1.07 m)
Restricted Approach
1.0 ft(0.30 m)
Prohibited Approach
0.1 ft(0.03 m)
Arc Flash Boundary
2.6 ft(0.78 m)
Working Distance
1.5 ft(0.46 m)
Incident Energy vs. Clearing Time
0.01s0.0209s0.0437s0.08s0.1462s0.286s0.5981s1.2507s2sClearing Time (s)015304560E (cal/cm²)Cat 0/1Cat 1/2Cat 2/3Cat 3/4Danger
  • Full Iarc
  • Reduced Iarc

Vertical amber line = current clearing time

Incident Energy vs. Fault Current — All Electrode Configs
0.53.186.539.8713.2217.2421.2524.628.6232.6436.6540Ibf (kA)0481216E (cal/cm²)
  • VCB
  • VCBB
  • HCB
  • VOA
  • HOA
Parameter Sensitivity Sweep

Sweeping: Bolted Fault Current(0.5–106 kA)

2.297.6513.0218.3823.7529.1134.4739.8445.2050.5755.9361.3066.6672.0377.3982.7588.1293.4898.85106.00Ibf (kA)00.951.92.853.8E (cal/cm²)00.250.50.751AFB (m)
  • Full E
  • Reduced E
  • AFB (m)