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FALL CONFERENCE
Insulation Resistance Calculations of
Airfield Lighting Circuits
Joseph Vigilante, PE and Charles Dennie, PE
Presentation Agenda
• Driving Factors
• Cable insulation resistance (IR) background
• FAA IR guideline recommendations
• Formula development
• Airfield lighting circuit calculations
• Presentation summary
• Why calculate circuit IR during design
• Open Q&A
• IR measured value
• Factor of applied voltage
and leakage current
• Understand characteristics
of leakage current
100
90
80
70 CAPACITANCE CHARGING CURRENT
60
50
40
TOTAL
LEAKAGE
CURRENT - MICROAMPERES
30
CURRENT
25
20
15
10
9
8
7
6
5
3
2.5
2
ABSORPTION
1.5
CURRENT
CONDUCTION
CURRENT
1
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SECONDS
Short-time/spot reading
VALUE READ AND
RECORDED
VALUES CHARTED
MEGOHMS
100
Circuit B
50
MEGOHMS
Circuit A
Time-resistance method
INSULATION
PROBABLY OK
MEGOHMS
INSULATION
SUSPECT
0 TIME 10 Min
Supply
L-830 Isolation
Transformer
Return
IR V RN RC RT
Where:
• RC = Insulation resistance in MΩ of cable
• K = Specific IR in MΩ @ 1000ft @ 60˚ F of insulation
• D = Outer diameter of insulation
• d = Outer diameter of bare copper wire
• L = Length of airfield cable in feet
CONDUCTOR
JACKET
INSULATION
D d
OD=10.7mm
D= 9.18 mm
d= 4.58 mm
OD
RC = 15,098,860 / L MΩ
RN = Rc/Nc
Where:
• RN = Insulation resistance in Megohms of all connectors
• Rc = IR of an individual L-823 connector splice
• Nc = Quantity of L-823 connector splices
I I
V Rc Rc Rc V Rc/Nc
Rc = 75,000 MΩ
RN = 75,000/Nc
RT = Rt/Nt
Where:
• RT = Insulation resistance in Megohms of all transformers
• Rt = IR of an individual L-830 isolation transformers
• Nt = Quantity of L-830 isolation transformers
I I
V Rt Rt Rt V Rt/Nt
Rt = 7,500 MΩ
RT = 7,500/Nt
IR V RT RN RC
Section 1 Section 2
L-823 Connector
Supply
L-830 Isolation
Transformer
Return
Section 3
L-823 Connector
Supply
Insulation
Resistance to
Earth
Earth Ground
MΩ⁻¹
MΩ⁻¹
Insulation
Resistance to
Earth
Earth Ground
L-823
L-824 Series Lighting Cable L-830 Isolation
Connector
Transformer
MΩ⁻¹
Earth Ground
Insulation
Resistance to
Earth
L-823 Connector
Return
Insulation
Resistance to
Earth
Earth Ground
MΩ
, , ,
IRs1= 3,142 Ω
IRs2 30.8 Ω
,
, , ,
IRs3 1,134 Ω
= .00031825 Ω⁻¹
, , ,
1 37,500 400 185
.032408 Ω⁻¹
2 15,098,860 75,000 7,500
,
= .0008828 Ω⁻¹
, , ,
IR total = 29.7 MΩ
AC 150/5340-30G : 50 MΩ
AC 150/5340-26B : 30 MΩ
Circuit design should be evaluated
Joe Vigilante, PE
jvigilante@burns-group.com / 215-979-7700, ext 7732
Chuck Dennie, PE, LC
cdennie@burns-group.com / 215-979-7700, ext 7762