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Shore Power - Required Cable Size

Shore-connection cable size for high-voltage ship-shore power per ISO/IEC/IEEE 80005-1 - based on load current and cable derating for parallel runs.

Shore powerOPSISO/IEC 80005
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Formula, assumptions, and limits

I=S3ULI = \frac{S}{\sqrt{3} \cdot U_L}
SymbolMeaningUnit
SSApparent power demandkVA
ULU_LLine-to-line voltageV

Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 80005-1

In short

Shore-connection cable size for high-voltage ship-shore power per ISO/IEC/IEEE 80005-1 - based on load current and cable derating for parallel runs.

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