Estimator guides
Pricing a cable run from its size, and scheduling cable for a job.
- 6 min readAS/NZS 3008.1.1 table numbers: 2017 to 2025Each AS/NZS 3008.1.1 table AmpSize reads, with its 2017 number, its 2025 number and whether its values moved, and one submain that cites both sets.
- 4 min readAS/NZS 3008.1.2 Tables 4 to 21: current ratingsWhat the current rating tables govern, which table AmpSize reads today, and a 40 A circuit that lands on 10 mm² with a derated capacity of 50 A.
- 4 min readAS/NZS 3008 Table 13 (now 3.18): multicore ratingsWhat AS/NZS 3008 Table 13 gives, why the 2025 AU part calls it Table 3.18, how to read its columns into the calculator, and what moved for buried cable.
- 3 min readMotor full load current: 11 kW 400 V DOLFull load current, shaft speed, torque and direct on line starting current for an 11 kW four-pole 400 V induction motor, with the figures the tool returns.
- 3 min readCommercial maximum demand with Table C2A tender-stage demand assessment for a commercial building using AS/NZS 3000 Table C2, with each group demand and the per-phase figure the tool returns.
- 5 min readAS/NZS 3008.1.1:2025: what changed from 2017The 2025 AU part adds d.c. ratings to 1500 V, renumbers every table and moves some ratings. Four circuits, each run on both editions, show what moves.
- 3 min readCable size for a 32 A single-phase 25 m runWork through a 32 A single-phase circuit over 25 metres in New Zealand. See every derating factor, the check that sets the size, and the result the tool gives.
- 3 min readDomestic maximum demand with Table C1Assess the maximum demand of a New Zealand house from Table C1, group by group, with a worked example that lands on 52.61 A on a single-phase supply.
