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BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.ElectricalConnector

Electrical Connectors are the devices (motors, disconnects/isolators) that serve as a source of power for mechanical equipment

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The ElectricalConnector is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
MotorHorsePower double Motor Horsepower indicates the power required for the electrical connector without any power losses -
BrakeHorsePower double Brake Horsepower indicates the power required for the electrical connector including any power losses -
FullLoadAmps double Full Load Amps indicates the amount of current drawn by the motor when running, and is used for sizing the conductors -
MaximumOvercurrentProtection double Maximum Overcurrent Protection indicates the maximum size of the fuse or breaker -
Phase double Phase denotes the distribution of alternating current (example: single or three phase) -
Frequency double Frequency is the rate of oscillation -
Voltage double Voltage denotes the electrical potential difference (120/208, 277/480 (US), 240, 415 (UK) -
EmergencyPower bool Emergency Power is a boolean value (true/false) that denotes whether a device requires backup from an emergency power source -
StandBy bool Optional Standby is a boolean value (true/false) that denotes whether a device requires backup from a secondary power source, for non-critical systems -

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Name string - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class ElectricalConnector : BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IObject, BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.IPart

Assembly: MEP_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/MEP_oM/Equipment/Parts/ElectricalConnector.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: