PowerPac 5.5 has been released to incorporate the changes to earth and neutral cable size requirements introduced in AS3000:2007. This update of the PowerPac5 software will allow users to calculate results that are compliant with this new standard and also enable them to open previously entered and saved calculation data that were calculated using the older AS3000:2000 and recalculate the data in accordance with the 2007 revision of the standard.
PowerPac was used in Everett Smith & Co’s office daily, that was until we had the program installed on all our site Supervisors laptops and PC’s on all our projects.
It has proved so fast and so accurate in the calculation of current carrying capacity and volt drop in cables, that our site Supervisors have insisted it be made available to them on site.
In the office it is used regularly in design, costing and verification, but on site it simply saves time, money and prevents mistakes.
There’s nothing wrong with doing your calculations by hand, providing you have the time, and these days with business the way it is, we don't have the time! Matt Conte, Everett-Smith & Co Pty Ltd