Panel Row Behaviors

Panel rows exhibit special behavior due to the nature of panel circuits. It is helpful to understand how EasyPower treats panel rows when you try to perform actions such as moving or deleting rows, or editing some of the row values.

About Panel Rows

The phases and number of poles for the circuit affect the panel row behavior. Below is an image of a three-phase panel with a mixture of poles. When the Fixed Phase Arrangement check box is selected, the phases appear diagonally for each row, with phase A in the first row in the first column, phase B in the second row in the second column, and phase C in the third row in the third column. This phase pattern repeats throughout the spreadsheet.

The number of poles indicates how the rows are grouped together to make up a circuit. For example, rows 13-17 are grouped because the number of poles is set to 3. Rows 19-21 are grouped together because the number of poles is set to 2. The remaining rows are all individual because the poles are set to 1.

Figure 1: Panel Rows in 3 Phase (Detailed View) Using Fixed Phase Arrangement

Inserting Rows

You can insert a single pole row into the panel spreadsheet in a Detailed view. The row is inserted above the 1, 2, or 3 pole circuit. When the Fixed Phase Arrangement check box is selected, EasyPower maintains the diagonal pattern for VA as described in About Panel Rows. If you insert a row on one side of a panel spreadsheet, a new row is automatically added to the bottom of the opposite side of the spreadsheet to evenly balance the number of circuits.

To insert a row, select the first column of the row where you want to insert a new row, and then click Insert Row from the panel spreadsheet toolbar. You can also right-click on the first column in the row and select Insert Row from the shortcut menu. The row is inserted above the selected row, and load values move to the next appropriate column.

Deleting Rows

You can delete a single pole row in the panel spreadsheet in a Detailed view, or in the last row of a Simplified view. When you delete a row on one side of a panel spreadsheet, the bottom row is automatically deleted from the opposite side to evenly balance the number of circuits. If the bottom row on the opposite side is a 2 or 3-pole circuit, you cannot delete the row.

To delete a row, select the first column of the row you want to delete, then right-click and select Delete Row from the shortcut menu. EasyPower maintains the diagonal pattern for loads as described in About Panel Rows.

Note that the Clear Contents button in the panel spreadsheet toolbar, the Clear Contents shortcut menu, and the DELETE key do not delete a row. Instead, they clear the contents of a row.

Clearing Rows

To clear the rows on a spreadsheet, select the row and then do any of the following:

• Click the Clear Contents button in the panel spreadsheet toolbar
• Right-click on the row and click Clear Contents
• Press the DELETE key

This clears data from the row but does not delete the row. The number of poles is not cleared.

Moving Rows

You can move panel rows up or down in the spreadsheet in a Detailed view using the Move buttons in the panel spreadsheet toolbar. 2 or 3-pole circuits are moved as a block by selecting the top row of the circuit. EasyPower maintains the diagonal pattern for load values as described in About Panel Rows.

Load Values in Unconnected Phases

Load values for unconnected phases are displayed in red text with a gray background. This typically occurs if the values were entered in EasyPower versions prior to 10.2, or if the values were entered while Fixed Phase Arrangement was disabled and the option is later enabled. You can delete the red text and move it to the appropriate phase or clear the Fixed Phase Arrangement check box to edit the load values in place and use them as connected phases.

Figure 2: Load Values in Unconnected Phases

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