[Elecraft] What Guage Wire for PS?

Lee Hopper [email protected]
Sun Mar 31 14:33:01 2002


My math gets me about half that - pls tell me where I'm going wrong:
IR drop: 10.4 ohms/1000ft / 1000 * 6ft * 3amps = .187 volts

Don Brown wrote in part:
Wire size         ohms/1000ft
20 ga               10.4
20 gauge wire will drop about .37 volts at 3 amps with 2 meters of wire

73 - Lee Hopper, KD7CTF, K2 #734, First licensed 9/24/98