[Elecraft] What Guage Wire for PS?

[Frank]

Don't forget that the current needs to go from the power supply to the radio 
and back again.  So if you have 3 feet of cable, you have 6 feet of wire that 
has a voltage drop.

Regards,
Frank Kamp
K5DKZ

On Sunday 31 March 2002 01:28 pm, Lee Hopper wrote:
> 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
>
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