[Elecraft] Power Supply Lead

[Vic Rosenthal]

Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
> Elecrafters:
> 
> I have a prefabricated (West Mountain) power lead made of zip cord 
> consisting of No 10 stranded cables. It is 6 feet long and has factory 
> installed Anderson power poles on one end and factory installed 1/4 inch 
> ring connectors on the other.
> 
> Is this cable heavy enough to connect my power supply to a K2/100?

Yes.  6 feet of no. 10 should have a resistance of 0.007 ohms, so at 20
amps the voltage drop will be 0.14 volt.  As far as heat dissipation,
no. 10 is spec'd for use in cables at up to 33 amps.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco