converter to battery wire length ?
I read that the distance from the converter to the battery should not be more than ten feet the wire on mine is 8 gauge but is closer to thirty feet. my trailer is a 32' park model that is total elect...
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snapper388 wrote:
I read that the distance from the converter to the battery should not be more than ten feet the wire on mine is 8 gauge but is closer to thirty feet.
You read the distance from battery to an INVERTER should not be more than 10 feet.. Converters are a bit less limited as a rule.
There is a chart that gives the likely voltage drop for a given size of wire over a length.. Though you may need to do some math.. I will look up and do the math for you.
8ga wire has 0.6282 ohms resistance per THOUSAND feet or 0.000682 ohms per foot.. So 30 feet would have 0.02046 ohms which at 50 amps would drop you one volt. That is significant voltage drop.
