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Subject:Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:36:40 -0400
At 19:19 6/15/2000, Frank Grunthaner wrote:
>battery circuit is 0.96 ohms. Subtracting the resistance of the battery gives
>a net of 0.8 ohms. 10 gauge wire has a resistance at 0 C of about 0.01 ohms
>per foot, 12 gauge wire is about 0.02 ohms per foot, 14 gauge is 0.04 and 18
>gauge is about 0.1. If the distance to the battery source is approximately 10

Frank, these numbers are for ten feet, not one foot...while not
invalidating your basic argument, it *does* make a difference...

david
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