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Subject:Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:42:43 -0500

At 12:45 AM 12/10/2008, M'obeechi wrote:
>sounding like 2 guage wires, I assume (naively) that running two 4
>gauge is the same as running one 2 gauge. Only thing is, those
>battery selectors are meant for 4 gauge.

Actually two #4 is almost the size of a single #1.  However, the
battery switches you're looking at aren't specifying #4 cable --
they're specifying 4/0 cable to meet the same spec as the switch (350
amps continuous).  That's about the same as five #4s.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"

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