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Date:         Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:42:43 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
Comments: To: M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com>
Comments: cc: obeechi@runbox.com
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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.

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

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