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Voltage Drop Calculator
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AWGCmils
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4160 Volts181620
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50 Amperes162580
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2500
Distance (Feet)
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26240 Cmils126530
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1010380
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816510
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2.5%
Percent Voltage Drop, CU, 3 Phase
626240
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103.8
Volts Dropped, CU, 3 Phase
441740
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352620
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4.2%
Percent Voltage Drop, AL, 3 Phase
266360
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174.7
Volts Dropped, AL, 3 Phase
183690
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1/O105600
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2.9%
Percent Voltage Drop, CU, Single Phase
2/O133100
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120.0
Volts Dropped, CU, Single Phase
3/O167800
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4/O211600
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4.9%
Percent Voltage Drop, AL, Single Phase
250250000
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202.0
Volts Dropped, AL, Single Phase
400400000
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500500000
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K=12.6 for CU and K=21.2 for AL
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1.73 X I X L X K / Cmils = VD 3 Phase
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2 X I X L X K / Cmils = VD Single Phase
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( VD / E ) x 100 = %VD
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Electric West Inc.
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1417 Energy St.
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PO Box 939
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Gillette, WY 82717-0939
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(307) 686-6466 Office
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(307) 682-6615 Fax
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Designed by Lorn MacIlravie
lorn@vcn.com
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Comments or corrections are welcome!
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The calculator is based on the information in Ugly's Electrical References.
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