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Re: Battery Leads and Resistance

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Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
We measured resistance of .06 ohms across both our old and new (longer) leads for the breaker. This rather surprised me (considering resistance should be proportional to wire length), and would indicate that wire length doesn't matter in this case.
You are correct that the resistence should be proportional to the wire length. What are you using to measure resistence? A standard multimeter is probably not sufficient. To measure small resistences like that, try a milliohm meter.

As for whether it makes a noticable difference on a robot, I can't say that I've tried it.