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Re: voltage loss over long runs

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Originally Posted by Mr V View Post
The easy way to "see" the voltage drop is with a multimeter. Connect the leads to each end of the wire in the circuit and then operate the circuit. The multimeter will measure the drop across that section of the circuit. Alternatively you can connect the leads at the motor and see the voltage drop that occurs across the motor terminals. Yes it is not easy to do that with a motor or controller that has wires exiting it instead of terminals.
We set up a test with a TalonSRX (which will tell you the supply voltage) at the end of the wire and clearly saw the drop. Making the results jive with the online calculators was the real question I reckon. Doing the actual math solved all questions and CD opinions verified the results.
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