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Re: Longer battery wires

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post

To put things into perspective:

6 CIMs pulling 40 amps each (it happens) is 240 amps. One foot of 6 AWG drops about .1V at 260 amps. That .1 voltage drop causes about 1.7% loss of max mechanical power.


Yes it does. Most teams would probably have a hard time noticing 1.7% power loss, especially if it is a transient condition.

One of the other posters had stated that a few feet of extra 6 AWG could lead to brownouts (which most teams would notice).