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Unread 04-10-2005, 10:33
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Re: Two quick questions...

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
This has helped a bunch and thanks. Is their a way to boost a loss of voltage from the cable? Also, if our team doesn't make some type of panneling is their a good way to prevent cables from being pulled and snagged?
If you use larger than requried gauge sizes, which have less resistance, you will have less drop. Otherwise, there's no way to keep a longer wire from having a larger voltage drop.

We use self-sticking cabletie squares, with ziptie's not 100% tightened, so that you can still trace the wires, and the squares allow easy replacement of the cable tie if you need to remove it. Some people recommend against it, but we've found it does a pretty good job.