Re: [RE-wrenches] Very unbalanced DC wiring

2012-05-17 Thread Hilton Dier III
Being DC, it's a round trip for the electrons. Fat pipe one way and thin pipe the other will work. Calculate the drop for 250' of 3/0 and add the drop for 250' of twice the circular mils of 3/0 and you have it. Offhand I'll say it is 1.875%. As for the code issue, I don't see one, as long as t

[RE-wrenches] Very unbalanced DC wiring

2012-05-17 Thread Nathan Stumpff
Wrenches, I am doing a job for a customer installing a ground mounted array about 250' from his existing battery bank. Array is: - Vmp: 87.9 V - Imp: 47.1 A - Classic 150 controller The customer already owns (hence the choice of the 150 over the 200 or 250 controll