OY Not Solar Basic PV Voltage Drop Calculator

Wire Temp
(c ) or ( f )
c

Celsius
60

Item Name
AWG
410w String
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Empty
10
Array To Combiner --->
Combiner Breaker to
Charge Controller
10
Charge Controller to
Output Breaker
10
Controller Output Breaker
to Battery
1

String 1
String 2
String 3
String 4
String 5
String 6
String 7
String 8

Fahrenheit
140
Total
Resistance Array
Feet
Ohms
Panel (Volts) Panel (Amps)
40
0.046236
45.4
11.27
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
8
0.000000
45.4
0.00
0.046236 0.046236
45.40
11.27
10

0.011559

45.4

11.27

0.002312

45.4

11.27

30

0.004301

12.00

42.64

Voltage Drop from Array to Controller ----->>>>>>>

Voltage drop from Array to Battery ---------->>>>>>>
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

You may make changes to any cell in Blue Text

If you are testing Voltage drop for less than 8 Strings use String 1 then String 2 and so on.
Can be used as a Single String Planing Tool by putting Zeros in Panel Amps for String 2 and String 8.
Keep your voltage drop % as low as posable and as even as posable for each string in the array.
You may change the wire temp by using the letter (c) for Celsius or (f) for Fahrenheit in cell (B3). 60 deg. Celsius wo
To use Wire Size 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0 you will need to use the Caps letter O not zero. 1/0=O 2/0=OO 3/0=OOO or 4/0=
Max wire size is 4/0 (OOOO) and Min wire size is 40 gage.
When entering wire length use round trip length.
Use at your own risk! Users accept responsibility for the use of these said calculations knowing there could
be verified by other means. Creators of this Voltage Drop Calculator accepts Zero Responsibility for Good

Voltage
Array Voltage
45.4

Battery Bank
Voltage
12

Voltage drop Voltage drop %

0.52108
1.14775%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.00000
0.00000%
0.52108
1.14775%
0.13027

0.28694%

0.02605

0.05739%

0.18340

1.52830%

0.67740

1.49208%

0.86080

3.02037%

<<-- Keep Volt

Drop under 3%

g 2 and so on.
for String 2 and String 8.
ch string in the array.
hrenheit in cell (B3). 60 deg. Celsius would be the comon.
zero. 1/0=O 2/0=OO 3/0=OOO or 4/0=OOOO

said calculations knowing there could be errors and should

ccepts Zero Responsibility for Good or Bad out come of it's use.

Diameter Diameter Ohms per

AWG gauge Inches
mm
1000 ft
OOOO
0.4600 11.6840
0.0490
OOO
0.4096 10.4038
0.0618
OO
0.3648
9.2659
0.0779
O
0.3249
8.2525
0.0983
1
0.2893
7.3482
0.1239
2
0.2576
6.5430
0.1563
3
0.2294
5.8268
0.1970
4
0.2043
5.1892
0.2485
5
0.1819
4.6203
0.3133
6
0.1620
4.1148
0.3951
7
0.1443
3.6652
0.4982
8
0.1285
3.2639
0.6282
9
0.1144
2.9058
0.7921
10
0.1019
2.5883
0.9989
11
0.0907
2.3038
1.2600
12
0.0808
2.0523
1.5880
13
0.0720
1.8288
2.0030
14
0.0641
1.6281
2.5250
15
0.0571
1.4503
3.1840
16
0.0508
1.2903
4.0160
17
0.0453
1.1506
5.0640
18
0.0403
1.0236
6.3850
19
0.0359
0.9119
8.0510
20
0.0320
0.8128
10.1500
21
0.0285
0.7239
12.8000
22
0.0254
0.6452
16.1400
23
0.0226
0.5740
20.3600
24
0.0201
0.5105
25.6700
25
0.0179
0.4547
32.3700
26
0.0159
0.4039
40.8100
27
0.0142
0.3607
51.4700
28
0.0126
0.3200
64.9000
29
0.0113
0.2870
81.8300
30
0.0100
0.2540 103.2000
31
0.0089
0.2261 130.1000
32
0.0080
0.2032 164.1000
2.0mm
0.0079
0.2000 169.3900
33
0.0071
0.1803 206.9000
1.8mm
0.0071
0.1800 207.5000
34
0.0063
0.1600 260.9000
1.6mm
0.0063
0.1600 260.9000
35
0.0056
0.1422 329.0000
1.4mm
0.0055
0.1400 339.0000
36
0.0050
0.1270 414.8000
1.25mm
0.0049
0.1250 428.2000

Ohms per
km
0.1607
0.2027
0.2555
0.3224
0.4064
0.5127
0.6462
0.8151
1.0276
1.2959
1.6341
2.0605
2.5981
3.2764
4.1328
5.2086
6.5698
8.2820
10.4435
13.1725
16.6099
20.9428
26.4073
33.2920
41.9840
52.9392
66.7808
84.1976
106.1736
133.8568
168.8216
212.8720
268.4024
338.4960
426.7280
538.2480
555.6100
678.6320
680.5500
855.7520
855.7520
1,079.1200
1,114.0000
1,360.0000
1,404.0000

Maximum
amps for
chassis
wiring
380.0000
328.0000
283.0000
245.0000
211.0000
181.0000
158.0000
135.0000
118.0000
101.0000
89.0000
73.0000
64.0000
55.0000
47.0000
41.0000
35.0000
32.0000
28.0000
22.0000
19.0000
16.0000
14.0000
11.0000
9.0000
7.0000
4.7000
3.5000
2.7000
2.2000
1.7000
1.4000
1.2000
0.8600
0.7000
0.5300
0.5100
0.4300
0.4300
0.3300
0.3300
0.2700
0.2600
0.2100
0.2000

Maximum
amps for
power
transmissi
on
302.0000
239.0000
190.0000
150.0000
119.0000
94.0000
75.0000
60.0000
47.0000
37.0000
30.0000
24.0000
19.0000
15.0000
12.0000
9.3000
7.4000
5.9000
4.7000
3.7000
2.9000
2.3000
1.8000
1.5000
1.2000
0.9200
0.7290
0.5770
0.4570
0.3610
0.2880
0.2260
0.1820
0.1420
0.1130
0.0910
0.0880
0.0720
0.0720
0.0560
0.0560
0.0440
0.0430
0.0350
0.0340

0.0000567
0.0000715
0.0000901
0.0001137
0.0001434
0.0001809
0.0002280
0.0002876
0.0003625
0.0004572
0.0005765
0.0007269
0.0009166
0.0011559
0.0014580
0.0018376
0.0023178
0.0029219
0.0036844
0.0046472
0.0058599
0.0073885
0.0093164
0.0117453
0.0148118
0.0186767
0.0235600
0.0297046
0.0374576
0.0472241
0.0595596
0.0751004
0.0946913
0.1194200
0.1505479
0.1898917
0.1960132
0.2394187
0.2401130
0.3019059
0.3019059
0.3807092
0.3922809
0.4799945
0.4955006

60

37
1.12mm
38
1mm
39
40

0.0045
0.0044
0.0040
0.0039
0.0035
0.0031

0.1143 523.1000
0.1120 533.8000
0.1016 659.6000
0.1000 670.2000
0.0889 831.8000
0.0787 1,049.0000

1,715.0000
1,750.0000
2,163.0000
2,198.0000
2,728.0000
3,440.0000

0.1700
0.1630
0.1300
0.1260
0.1100
0.0900

0.0289
0.0277
0.0228
0.0225
0.0175
0.0137

0.6053161
0.6176978
0.7632699
0.7755360
0.9625348
1.2138723