OY Not Solar Basic PV Voltage Drop Calculator

Wire Temp
(c ) or ( f )
c

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

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 --->

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

Combiner Breaker to
Charge Controller

10

10

0.011559

45.4

11.27

Charge Controller to
Output Breaker

10

0.002312

45.4

11.27

Controller Output Breaker

to Battery

30

0.004301

12.00

42.64

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

Voltage drop from Array to Battery ---------->>>>>>>

1 You may make changes to any cell in Blue Text

2 If you are testing Voltage drop for less than 8 Strings use String 1 then String 2 and so on.
3 Can be used as a Single String Planing Tool by putting Zeros in Panel Amps for String 2 and String 8.
4 Keep your voltage drop % as low as posable and as even as posable for each string in the array.
5 You may change the wire temp by using the letter (c) for Celsius or (f) for Fahrenheit in cell (B3). 60 deg. Celsius w
6 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
7 Max wire size is 4/0 (OOOO) and Min wire size is 40 gage.
8 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 coul
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

Keep Volt
1.49208% <<-Drop under 3%

0.86080

3.02037%

g 2 and so on.
s for String 2 and String 8.
ch string in the array.
ahrenheit in cell (B3). 60 deg. Celsius would be the comon.
t 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.

Maximum
Maximum amps for
amps for power
Diameter Diameter Ohms per Ohms per chassis
transmissi
AWG gauge Inches
mm
1000 ft
km
wiring
on
OOOO
0.4600 11.6840
0.0490
0.1607 380.0000 302.0000
OOO
0.4096 10.4038
0.0618
0.2027 328.0000 239.0000
OO
0.3648
9.2659
0.0779
0.2555 283.0000 190.0000
O
0.3249
8.2525
0.0983
0.3224 245.0000 150.0000
1
0.2893
7.3482
0.1239
0.4064 211.0000 119.0000
2
0.2576
6.5430
0.1563
0.5127 181.0000 94.0000
3
0.2294
5.8268
0.1970
0.6462 158.0000 75.0000
4
0.2043
5.1892
0.2485
0.8151 135.0000 60.0000
5
0.1819
4.6203
0.3133
1.0276 118.0000 47.0000
6
0.1620
4.1148
0.3951
1.2959 101.0000 37.0000
7
0.1443
3.6652
0.4982
1.6341 89.0000 30.0000
8
0.1285
3.2639
0.6282
2.0605 73.0000 24.0000
9
0.1144
2.9058
0.7921
2.5981 64.0000 19.0000
10
0.1019
2.5883
0.9989
3.2764 55.0000 15.0000
11
0.0907
2.3038
1.2600
4.1328 47.0000 12.0000
12
0.0808
2.0523
1.5880
5.2086 41.0000
9.3000
13
0.0720
1.8288
2.0030
6.5698 35.0000
7.4000
14
0.0641
1.6281
2.5250
8.2820 32.0000
5.9000
15
0.0571
1.4503
3.1840
10.4435 28.0000
4.7000
16
0.0508
1.2903
4.0160
13.1725 22.0000
3.7000
17
0.0453
1.1506
5.0640
16.6099 19.0000
2.9000
18
0.0403
1.0236
6.3850
20.9428 16.0000
2.3000
19
0.0359
0.9119
8.0510
26.4073 14.0000
1.8000
20
0.0320
0.8128
10.1500
33.2920 11.0000
1.5000
21
0.0285
0.7239
12.8000
41.9840
9.0000
1.2000
22
0.0254
0.6452
16.1400
52.9392
7.0000
0.9200
23
0.0226
0.5740
20.3600
66.7808
4.7000
0.7290
24
0.0201
0.5105
25.6700
84.1976
3.5000
0.5770
25
0.0179
0.4547
32.3700 106.1736
2.7000
0.4570
26
0.0159
0.4039
40.8100 133.8568
2.2000
0.3610
27
0.0142
0.3607
51.4700 168.8216
1.7000
0.2880
28
0.0126
0.3200
64.9000 212.8720
1.4000
0.2260
29
0.0113
0.2870
81.8300 268.4024
1.2000
0.1820
30
0.0100
0.2540 103.2000 338.4960
0.8600
0.1420
31
0.0089
0.2261 130.1000 426.7280
0.7000
0.1130
32
0.0080
0.2032 164.1000 538.2480
0.5300
0.0910
2.0mm
0.0079
0.2000 169.3900 555.6100
0.5100
0.0880
33
0.0071
0.1803 206.9000 678.6320
0.4300
0.0720
1.8mm
0.0071
0.1800 207.5000 680.5500
0.4300
0.0720
34
0.0063
0.1600 260.9000 855.7520
0.3300
0.0560
1.6mm
0.0063
0.1600 260.9000 855.7520
0.3300
0.0560
35
0.0056
0.1422 329.0000 1,079.1200
0.2700
0.0440
1.4mm
0.0055
0.1400 339.0000 1,114.0000
0.2600
0.0430

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

60

36
1.25mm
37
1.12mm
38
1mm
39
40

0.0050
0.0049
0.0045
0.0044
0.0040
0.0039
0.0035
0.0031

0.1270 414.8000
0.1250 428.2000
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

1,360.0000
1,404.0000
1,715.0000
1,750.0000
2,163.0000
2,198.0000
2,728.0000
3,440.0000

0.2100
0.2000
0.1700
0.1630
0.1300
0.1260
0.1100
0.0900

0.0350
0.0340
0.0289
0.0277
0.0228
0.0225
0.0175
0.0137

0.4799945
0.4955006
0.6053161
0.6176978
0.7632699
0.7755360
0.9625348
1.2138723