Paige Electric - Landscape Low Voltage Lighting
VOLTAGE DROP PER 10 LINEAR FEET OF CABLE
| LAMP POWER FLOWING IN CABLE
SECTION (WATTS @ 12V) |
FLOW (AMPS) |
WIRE GAUGE (AWG), CLASS K COPPER |
| 18 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
| WIRE RESISTANCE (Ohms/10' of cable, both conductors)
@ 77 °F (25 °C) |
| 0.1358 |
0.0852 |
0.0336 |
0.0212 |
0.0136 |
| 20 |
1.67 |
0.226 |
0.142 |
0.056 |
0.035 |
0.023 |
| 25 |
2.08 |
0.283 |
0.178 |
0.070 |
0.044 |
0.028 |
| 30 |
2.50 |
0.340 |
0.213 |
0.084 |
0.053 |
0.034 |
| 35 |
2.92 |
0.396 |
0.249 |
0.098 |
0.062 |
0.040 |
| 40 |
3.33 |
0.453 |
0.284 |
0.112 |
0.071 |
0.045 |
| 45 |
3.75 |
0.509 |
0.320 |
0.126 |
0.080 |
0.051 |
| 50 |
4.17 |
0.566 |
0.355 |
0.140 |
0.088 |
0.057 |
| 55 |
4.58 |
0.622 |
0.391 |
0.154 |
0.097 |
0.062 |
| 60 |
5.00 |
0.679 |
0.426 |
0.168 |
0.106 |
0.068 |
| 65 |
5.42 |
0.736 |
0.462 |
0.182 |
0.115 |
0.074 |
| 70 |
5.83 |
0.792 |
0.497 |
0.196 |
0.124 |
0.079 |
| 75 |
6.25 |
0.849 |
0.533 |
0.210 |
0.133 |
0.085 |
| 80 |
6.67 |
0.905 |
0.568 |
0.224 |
0.141 |
0.091 |
| 85 |
7.08 |
0.962 |
0.604 |
0.238 |
0.150 |
0.096 |
| 90 |
7.50 |
1.019 |
0.639 |
0.252 |
0.159 |
0.102 |
| 95 |
7.92 |
1.075 |
0.675 |
0.266 |
0.168 |
0.108 |
| 100 |
8.33 |
- |
0.710 |
0.280 |
0.177 |
0.113 |
|
| 105 |
8.75 |
- |
0.746 |
0.294 |
0.186 |
0.119 |
| 110 |
9.17 |
- |
0.781 |
0.308 |
0.194 |
0.124 |
| 115 |
9.58 |
- |
0.817 |
0.322 |
0.203 |
0.130 |
| 120 |
10.00 |
- |
0.852 |
0.336 |
0.212 |
0.136 |
| 125 |
10.42 |
- |
- |
0.350 |
0.221 |
0.141 |
| 130 |
10.83 |
- |
- |
0.364 |
0.230 |
0.147 |
| 135 |
11.25 |
- |
- |
0.378 |
0.239 |
0.153 |
| 140 |
11.67 |
- |
- |
0.392 |
0.247 |
0.158 |
| 145 |
12.08 |
- |
- |
0.406 |
0.256 |
0.164 |
| 150 |
12.50 |
- |
- |
0.420 |
0.265 |
0.170 |
| 155 |
12.92 |
- |
- |
0.434 |
0.274 |
0.175 |
| 160 |
13.33 |
- |
- |
0.448 |
0.283 |
0.181 |
| 165 |
13.75 |
- |
- |
0.462 |
0.292 |
0.187 |
| 170 |
14.17 |
- |
- |
0.476 |
0.300 |
0.192 |
| 175 |
14.58 |
- |
- |
0.490 |
0.309 |
0.198 |
| 180 |
15.00 |
- |
- |
0.504 |
0.318 |
0.204 |
| 185 |
15.42 |
- |
- |
0.518 |
0.327 |
0.209 |
| 190 |
15.83 |
- |
- |
0.532 |
0.336 |
0.215 |
| 195 |
16.25 |
- |
- |
0.546 |
0.345 |
0.221 |
| 200 |
16.67 |
- |
- |
0.560 |
0.353 |
0.226 |
|
| 205 |
17.08 |
- |
- |
0.574 |
0.362 |
0.232 |
| 210 |
17.50 |
- |
- |
0.588 |
0.371 |
0.238 |
| 215 |
17.92 |
- |
- |
0.602 |
0.380 |
0.243 |
| 220 |
18.33 |
- |
- |
0.616 |
0.389 |
0.249 |
| 225 |
18.75 |
- |
- |
0.630 |
0.398 |
0.255 |
| 230 |
19.17 |
- |
- |
0.644 |
0.406 |
0.260 |
| 235 |
19.58 |
- |
- |
0.658 |
0.415 |
0.266 |
| 240 |
20.00 |
- |
- |
0.672 |
0.424 |
0.272 |