Is the alternative of doing the long  run in 110v AC and providing local
AC-DC converters at each location too expensive.
Designing high current 48v distribution for radio telescopes might account
for some of my grey hairs :-)

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On 13 October 2017 at 08:49, Jim Ruxton <jim.ruxton@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > Volt drop over length. To test this I was going to double the length,
> then
> > using my trusty Bench PSU limit current to Max expected then place a
> short
> > at far end and measure the volt drop.  Sound feasible.?
> Or maybe easier to measure the resistance of the wire and just multiply
> by that max current expected to give you the voltage drop. Also there
> are specs and tables that will give you the resistance of various gauge
> wires. You can add a safety factor to that to be sure you are covered.
> Jim
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