Thread: solor wire
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Old 11-16-2010, 07:26 PM   #2
Chuck v
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Bob,

The combined output of the two panels at 160 watts is well under 15 amps, so you can use either 12 or 10 gauge wire. The #10 will have less than a half a volt drop in the run you describe...

Here is a good on-line calculator for such issues:
http://www.nebulan.net/solar/voltagedrop.asp

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