Voltage drop calculator

12

Power Supply

12

Cable type

18 AWG (Good Fig 8)

Cable distance

100

Volts

Meters

Voltage at last camera

10.93

Minimum allowable voltage

10.8

Maximum cable run

113

Meters

allowing for voltage drop

Total Camera Current
Maximum voltage drop

500

mA

10

Notes
Calculation is based upon a simple resistance formula only
Final voltage = Original voltage - (resistance of cable * current in cable)
There are a few ways of calculating approximate voltage drop - this is the most basic
but accurate enough for the current consumption and voltages we're using
Typical allowable voltage drop for a camera is 10%, i.e. if it needs 12V to run, it will USUALLY run well on 10.8V
It's a good 'rule of thumb' but may not be the case for every camera.some may refuse to run at anything below 12V!

n well on 10.8V
at anything below 12V!

CABLE TYPES

approx
mm2

Good 2 core Fig 8 (24/020)

Thin 2 core Fig 8 (14/020)
Cat 5 2 pair
Cat 5 3 pair
Cat 5 4 pair
10 AWG
12 AWG
14 AWG
16 AWG
18 AWG (Good Fig 8)
20 AWG (Thin Fig 8) (0.52mm )
22 AWG
24 AWG (CAT 5 single pair)
26 AWG (0.13mm )
28 AWG (0.08mm )

Ohms per xx meters

1000 feet

1 meter

0.82

6.5

0.02

0.52

10.4

0.03

0.33

13.1

0.04

0.49

4 8.733333

0.03

0.65

0.02

5.27

1.02

0.00

3.31

1.62

0.01

2.08

2.58

0.01

1.31

4.09

0.01

0.82

10

6.5

0.02

0.52

11

10.4

0.03

0.33

12

16.5

0.05

0.16

13

26.2

0.09

0.13

14

41.6

0.14

0.08

15

66

0.22

6.55

100 meters

Voltages

2.13

12

3.41

13.8

4.30

24

2.87

28

2.15

220

0.33

240

0.53
0.85
1.34
2.13
3.41
5.41
8.60
13.65
21.65