Voltage Drop Calculator

AWG Cmils
4160 Volts 18 1620
50 Amperes 16 2580
2500 Distance (Feet) 14 4110
26240 Cmils 12 6530
10 10380
8 16510
2.5% Percent Voltage Drop, CU, 3 Phase 6 26240
103.8 Volts Dropped, CU, 3 Phase 4 41740
3 52620
4.2% Percent Voltage Drop, AL, 3 Phase 2 66360
174.7 Volts Dropped, AL, 3 Phase 1 83690
1/O 105600
2.9% Percent Voltage Drop, CU, Single Phase 2/O 133100
120.0 Volts Dropped, CU, Single Phase 3/O 167800
4/O 211600
4.9% Percent Voltage Drop, AL, Single Phase 250 250000
202.0 Volts Dropped, AL, Single Phase 400 400000
500 500000

K=12.6 for CU and K=21.2 for AL

1.73 X I X L X K / Cmils = VD 3 Phase
2 X I X L X K / Cmils = VD Single Phase
( VD / E ) x 100 = %VD

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PO Box 939
Gillette, WY 82717-0939

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Designed by Lorn MacIlravie lorn@vcn.com

Comments or corrections are welcome!

The calculator is based on the information in Ugly's Electrical References.