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Re: Europa-List: Anyone install battery aft of Baggage bay bulkhead

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Anyone install battery aft of Baggage bay bulkhead
From: rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:50:15

Wire weight in pounds per hundred feet:

Eric #4 Yellow Poly Vinyl TPE Property 105C                           
10.75
McMaster Vu-Tron#4weld1045strand Orange chlorinated polyethylene 90C  
21.00
McMaster Standard#4weld406strand Black EPDM rubber105C                
20.00
Spruce #4 MIL-W-22759/16 approx 133strand 25gauge 150C                
16.00
McMaster Vu-Tron#6weld660strand Orange chlorinated polyethylene 90C   
15.00
McMaster Standard#6weld259strand Black EPDM rubber105C                
14.00
Spruce #6 MIL-W-22759/16 approx 133strand 27gauge 150C                
10.50


Weight savings of Erics #4 for 25 feet:

Vu-Tron#4    2.56
Standard#4   2.31
Spruce #4    1.31
Vu-Tron#6    1.06
Standard#6   0.81
Spruce #6    (.06)

            Ohms/1000@20C  Voltage drop 20amps 25feet    Volatge drop
60/25 
Eric#4         ~.25                    .125                       .375
Vu-Tron        ~.26                    .130                       .390
Standard       ~.25                    .125                       .375
Spruce #4      ~.27                    .135                       .405
Vu-Tron#6      ~.44                    .220                       .660
Standard#6     ~.45                    .225                       .665
Spruce #6      ~.44                    .220                       .660

#6 would drop a little over a volt for 10 amps.

Ron Parigoris



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