VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATOR

Resistivity of Conductors
Resistivity, ρ at 20°C (Ωm) Conductivity, σ at 20°C (Ω-1m-1)
Conducting Material
x 108 Scientific x 108 1/ρ
Silver 1.64 1.64E-08 6.10 6.10E+07
Copper 1.72 1.72E-08 5.80 5.80E+07
Gold 2.44 2.44E-08 4.10 4.10E+07
Aluminium 2.82 2.82E-08 3.55 3.55E+07
Molybdenum 4.90 4.90E-08 2.04 2.04E+07
Zinc 5.50 5.50E-08 1.82 1.82E+07
Cobalt 5.60 5.60E-08 1.79 1.79E+07
Tungsten 5.60 5.60E-08 1.79 1.79E+07
Cadmium 6.00 6.00E-08 1.67 1.67E+07
Nickel 7.80 7.80E-08 1.28 1.28E+07
Brass 9.00 9.00E-08 1.11 1.11E+07
Palladium 10.00 1.00E-07 1.00 1.00E+07
Platinum 10.90 1.09E-07 0.92 9.17E+06
Tin 11.00 1.10E-07 0.91 9.09E+06
Iron 12.00 1.20E-07 0.83 8.33E+06
Tantalum (87% Cu, 12% Mn) 15.50 1.55E-07 0.65 6.45E+06
Lead 19.00 1.90E-07 0.53 5.26E+06
Antimony 39.00 3.90E-07 0.26 2.56E+06
Manganin (87% Cu, 12% Mn) 42.00 4.20E-07 0.24 2.38E+06
Constantan (60% Cu, 40% Ni) 48.00 4.80E-07 0.21 2.08E+06
Nichrome (80% Ni, 20% Cr) 108.00 1.08E-06 0.09 9.26E+05
Bismuth 130.00 1.30E-06 0.08 7.69E+05
Kanthal (69% Fe, 23% Cr, 6% Al, 2% Co) 135.00 1.35E-06 0.07 7.41E+05
Carbon (Graphite) 1000.00 1.00E-05 0.01 1.00E+05

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Conducting Material Copper
Resistivity, ρ at 20°C (Ω m) 0.00000001724
Cross-Sectional Area of Cable (mm2) 42.4
Resistance per unit length, R/L (Ω/km) 0.4066
Load Current (Amps) 1.5
Distance, L (km) (one-way) 1.2
No. of Conductors per phase 1
Phase Single Phase AC
Voltage Supply (V) 120
Voltage Drop (V) 1.464
% Voltage Drop (%) 1.22
Voltage at the End of Length (V) 118.54

Diameter Area Resistance per unit length of Copper

AWG
inch mm kcmil mm2 R/L (Ω/km)
0000 (4/0) 0.4600 11.684 211.6031 107.2193 0.1608
000 (3/0) 0.4096 10.404 167.7746 85.0114 0.2028
00 (2/0) 0.3648 9.266 133.0810 67.4321 0.2557
0 (1/0) 0.3249 8.252 105.5616 53.4880 0.3223
1 0.2893 7.348 83.6957 42.4086 0.4065
2 0.2576 6.543 66.3587 33.6240 0.5127
3 0.2294 5.827 52.6251 26.6652 0.6465
4 0.2043 5.189 41.7391 21.1492 0.8152
5 0.1819 4.620 33.0881 16.7657 1.0283
6 0.1620 4.115 26.2444 13.2980 1.2964
7 0.1443 3.665 20.8228 10.5509 1.6340
8 0.1285 3.264 16.5125 8.3669 2.0605
9 0.1144 2.906 13.0876 6.6315 2.5997
10 0.1019 2.588 10.3838 5.2615 3.2767
11 0.0907 2.304 8.2266 4.1684 4.1359
12 0.0808 2.052 6.5287 3.3081 5.2114
13 0.0720 1.829 5.1841 2.6268 6.5632
14 0.0641 1.628 4.1089 2.0820 8.2806
15 0.0571 1.450 3.2605 1.6521 10.4354
16 0.0508 1.290 2.5807 1.3076 13.1842
17 0.0453 1.151 2.0521 1.0398 16.5800
18 0.0403 1.024 1.6241 0.8229 20.9493
19 0.0359 0.912 1.2888 0.6530 26.3992
20 0.0320 0.813 1.0240 0.5189 33.2261
21 0.0285 0.724 0.8123 0.4116 41.8881
22 0.0253 0.643 0.6401 0.3243 53.1544
23 0.0226 0.574 0.5108 0.2588 66.6136
24 0.0201 0.511 0.4040 0.2047 84.2147
25 0.0179 0.455 0.3204 0.1624 106.1876
26 0.0159 0.404 0.2528 0.1281 134.5816
27 0.0142 0.361 0.2016 0.1022 168.7343
28 0.0126 0.320 0.1588 0.0804 214.3082
29 0.0113 0.287 0.1277 0.0647 266.4545
30 0.0100 0.254 0.1000 0.0507 340.2358
31 0.0089 0.227 0.0797 0.0404 426.6552
32 0.0080 0.202 0.0632 0.0320 538.3264
33 0.0071 0.180 0.0501 0.0254 678.7556
34 0.0063 0.160 0.0397 0.0201 857.2329
35 0.0056 0.142 0.0315 0.0159 1081.0710
36 0.0050 0.127 0.0250 0.0127 1360.9430
37 0.0045 0.113 0.0198 0.0100 1718.1454
38 0.0040 0.101 0.0158 0.0080 2158.7330
39 0.0035 0.090 0.0125 0.0063 2730.4268
40 0.0031 0.080 0.0099 0.0050 3450.8068