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Solar PV: AC / DC Cable Voltage Drop Calculator

This document calculates voltage drop for a solar PV system with 10 modules in 2 strings producing a total of 340V and 14A. It finds the voltage drop over 100m of 4mm DC cable is 7.126V, within the recommended 3% tolerance. It also calculates voltage drop over 20m of 2.5mm AC cable from the inverter is 1.8V, within the 1% tolerance. Both voltage drops are within acceptable limits.

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Solar PV: AC / DC Cable Voltage Drop Calculator

This document calculates voltage drop for a solar PV system with 10 modules in 2 strings producing a total of 340V and 14A. It finds the voltage drop over 100m of 4mm DC cable is 7.126V, within the recommended 3% tolerance. It also calculates voltage drop over 20m of 2.5mm AC cable from the inverter is 1.8V, within the 1% tolerance. Both voltage drops are within acceptable limits.

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Solar PV

AC / DC Cable Voltage Drop Calculator


Voltage of module
Amperage of module
No of Modules per string
No of strings

Amperage of DC system
Voltage of System

17 Volts
7 Amps
10
2

14 Amps
340 Volts
User Input

Spreadsheet
prepared by Roy
Oxley FIDHEE

Calculated
Select from
drop-down list
OK or not

DC voltage drop PV modules in series


DC Circuit a voltage drop of less than 3% is recommended from the array to the inverter
Cable Manufacturer
Eland
Select Cable size
Circuit Amps
volt drop per mtr/amp
cable length in mtrs
volt drop overcable
voltage of total system
percentage dc drop over system
Within Tolerance

4
14
0.00509
100
7.126
340
2.10
YES

mm
amp equal watts/voltage
per mtr
mtrs
volts of all panels totalled
%

AC voltage drop PV Modules in series


AC voltage drop of less than 1% is recommended from the inverter to the consumer unit
Select Cable size
2.5
mm
PV Inverter amps
5
amp
R1+R2 resistance in ohms per mtr of cable
19.5
per mtr
millivolt drop per mtr
18
per mtr
cable length in mtrs
20
mtrs
volt drop overcable
1.8
volts
voltage of system
230
volts
R1+R2 resistance in ohms for cable length
390

percentage dc drop over system


0.78
%
Within Tolerance
YES

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