power

Calculates voltage drop across a conductor run given current, wire length, AWG gauge, system voltage, and conductor material (copper or aluminum). Computes round-trip resistance, voltage drop in volts and percent, voltage at the load end, power dissipated in the wire, and NEC compliance flags (3% max for branch circuits, 5% max for feeders). Use this after wire_gauge to verify a specific gauge meets requirements, or to evaluate an existing installation. Critical for solar panel string wiring, EV charger circuits, low-voltage lighting, and any long DC or AC cable run where resistive losses matter.

post/api/voltage_drop

Request

  • Base URL: https://calc.engineer
  • URL: https://calc.engineer/api/voltage_drop
  • Auth: none declared

Request body

current_ampsnumber required

Load current in amperes (A)

wire_length_mnumber required

One-way wire length in meters

wire_gauge_awgnumber required

Wire gauge in AWG (e.g. 14, 12, 10; use negative for large gauges: -3 = 4/0)

voltage_vnumber required

System voltage (V)

conductor'copper' | 'aluminum'

Conductor material: copper or aluminum

Response

Computed result for voltage_drop

toolstring required
versionstring required
computed_atstring date-time required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.