MAXIMUM DISTANCE FOR WIRE SIZE CHART

Maximum one-way distance for less than 2% voltage drop for 12 V circuits.
Distance X 10 for 120 V circuits.
Amps Watts
@12v
#14 #12 #10 #8 #6 #4 #2 1/0 2/0 3/0

1 12 45.0 70.0 115 180 290 456 720 - - -
2 24 22.5 35.0 57.5 90.0 145 228 260 580 720 912
4 48 10.0 17.5 27.5 45.0 72.5 114 180 290 360 456
6 72 07.5 12.0 17.5 30.0 47.5 75.0 120 193 243 305
8 96 05.5 08.5 14.5 22.5 35.5 57.0 90.0 145 180 228
10 120 04.5 07.0 11.5 18.0 28.5 45.5 72.5 115 145 183
15 180 03.0 04.5 07.0 12.0 19.0 30.0 48.0 76.5 96.0 122
20 240 02.0 03.5 05.5 09.0 14.5 22.5 36.0 57.5 72.5 91
25 300 01.8 02.8 04.5 07.0 11.5 18.0 29.0 46.0 58.0 73
30 360 01.5 02.4 03.5 06.0 09.5 15.0 24.0 38.5 48.5 61
40 480 - - 02.8 04.5 07.0 11.5 18.0 29.0 36.0 45
50 600 - - 02.3 03.6 05.5 09.0 14.5 23.0 29.0 36
100 - - - - 02.9 04.6 07.2 11.5 14.5 18
150 - - - - - - 04.8 07.7 09.7 12
200 - - - - - - 03.6 05.8 07.3 09