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Nope. Consumed power is voltage*amperage, and it’s constant, so 4x more voltage means 1/4 the amps. Wire heating is I squared R, so with both I reduced and R in
by 05 3y ago
Nope. Consumed power is voltage*amperage, and it’s constant, so 4x more voltage means 1/4 the amps. Wire heating is I squared R, so with both I reduced and R increased the losses are just 1/4, not 1/16 of the 12V system. Because you wouldn’t keep the same wire gauges you’ve had in the 12V system, you’d reduce them to actually have some benefits from conversion.