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"Exactly," Jack said, wiping grease on his flannel. "Which is what the old bloke at the supply store recommended. 'She'll be right, mate.' " He sighed. "But at full tilt, that pump is trying to pull 30 amps. After 200 metres of skinny cable, the voltage isn't 24V anymore. It's more like 18V by the time it gets there."

His apprentice, Maya, scrolled through her phone. "The spec sheet says the pump is 200 metres from the battery shed, Jack. We used 6mm² cable." voltage drop calculator au

The smell of eucalyptus and rain-soaked earth filled the ute as Jack, a grizzled solar installer, stared at the smoking remains of a water pump. "Third one this month," he grumbled, kicking a tuft of spinifex. "Exactly," Jack said, wiping grease on his flannel

Maya frowned. "So the pump sees low voltage, draws more current to compensate, overheats, and dies?" "But at full tilt, that pump is trying to pull 30 amps

"Bingo. We didn't just fry the pump. We fried two thousand dollars' worth of buried copper, too."