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Old 02-01-2007, 09:49 PM
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Ron, your gonna lose some electricity due to resistance of the wire. The longer the wire, the more you lose. As far as I know, the gauge is really only relative to size of amps you are trying to move. The bigger the gauge the safer the higher amperages..
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